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Celebrate Black Voices Virtual Art Exhibit Celebrate Black Voices Virtual Art Exhibit <div class="ExternalClassC1AB89F050224CA280C4209D5E851656"><h2>Submit your work to Phoenix Public Library's annual virtual art exhibit: Celebrate Black Voices!</h2><h3>Young artists!<br></h3><p>We invite you to draw/paint/otherwise depict an individual or historical event featuring Black history or culture. Choose someone or something you find important, inspirational, or fascinating! It can be a subject you learned in school, read in a book or know from everyday life. Look for interesting and unique subjects to make your artwork stand out. Be creative! Make it your own!</p><p>Selected entries will be displayed in a virtual art gallery on Phoenix Public Library's website February to October 2026 and featured on social media during Black History Month.</p><p></p><h4><br>The details:<br></h4><p></p><ul><li>Artists in grades K-12 are invited to depict an important person or event celebrating the Black experience in America.</li><li>Each artist may enter one (1) drawing.</li><li>Illustrations can be in any medium: crayon, marker, colored pencil, paint, collage, etc.</li><li>Artwork should be no larger than 11" x 17" on white paper. No lined or colored paper.</li><li>Each submission must be accompanied by a submission form (on the back).</li><li>​Entries may be submitted in person at any <a href="/locations">Phoenix Public Library location</a> or by email to <a href="mailto:%20socialmedialibrary@phoenix.gov" target="_blank">socialmedialibrary@phoenix.gov</a>.​<br></li></ul><p></p><p></p><h3>Printable submission forms are available below.<br><br></h3><h2>Entry deadline is 5 p.m. on Friday, January 9, 2026.<br></h2><p></p></div>

 

 

 

 

Young artists grades K-12, enter your brilliant artwork now through January 9, 2026!Young artists grades K-12, enter your brilliant artwork now through January 9, 2026!https://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/images/Youth Services/Celebrate Black Voices/Kids_CBV-VAE25_web.jpg765

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2026 Art Entry Form2026 Art Entry Form<i class="fa-chisel fa-regular fa-palette"></i>https://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/documents/Celebrate Black Voices/CBV-VAE-2026-ENG_form.pdfNew Window
Formulario de Envío de Arte 2026Formulario de Envío de Arte 2026<i class="fa-chisel fa-regular fa-palette"></i>https://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/documents/Celebrate Black Voices/CBV-VAE-2026-SPAN_form.pdfNew Window

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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