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First Place Georgia Watercolor Society

"Goodwill"

Noah Nam

Mill Creek High School Senior

Carisa Griffin, instructor

watercolor

About Art Throwdown

How it Started

When Jeff Mather brought the idea to Grady High School's John Brandhorst, senior Perrin Turner (2009) spread the word to his peers and Brandhorst got the ball rolling. The Art Throwdown brings students from high schools across Atlanta to engage in a different kind of art competition.  The next Throwdown happens outdoors, in front of the AHSAE in the Dogwood Festival.

"The idea is to bring high school artists together and really provide a live experience with visual art where friends, family, and the larger community can get a closer look at the creative process. Participating high school artists also get hands-on experience geared towards the next level of artistic expression and learning, whether that means attending college or working in a professional environment."  --Perrin Turner (2009)

Is your school interested in sending a team to the AHSAE/Dogwood scrimmage?

Email John Brandhorst, Throwdown coordinator, to get your school's name on the list:

john.brandhorst@woodward.edu

2024/5 throwdown details

Click for everything you need to know about last year's TD in the park.

Dogwood Festival Art Throwdown Final Profile 2024 2 (pdf)

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Call for school teams.

Location in Piedmont Park, Atlanta

Call for school teams.

Original Throwdown button, 2015-2017

Contact John Brandhorst for more information about getting your students involved this spring:

john.brandhorst@woodward.edu

Scrimmage challenges

Location in Piedmont Park, Atlanta

Call for school teams.

In front of the AHSAE in the Dogwood Festival

--figure drawing

--landscape representation

--one shot comics

--Lillian Blades Collage

--Fibonacci sculpture

--cartographic challenge

--digital photo

--formal portraiture 

--face-off speed portraits

--and more!


Location in Piedmont Park, Atlanta

Location in Piedmont Park, Atlanta

Location in Piedmont Park, Atlanta

Sunday, April 13, in the Atlanta Dogwood Festival, find the scrimmage just inside the 12th Street entrance to Piedmont Park, in front of the AHSAE. (Atlanta High School Art Exhibition)

Last year--2024 Timeline 

12:30-1:00PM

Convene and check-in at the AHSAE in the Piedmont Park Community Center

1:15PM

Welcome Announcements

1:20PM

Divide into com

Sunday, April 13, in the Atlanta Dogwood Festival, find the scrimmage just inside the 12th Street entrance to Piedmont Park, in front of the AHSAE. (Atlanta High School Art Exhibition)

Last year--2024 Timeline 

12:30-1:00PM

Convene and check-in at the AHSAE in the Piedmont Park Community Center

1:15PM

Welcome Announcements

1:20PM

Divide into competition-specific groups for expectations and questions

1:30PM

Begin 90 minute team events, Landscape and Individual Drawing competitions

1:45PM 

Begin Formal Portraitrure 30 minute drawing and Figure Drawing competitions

3:00

End all 90 minute competitions.  Judging and point tallying.

3:10PM

Begin Speed Portraiture

3:30PM

Announcement of Individual and Team Winners

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