HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024-03-11; Historic Preservation Commission; ; 3rd Grade Art Contest
Meeting Date: March 11, 2024
To: Historic Preservation Commission
From: Mike Strong, Assistant Director of Community Development
Staff Contact: Mike Strong, Assistant Director of Community Development
Mike.strong@carlsbadca.gov, 442-339-2721
Subject: 3rd Grade Art Contest
Recommended Action
Receive informational report on “Drawing on Carlsbad’s Past.”
Executive Summary
Annually, the Historic Preservation Commission works with third-grade classes in Carlsbad
schools to encourage students’ learning about historic sites in the city. This fun and creative
activity allows students to learn about local heritage through art and by visiting many of
Carlsbad’s historical sites. The city recognizes the third-grade artists and awards certificates at a
meeting in June each year. This year, the third-grade artists will be acknowledged at the June 18,
2024, City Council meeting. The art pieces will be on display in the summer at the Georgina Cole
Library.
This item is included 2023-2024 Draft HPC Work Plan (“3rd Grade Historic Art Program”).
Discussion
Every year the Historic Preservation Commission sponsors “Drawing on Carlsbad’s Past,” an art
contest for third graders in Carlsbad. After learning about Carlsbad’s historic sites, students are
asked to create an artistic image. The submitted artwork must be an artistic representation of a
Carlsbad historic site.
As of this writing the details of the art contest are as follows:
• Call for art letter was sent to schools on March 1, 2024.
• Teachers have until March 15, 2024 to submit their interest in participating.
• Art contest instructions sent to participating classrooms on April 1, 2024.
• Artwork should be on 8 ½ by 11-inch paper.
• Watercolor, tempera paint, colored pencil, pen and ink, charcoal, crayon, or any
combination of media may be used. Artwork should be original images, no
photocopying of preprinted designs or coloring book pages, please.
• Each participating school judges their own art. Each school may decide who should
judge the artwork and what criteria should be used.
• Three winning pieces are selected from each participating school.
HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION
Staff Report
• Estimated due date for artwork submissions to the Georgina Cole Library is Friday, May
31, 2024.
• All winners will be acknowledged at a presentation at the Carlsbad City Council Meeting
scheduled for Tuesday, June 18, 2024 at 5 p.m. The selected artwork will be posted in
the Council Chamber and at the Georgina Cole Library.
More information will be provided to the Historic Preservation Commission at its May 13, 2024,
meeting. At this time, the Historic Preservation Commission should be aware of the program’s
schedule and help promote the contest to the community and the involvement of third-grade
students. Sheila Crosby, Deputy Library Director, will present an overview of the third-grade
annual art contest program at the May 13, 2024 meeting.
Fiscal Analysis
There is no direct fiscal impact associated with receiving this informational report.
Environmental Evaluation (CEQA)
Pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21065, this action does not constitute a “project”
within the meaning of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) in that it has no
potential to cause either a direct physical change in the environment, or a reasonably
foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment, and therefore does not require
environmental review.
Exhibits
None.