CALLING ALL THE ARTISTS!
Deadline to submit art - TBD
Participate in National PTA REFLECTIONS 2025 – 26:
Use your creativity to create original pieces of art in Dance Creativity, Film Production, Literature, Music Composition, Photography and Visual Arts and participate in the National Arts REFLECTIONS program.
The theme for 2025- 26 is “I Belong!”
Plan ahead for REFLECTIONS 2025-2026
Use your creativity to create original pieces of art in Dance Creativity, Film Production, Literature, Music Composition, Photography, and Visual Arts and participate in the National Arts REFLECTIONS program.
Artwork can be submitted in one or more of the available arts categories:
Literature – works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, prose, drama, short stories and lyrics.
Music Composition – original musical composition, with or without words.
Photography: color or black and white, included techniques: photogram, negative sandwich, and multiple exposure.
Visual Arts: drawing, painting in tempera, oil, acrylic, watercolor & t-shirt paints, computer generated art, two-dimensional collage, printmaking, needlework & leather tooling.
Film/Video: original works, with or without sound, of animation, narrative, documentary, experimental or music video/film.
Choreography/Dance: originally choreographed dance composition.
Reflections Competition information :
Students create original works of art in response to a theme. The 2025-2026 Reflections theme is “I Belong!
Students may participate in one or more of the available arts categories (see program details for more information). Finalists from local PTAs will move on to their council PTA (if applicable), then finalists from councils will advance to the state round. Washington State PTA finalists who receive an Outstanding Interpretation award will advance to the National PTA round.
More details can be found here:
https://www.wastatepta.org/
If you have any questions about Reflections Competition, please send an email to Sandhyak@teslastemptsa.org
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RULES: https://www.wastatepta.org/events-programs/reflections/
Scroll halfway down that page and click on "Student Entry Rules" for the rules on each category.
Because Reflections is a national PTA program, rules are VERY specific. You must follow them.
JUDGING: Entries judged to be exceptional will advance to their council PTA (if applicable). Finalists from councils will then move on to the state round. Washinton State PTA finalists who receive an “Outstanding Interpretation” award will advance to the National PTA round.
More info can be found here: https://www.pta.org/home/programs/reflections
Questions? Contact here.
2023-24 Reflections Winners
“CONGRATULATIONS” to Reflections Competition Winners
LWSD Reflections Council has announced the results. 4 students from Tesla Stem have advanced to the STATE LEVEL. Here are the winners.
1. Anugraha Pillai --- Dance ---- Award of Excellence
2. Diya Modi ----- Music ------ Outstanding Interpretation
3. Vivian Li ---- Visual Arts ------ Outstanding Interpretation
4. Tanvi Patil ---- Visual Arts --- Award of Excellence
Reflections 2022-23 has been a successful contest for our Tesla STEM student artists this year. We had six entries across various categories of which four advanced to the LWSD council level. Two entries have won the "Outstanding Interpretation" award at the council level and advanced to the State level competition. We thank all the artists for their submissions and congratulate them for making this year's Reflections successful.
Congratulations to Vivian Li for winning the Outstanding Interpretation award for her Visual Arts entry titled "Who is crying?".
Congratulations to Diya Modi for winning the Outstanding Interpretation award for her Music Composition entry titled "Mystery".
