Children were invited to submit two-dimensional artwork on the 2007 Festival theme: MY ART SPEAKS FROM THE HEART. Each grade was juried independently and one piece from each level—pre-k through 12—were selected to be featured on the Festival Poster. Submitted Poster Contest artwork is on display in various locations throughout the ARTwalk with the winners on display in the US Bank Center skyway.

2007 Winning Artist's Statements

Matthew
My Art Speaks From My Heart
2007

Pre-Kindergarten

“I drew a picture of Willow because I love her. I lover her because she is so cute. She likes me to snuggle in with her! I want to be an artist because I want to color and draw and stuff all the time.”

Josiah
My Art Speaks From My Heart
2007

Hope Academy, Kindergarten

This is our house. I love to live here. I really like the tree in the back yard. I really really like our doorway and that be sky is blue.

Kaylea
My Art Speaks From My Heart
2007

Turtle Lake, Grade 1

I called my poster Bedtime because I like to sleep warm and cozy under the quilt my
Grandma made for me, with all my toys around. And I like to draw on my desk.

Austin
My Art Speaks From My Heart
2007

Christina Huddleston Elementary, Grade 2

Emma
My Art Speaks From My Heart
2007

My art speaks from the heart. Once I had dance lessons and made a boyfriend there. (Whose name was Gino). After the dance he swept me off my feet by my arms. He was my dance teacher!

Jazmin
My Art Speaks From My Heart
2007

Webster Magnet Elementary School, Grade 4

I am Jazmin Landy. I am swinging on a tree by my tree house. It is close to my heart because I like to hang out on the swing.

Lizzete
My Art Speaks From My Heart
2007

L.O. Jacob Elementary, Grade 5

I don’t know if you could call it an inspiration for my poster but really I just opened my heart. I saw what art means to me. Which is music, relaxing and most important expressing myself. I did my scenery outside because being outside is extremely relaxing for me. Listening to the
Birds, listening to music and of course drawing painting, doodling, whatever art is. It was so much fun working on MY ART SPEAKS FROM MY HEART

Anne
My Art Speaks From My Heart
2007

Minnesota Waldorf School, Grade 6

In my heart there is the art, the one I know so well.
I cannot tell what lures me to this place,
Awaiting the many wonders for the artistic world.
Here it is unfurled,
My world of paint and paper and clay.

Mai
My Art Speaks From My Heart
2007

Fred Moore Middle School Center for the Arts, Grade 7

My pictures tells a story of me and it tells what I like and how I feel. The black mixed with brown blocks are the steps that I have to take to remove a leaf and keep going towards the future. The water represents tears. The two people facing towards the back represents my parents, my most important thing in my whole life. The books, volleyball, and football is what I like to do. The two hand is the hands that belongs to my big sister pa that always helps me and took care of me. The ribbon represents elegant and graceful meaning my kind of dancing. The single girl facing back is me and it shows my culture and who I am. The girl in front with the half face is me, meaning that most people sees me in the outside a lot and judge me but I am different in the inside in some way. The feathers represents that I like pure things. I leafes color tells my emotion that I show every day. Orange, red, yellow = loving-affectionate. Green, white, yellow = my favorite color- bored sometimes. Pink, peach, raspberry pink = shy-caring.

Alexandra
My Art Speaks From My Heart
2007

Central Middle School, Grade 8

Art isn’t a way that you just do something. It’s how you live your life. There are no rules or consequences and no lines to follow.

Austin
My Art Speaks From My Heart
2007

North Campus of White Bear High School, Grade 9

Art is my magic carpet. I ride it in my free time and often in my dreams. In art I can express myself the way I wan to. High over the mountains I paint what I want when I want. When I’m there, the world is free from war and sadness. The world could use more magic carpets.

Rachael
My Art Speaks From My Heart
2007

Homeschooled, Grade 10

This work is from my heart because it represents the joy I experience as I step into the grounds of the Renaissance Festival for the first time. People there come to share their passions with others, spreading raw human joy and happiness to everyone. It is in this warmth and joyful sharing that my heart fills with song and demands to sing with others in the universal unity that joy is.

Coua
My Art Speaks From My Heart
2007

Patrick Henry High School, Grade 11

A voice breaking free from deep inside my mind.
The angry voices’ are pounding though each side of my forehead.
Writing every thought of unspoken word on the pebbles of the sand by the blue ocean breeze.
Standing in the pink sunset, and the wind blowing between my hairs.
To be in my own world, a heaven where I can be a better me.
Trying to cry out anger, just wanting to understand why so much hate and jealousy is being glued to my skin.
Feels like ripping through thee fence to break free from jail.
Scratching the chalkboard from right to left and from left to right.
Filled with only dark light and being followed by a lonely shadow.
Waiting patiently for life to be found.
For someone to open his heart to me.
With nothing to say.
Wondering around yelling for help.
Help me!
Help me find my body,
My soul,
My guidance,
My footsteps,
My heart.

Arum
My Art Speaks From My Heart
2007

My idea came from Vincent van Gogh's paintings.  I like the way van Gogh represents his feelings in his paintings.  The girl in my artwork show the different moods I have when I do my artwork.  I used the sparkles to show this further.

Irondale High School, Grade 12

2007 Poster Contest Participants