YASS 2024 Rules and Policies

  • All YASS entrants must be American Indian students in grades 7–12. Tribal membership must be listed on the application.
  • Deadline for pre-registering to the Youth Art Show and Sale is February 16, 2024. The deadline for receiving artwork is 4 p.m. February 26, 2024.
  • All pieces will be available for sale until the show closes on March 3, 2024. Students must be willing to sell their entries and will not be allowed to remove them before the show closes. The price for each piece is set by the artist, with $15 as the minimum.
  • Checks for artwork sold will be sent in April. The amount will include any cash awards and 80% of the sale price of any items sold. Don’t forget we need your W9!
  • The panels on which we hang the art are about 30 inches wide and two-dimensional work must fit in this space. Two-dimensional works must be matted, mounted, or stretched. Work cannot be framed, laminated, or covered with glass. Charcoal, chalk, and pastels must have a fixative applied.
  • Students in grades 7–9 (Division 1) may enter one (1) piece of art each. Students in grades 10-12 (Division 2) may enter two (2) pieces each.
  • Each entry must be the signed and dated original work of one artist and created within the last twelve (12) months.
  • The Heard Museum and Guild have the right to photograph the artists and their work during the Youth Art Show and Sale to use in promotional material prepared by and for the Museum and the Guild. All photos become property of the Heard Museum Guild.
  • Each entry is eligible to be selected for reproduction on American Indian Student Art Note Cards and other products. The artists whose artwork is selected for reproduction will receive $250 and four packets of Note Cards or one of the other products with the image of their artwork. The cards and other products are sold to raise money for the Student Intern Fund and grants for art supplies to the show participants’ teachers. The student and parents must sign the copyright permission form, complete a W9, and submit these two forms in order to have work selected for reproduction and to be paid any fees or prizes at YASS.
  • We will pack and ship unsold artwork after the show if you have sent us billing information. Alternatively, artwork may be picked up after the show, See the Unsold Artwork page for details, including exact times and how to make special pickup arrangements.
  • Checks to students not cashed within one year from the date of issue will be cancelled. The funds will remain in the Youth Art Account to help defer costs of the show. Excess funds will be donated to grants for art supplies for teachers and the Student Intern program.
  • If a student wishes to donate their proceeds directly to Youth Art, they may sign the Permission to donate slip and return it with the application and art.
  • The Heard Museum and the Heard Museum Guild are not responsible for loss or damage of entries during processing, exhibition, packing, or transit to and from the Show.
  • The Heard Museum and Heard Museum Guild comply with the requirements of The Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990 (P.L. 101-644) which makes it illegal to market an art or craft item in a manner that falsely suggests it is Indian-produced. Under the Act, an Indian is defined as a member of any federally or officially State recognized Indian Tribe, or an individual certified as an Indian by an Indian Tribe. For information, visit www.doi.gov/iacb/act.
  • If you are age 18, regardless of whether you are still in high school, you may choose to enter the Juried Competition at the 2024 Heard Indian Fair and Market as an adult OR you may enter YASS. If you choose to enter the Indian Fair and Market, do not use the YASS submission forms, but use the regular application for Fair artists. All Fair deadlines, rules, and fees will apply. You may only enter one competition: the Indian Fair and Market or YASS.
  • Upon request, youth artists who have submitted works to the Youth Art Show and Sale (YASS) and their teachers will be provided with free tickets to the Heard Museum Indian Fair and Market.