Arts Orange County presents Imagination Celebration: the annual, countywide, spring arts festival for children, teenagers, families and creative people of all ages. Presented in partnership with the Orange County Department of Education, Imagination Celebration dynamically connects community, arts organizations, universities and Orange County students in providing meaningful access to the arts. This collaboration presents a county-wide arts festival offering free or very affordable events in performing and visual arts in order to highlight creativity as the center of a livable, healthy community. Venues include arts organizations, schools, city facilities, city parks, university campuses, movie theaters, libraries, shopping malls, and arboretums. All events take place in April and May of each year and can be viewed on SparkOC.com starting in March.
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| 2012 Imagination Celebration poster contest winner, Brandon Ponce, 11th grade, Mater Dei High School, Santa Ana. |
- Each participating organization will design and produce its own event for the Imagination Celebration.
- Each event should offer 2-4 hours of engagement with some combination of two or more of the following: exhibitions, performances by selected youth groups and professional artists, and hands-on activities or workshops.
- Ticketed events should offer a ticket price of under $15 (preferably $5-$8) to insure affordability for families.
- For further details on how to participate as a festival site, please go here.
- Orange County students in grades 7-12 have the opportunity to create the official poster for the Imagination Celebration.
- The winning poster will be reproduced on posters, ads, and flyers relating to the festival.
- The top twenty outstanding entries will be publicly exhibited during the festival at a selected art gallery.
- The top three entries receive an honorarium as part of the recognition of their creativity.
- Entries are accepted between September and December after the year's theme is announced.
- For more information, please visit SparkOC.com.
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| Irvine Valley College | Anaheim Ballet | Very Special Arts |
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| Backhaus Dance at Irvine Barclay Theater | Soka University | Hand-on activities |
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| Santa Ana Artists Village | Hands on Creativity | Laguna Art Museum |
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| Orange County Youth Symphony | City of Cypress | Orange County Museum of Art |
