Calling ALL TK through Grade 12 Students & SGUSD School Sites! ~ You’re invited to participate in a district wide literacy and art installation!
The San Gabriel Educational Foundation is thrilled to promote and celebrate literacy and the arts in education. This year’s event is a student showcase developed to provide opportunity for student and community engagement dedicated towards literacy, visual arts and mental health and wellness initiatives. We are filled with much enthusiasm as we share the following details surrounding the installation:
Call for Youth Artists
Discover the Arts is a literacy and art exhibition presenting literature through visual art and video submissions.
All qualifying submissions will be considered for “Award of Excellence Winners”. Additionally, a limited number of print media entries will be selected to be transformed into street pole banners and hung within the City of San Gabriel Mission District for public viewing.
We invite all TK-12 SGUSD students to participate in one or both of the following ways: (please read through all of the guidelines and rules before you begin)
- Category 1: Create an original art piece on an 8.5”x11” piece of paper promoting a book of their choosing and submit the piece with a completed registration by the submission deadline of December 1, 2023. No late registrations or artwork will be accepted.
- Category 2: Create an original under 1 minute Reel style video promoting a book of their choosing and submit the video in the style of an Instagram reel with a completed registration by the submission deadline of December 1, 2023. No late registrations or videos will be accepted. Submissions can be a re-enactment, a commercial, a summary, or anything the student can imagine in promotion of a fiction or non-fiction book.
Parents/Guardians click on the following Google Form Link for all rules, usage rights and guidelines and for submission: https://tinyurl.com/dreamimaginecreate
Call for School Site Collaborative Art Pieces
Discover the Arts is a literacy and art exhibition presenting literature through visual art and video submission. New this year, we invite all school site communities to develop a group art piece to be displayed at the celebratory event.
Every school site that submits a school wide developed art piece which has 10% of the student body participating in the creation of the original piece of art, either brainstorming or working on the project, will receive a $1000 award to be used in support of literacy and the arts, however deemed appropriate by the school site.
We invite all of the school sites to participate in our event as noted below:
- The art work must fit on a 6-foot table.
- The art work must be transported, by a designated school site representative or volunteer, to the San Gabriel Hilton Hotel for display at the celebratory event being held in February.
- The art work must be removed, by a designated school site representative or volunteer, from the San Gabriel Hilton Hotel at the conclusion of the celebratory event.
- Submit a listing of all student participants noting the first and last names, and grades of all participants (student last names will not be published)
- Submit a completed registration by the submission deadline of December 1, 2023. No late registrations or artwork will be accepted.
Teachers click on the following Google Form Link for all rules, usage rights and guidelines and for submission: https://tinyurl.com/schoolsdreamimaginecreate
Dream. Imagine. Create. Sponsorship Levels & Benefits
SEF’s 3rd Annual Event ~ Dream. Imagine. Create. ~ Discover the Arts!
SEF’s Literacy and Art Event Sponsorship Opportunities
The San Gabriel Educational Foundation is pleased to partner with community members and businesses large and small who share our values and our vision and welcome sponsors wishing to foster academic excellence in public education.
Interested in supporting the event? We invite all prospective donors to participate in this opportunity to support our event and/or increase your business or organization’s visibility through monetary support of Dream. Imagine. Create.
We need your support to make our goals a success. Your investment as a charitable partner signifies to the San Gabriel community and all of its stakeholders your commitment to supporting local organizations and the students we serve.
As a sponsor, you will be listed as an event sponsor within the SEF Community Alliance Program (CA) and receive recognition in the following ways:
Muse: $25 – $499: Your name will be displayed on the SEF website; in organization and event related publications and newsletters.
Collector: $500 – $4999: Your name will be displayed on the SEF website; in organization and event related publications and newsletters. You will also receive a remembrance item featuring youth designed artwork. You will also receive an invitation to a reception where guests will be able to participate in a walking tour of the public display of the 30 youth art banners hung in the City of San Gabriel’s historic Mission District.
Curator: $5,000 and up: Your name and corporate or business logo will be displayed on the SEF website; in organization and event related print materials and newsletters. You will also receive on site event acknowledgement on event banners and an event sponsor plaque. You will also receive a remembrance item featuring youth designed artwork. You will also receive an invitation to a reception where guests will be able to participate in a walking tour of the public display of the 30 youth art banners hung in the City of San Gabriel’s historic Mission District.
We are extremely grateful to you for your financial support of our event. As a 501c3 nonprofit organization, fundraising and sponsorship play an integral role in our operations. Your financial support is essential to providing educational and support programs for students in San Gabriel public schools and our work would not be possible without the overwhelming support of community and business sponsors like you. Thank you!!
