31st Annual Imagination Celebration & Theme Announced!
 
 IMAGINATION: PATHWAY TO THE FUTURE
 
Presented by
Arts Orange County and the Orange County Department of Education
Festival Dates:  Saturday, April 16 - Sunday, May 29, 2016

"1000 Pieces of Art"
Ceremonies & Reception
at South Coast Plaza's Crystal Court
Saturday, May 7

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CALL FOR IMAGINATION CELEBRATION EVENTS

Each year, approximately 40-50 organizations, schools, cities, and libraries produce and present events during the county-wide festival.

Interested in offering an event as part of the festival?
  • View or download our guidelines here.
  • When you're ready to apply, complete our form here.
  • If you have any further questions, please contact Elizabeth A.B. Miller.
     
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IMAGINATION CELEBRATION POSTER CONTEST
 
  • Open to ALL Orange County students in grades 7 - 12.
  • The winning poster will be reproduced on posters, ads, and flyers relating to the festival.
  • The artist of the selected entry will receive a $300 honorarium and his/her art teacher will receive a $200 honorarium. Three "runners-up" will receive $50 honorariums. One finalist will also be selected through a "People's Choice" voting process on Arts Orange County's SparkOC.com website, receiving an honorarium of $150.
  • The top thirty outstanding entries will be publicly exhibited during the festival at a selected art gallery.
This year's deadline for poster entries is January 20, 2016.

Guidelines and an entry form can be viewed and downloaded here.