MANSFIELD – Mid-Ohio Educational Service Center is excited to host their annual Artapolooza fine arts festival.
This year the event will take place April 2 to 6 and will be held at the Mid-Ohio Conference Center at 890 W. Fourth Street in Mansfield.
“This event is one of the biggest that we host at Mid-Ohio,” stated Jennifer Pennell, Mid-Ohio ESC Gifted Education Consultant and coordinator of the event. “We plan to display over 500 student-made works.”
The gallery will be open on Saturday, April 2 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Sunday, April 3rd, from noon to 4 p.m. The gallery will also be open during the week on Monday, April 4 through Wednesday, April 6 from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.
An awards presentation will be held in the Mid-Ohio ESC Gallery on Wednesday, April 6 at 6:30 p.m., including a slideshow that will be posted on MOESC’s website.
“This will allow the public to be able to view the gallery and awards virtually as well,” stated Pennell.
As in years previous, Artapolooza will be accepting all types of visual art projects: paintings, drawings, sculptures, as well as mixed media and digital art. Pennell emphasized that students from all area schools, not just MOESC member districts, are all welcome and may submit projects for the festival.
“Artapolooza is about celebrating the arts, something that is important to every child’s education,” Pennell explained. “We’re supporting the belief from the Ohio Department of Education that ‘education in the Fine Arts is essential in developing the whole child.’”
Districts or schools interested in having student art displayed need to register by March 17 at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd7Uo0cLcPlkhu0FHOn3hkRhFVnZAVWBzgxUKfa4ZfhwcEpcA/viewform.
Those with questions can reach out to Pennell at pennell.jennifer@moesc.net.
MID-OHIO EDUCATIONAL SERVICE CENTER
Mid-Ohio Educational Service Center provides specialized academic and support services to 11 school districts and over 18,000 students in Crawford, Morrow and Richland Counties. Client districts receive services from curriculum, gifted and special education consultants, speech pathologists, psychologists, special education teachers, occupational therapists and physical therapists.
