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Art of Found Objects Exhibition

The 2010 Art of Found Objects Exhibition

Prizes for "Best New Schools" have been added to this year's art exhibition. Prizes will total $5,500, and as always, the opportunity for your student and teacher artwork to appear in a full-color booklet featuring the winning artwork.

This year's Exhibition includes special categories for the "Best Environmental Art": To reward student art focused on one of today's three critical environmental categories: water & sewer, solid waste, and South Florida's eco-system. The Best Environmental Art categories are sponsored by Miami-Dade County Department of Environmental Resources Management (DERM).

See complete details in the 2010 Art Exhibition Packet, which may be downloaded and printed from the link on the right.

Deadline for all art to be submitted: February 19, 2010.


The 2009 Art of Found Objects Exhibition featured 174 striking pieces submitted by students and art teachers from Miami-Dade County Public Schools.

The Education Fund's Ocean Bank Center for Educational Materials 16th Annual Art Exhibition and Award Ceremony, sponsored by Ocean Bank, The Kirk Foundation, Miami-Dade County, The Children's Trust,  CBS4/My33 and Pamela A. Alvarez took place on 4/23/2009 at Ocean Bank Headquarters. The Ocean Bank lobby resembled an eclectic SOHO gallery, with tables and walls adorned with vibrant 3-D and multi-media pieces that could spring only from the imaginative minds of children. M-DCPS students accepted awards for their original art works created from recycled materials donated to the Ocean Bank Center for Educational Materials.

For 16 years, the art exhibition has combined the power of this imagination with the ultimate recycling program, giving kids the opportunity to use everyday objects "found" in the 11,000-sq.-foot Ocean Bank Center warehouse to design and create original works of art.   Imaginative student works combine traditional sculptures, mixed media, 3-D pieces and a large number of paintings and drawings crafted from every recycled material imaginable from milk jugs and coat hangers to scrap metal, Styrofoam, and other surplus supplies donated by generous South Florida companies to the Ocean Bank Center.

Young artists initiating their "green period" were showcased once again in this year's competition in categories recognizing the best demonstrations of environmental-themed art. Awards were made possible by funding from Miami-Dade County Environmental Education Grant Program. Many of the fabulous art works on display at the exhibition were later auctioned at The Education Fund's Art of Found Objects
Charity Auction on 5/29/09 at the Doral Golf Club and Spa.

Photos from 4/23/09: Above: Renaissance Middle School Art Teacher Sara Alfaro with young artist Bryan Florenzon and his award-winning piece, To: Klee.
Left: Jannette Andreu and Ruth Romero of Pinecrest Academy Charter Elementary receive kudos for their grand prize environmental piece, Lake Splish Splash.

To view the gallery of 4/23/09's winning pieces, visit the link to the right.

To find out how your students may participate in next year's Art Exhibition, contact Gerry Scally, Program Manager, 305-892-5099 ext. 27.