Participation Guidelines
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Follow the guidelines below to complete your OneWorld Classrooms International Art Exchange. (Also see: Tips for a Great Exchange and Collaboration Tools and Resources for Teachers in the left-hand column.)
OVERVIEW: Mail colorful, creative, original student artwork that depicts your students' lives/culture(s). Attach a student-information label (and, optionally, a student photo) to each piece of artwork. You will receive one package of artwork that matches your grade level(s), featuring the work of students from a variety of countries around the world.
GUIDELINES
1. Mail 30 pieces of student-created artwork to:
OneWorld Classrooms
51 Belvidere Hts.
Haverhill, MA 01830
USA
IMPORTANT: You may mail your artwork any time; but, keep in mind that we will mail artwork to you shortly AFTER we receive your package. Mail (depending on your world region) may take one to three weeks each way. Plan accordingly if you would like to receive your return artwork before the end of your school year or a specific date/event.
Upon receipt of your artwork, OneWorld Classrooms will mail you one package of 30 pieces of artwork created by students from around the world whose grade levels closely match yours. Typically, we will mail your artwork between one and two months from the time we receive your artwork.
2. Send original student artwork that accurately reflects aspects of your students' lives/cultures. Please avoid repetition of subjects (houses, flags, etc.). Students may use any artistic media (paint, pastels, crayons, art photography, etc.). Students should produce colorful and artistic work (paintings, colored drawings, etc.). Be creative!
TIP: Encourage your students to do their very best work. Explain to them that their artwork will be displayed in another school and, as such, will be a window through which other students will learn about them and their culture. If you are a classroom teacher, consider involving your school's art teacher or an artist in residence. (We will send you artwork that generally matches the quality of the artwork you send us.)
3. Submit artwork on paper of (or between) the following sizes:
International size: A4, A3 or in-between
North American size: 8.5 x 11 inches, 11 x 17 inches or in-between
You may optionally laminate your artwork or put each piece in plastic cover sheets. (The artwork you receive may or may not be laminated or in plastic sheets.)
4. For each piece of student artwork, include or attach personal information labels listing the students name, age/grade, school and subject of their drawing/painting. Students may also include additional information about their artwork or themselves.
Optionally, you may also include/attach a photo of each student to each piece of artwork. Write the student's name on the back of the photo. If you include/attach photos, we will send you mostly artwork with photos, if possible.
Optionally, you may include/attach other materials or information that will help the students who receive your artwork to learn about your students' culture(s) or your world region. For example, you may attach student-drawn or printed maps, flags, symbols, etc. and/or student-written or printed text. If you do include other materials/information, we will try to send you artwork that also includes these (although we may not be able to in all cases).
TIP: If possible, take photos of your students holding their artwork.
TIP: Do not glue photos/labels to the back of artwork. Since the school that receives your artwork will display it, please paperclip labels/photos to artwork or attach them to a separate paper and then paperclip the paper to the artwork.
5. Check all student work for appropriate content (for more on this, see our Terms of Use).
6. IMPORTANT: When mailing your artwork, please include a cover letter or note indicating the teacher's name, grade level, school, mailing address, city, state/province and country -- and any information that will help explain the artwork you are sending.
7. We will send you a confirmation notice by E-mail when we have received your artwork and mailed your return artwork. Please send us an E-mail when you receive your return artwork in the mail.
8. Upon, completion of your exchange, we will ask you to complete an evaluation form via Email. This will help us to improve the program in the future.
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Use of Your Students' Artwork
In almost all cases, all of the artwork you send will be forwarded to other participating schools for display. OneWorld Classrooms may scan and display some student artwork on its Web site - or may occasionally retain one or more pieces from a given set of submitted artwork for OneWorld Classrooms' displays or events at schools and community arts centers in Massachusetts, Virginia and New York. See our
Terms of Use and Privacy Policy for more information. If you would prefer that your student artwork and any accompanying photos are not displayed on the Web site or at OneWorld Classrooms displays/events, please inform us using the Email address above.
Mini Arts Materials Grants
Participating schools outside the US are eligible to receive mini-grants of $50 or $100 to purchase art materials. Interested classes should submit a letter (written by students and/or a teacher or teachers) explaining how the school would benefit from and use the grant. Submit the letter WITH your artwork. Grantees will be selected based on need, receipt of the request letter and the quality of their effort to share authentic, colorful artwork that depicts aspects of the students' culture. A small number of schools will be selected to receive the grants. Grantees will be notified by Email and the grants will be wired to the coordinating teacher.
A Hani girl from southwestern China creates artwork for a OneWorld Classrooms art exchange.
Above: A fourth grade student from the Kalahari Desert region in Namibia creates artwork for a OneWorld Classrooms art exchange.
