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Reflections Program: How to Get Started


PTA Reflections
2008-09 Reflections Program Theme:  "Wow!"

Designed to enhance rather than replace a quality arts education, the Reflections Program provides opportunities for students to express themselves and to receive positive recognition for their artistic efforts.

National PTA believes all children deserve a quality arts education and encourages students to pursue artistic expression through participation in its annual arts Reflections Program. The program offers students the opportunity to create works of art for fun and recognition. Students in preschool through grade 12 are encouraged to create and submit works of art in four areas: literature, musical composition, photography, and the visual arts (which includes art forms such as drawing, painting, print making, and collage). In its more than 30-year history, the program has encouraged millions of students across the nation and in American schools overseas to create works of art. The Reflections Program was started in 1969 by then Colorado PTA President Mary Lou Anderson.

Students participate in the Reflections Program by submitting entries to their local PTA or PTSA. Any PTA/PTSA in good standing is eligible to sponsor a Reflections Program.

Rules and deadlines are not the same for all PTAs. Contact your state PTA for specific guidelines.


How to Enter

Mary Lou Anderson Reflections Arts Enhancement Grant Program
Information on matching grants of up to $1,000.

Student Entry Form


Student Rules

General Student Participation Rules: 2008-2009


General Student Particpation Rules: 2008-2009 (Spanish)


Dance Choreography Rules: 2008-2009


Dance Choreography Rules: 2008-2009 (Spanish)


Film Production Rules: 2008-2009


Film Production Rules: 2008-2009 (Spanish)


Literature Rules: 2008-2009


Literature Rules: 2008-2009 (Spanish)


Music Composition Rules: 2008-2009


Music Composition Rules: 2008-2009 (Spanish)


Photography Rules: 2008-2009


Photography Rules: 2008-2009 (Spanish)


Visual Arts Rules: 2008-2009


Visual Arts Rules: 2008-2009 (Spanish)



2008 Reflections Program Gallery
2007-2008 Theme:
“I can make a difference by...”