Since 1995, the O’Donnell Foundation and the Dallas Museum of Art have generously sponsored the Young Masters Exhibition. The Young Masters Fine Arts Exhibition celebrates the creativity and skill of each grant program: AP Art History, Music Theory and Studio Art. Integrating all three disciplines at this prestigious event reinforces both the interconnectedness of the arts and the mission of the O’Donnell Foundation’s new incentive program, Create Schools of Excellence in Fine Arts Education.

The AP Fine Arts students will be invited to submit the following works:

• AP Art History – an original essay in response to a work in the DMA’s permanent collection
• AP Music Theory – an original four minute composition
• AP Studio Art – an original two-dimensional or three-dimensional art work

The final works and award winners for each program will be selected by a panel of artists, a panel of art historians, and a panel of musicians.   DOWNLOAD 2012 PACKET: AP Music Theory Submission Packet 

2012 Young Masters Fine Arts Exhibition

 The O'Donnell Foundation and the Dallas Museum of Art will host the Young Masters Fine Arts Exhibition for the fourteenth year.   The exhibition will be held February 5 - April 8, 2012 in the Concourse Gallery.  An evening reception for the students, their families and their teachers will be held on Tuesday, February 28th, 2012 in the Atrium Café. Winning students and teachers will be introduced and honored in an awards ceremony held in the Horchow Auditorium during the reception evening. 

Charles Blake
Piano Trio in F Minor: An Argument with Doubt

Teacher: Dr. Terry Eder
School: Plano Senior High School
Composer Statement

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John Burnett
Sisyphean Shade

Teacher: Kent Ellingson
School: Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts