OAEA is proud to sponsor the Young People's Art Exhibition (YPAE) and the Youth Art Month (YAM)
​exhibition in conjunction with Youth Art Month every March. 

Submissions are now closed for the 2023 YAM & YPAE Exhibits.

OAEA members can submit up to two student works from grades K-8 to both of these shows. One piece will be chosen for YPAE and another for the YAM show. From the regional level, the art pieces are given to the state YPAE and YAM chairs to exhibit.

OAEA members may submit artwork here online from those two students. Besides contact information, this form will request the upload of photos of the student artwork online. It will also require student name, contact info, teacher name and contact info, school name and contact info, artwork title, and medium used. Please complete this form one time for each student work submission.

OAEA has hosted these two shows since 1980. Students from all eight regions of our state are represented.  In years past, the shows have displayed over 250 students from around the state. 

​Teachers are asked to fill out the entry form and upload photos of the student artwork online. The photos will also be uploaded to Artsonia, for the exhibition programs and sketchbooks and documentation.
YAM/YPAE Deadline: December 21st
Letters to the students will be going out by early to mid February. Teachers will be getting an e-mail. The letters and e-mail will provide information for the Recognition Ceremony in March.

You can see all the YPAE and YAM art on the website Artsonia.com.  We host all the work here, go to the website and search OAEA under schools to take you to the site with work.  You can purchase any art items and 20% of all purchases goes back to our exhibitions fund.

Thanks to all the teachers for submitting art to these state shows.  In the always changing world of education we need to continue to strive to keep the creativity of the visual arts in the lives of our students!
Please contact your Regional Director for more information regarding drop off times and locations.  
Western Region = westrd@ohioarted.com
Central Region = centralrd@ohioarted.com
Southwest Region = southwestrd@ohioarted.com
North Central Region = northcentralrd@ohioarted.com
Northwest Region = northwestrd@ohioarted.com
Southeast Region = southeastrd@ohioarted.com
Northeast Region = northeastrd@ohioarted.com
East Region = eastrd@ohioarted.com