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 incentive program, Create Schools of Excellence in Fine Arts Education.

Participating AP Fine Arts students are 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 are selected by a panel of artists, a panel of art historians, and a panel of musicians.  The 2013 Young Masters Exhibition submission packet will be available for downloading in the fall of 2012.

2012 Young Masters AP Arts and Music Exhibition

The O'Donnell Foundation and the Dallas Museum of Art hosted the Young Masters AP arts and music exhibition for the fourteenth year.   The exhibition was held February 5 - April 8, 2012 in the Concourse Gallery.  An evening reception for the Young Masters, family members, teachers, and invited guests was celebrated on Tuesday, February 28th, 2012 in the Atrium Café and Concourse Gallery. Winning students and teachers were introduced and honored in an awards ceremony held in the Horchow Auditorium during the evening reception. The guest speaker was Olivier Meslay, DMA Associate Director of Curatorial Affairs.