For the third year in a row, the Art Department will be hosting the minUMENTAL art show, which will showcase pieces that are less than one inch squared or cubed.
The competition is meant to complement the musical, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.
Therefore, there are two options for the competition piece.
Moving with the tide of Lafayette’s focus on words, Option A entails making a quote, haiku, or saying look artsy within your one inch piece.
Option B only gives one word as a prompt: “Bees.” It asks the artist to find out what bees means to them, and go from there.
However, both options are “Open to interpretation,” according to the entry information flyer.
There are only five requirements for the artwork. It may be no larger than one square inch, the artwork must be put on a background of exactly three inches square (or cubed), artwork’s height, width and depth can be no bigger than one inch and all entries are due by Feb. 3.
The information to be included on the back of an entry piece includes name, grade, first hour teacher and citation for quotes.
Founder of the competition, Lauren Sakowski, a fine arts teacher, said she got the idea from wanting to hold a school-wide show, but not wanting to deal with the storage of large quantities and sizes of the entries.
She said, “It’s a fun challenge and really interesting to see how different people solve that creative problem.”
Some of the more interesting entries received in the past include a pheoniz rising from the ashes, a photo of someone trapped in a glass box and a frog made out of melted starbursts.
When judging the pieces, Sakowski said, “We are looking for creativity, craftsmanship and adherence to the one cubic inch requirements.”
The winning entries will be displayed in cases near the library throughout February.
