May 23, 2025

Good afternoon Visual Arts students, parents and supporters! Congratulations to all our families as we close out the 2024-25 school year. And special congratulations to our graduates who will cross the Meyerson stage on Sunday at 5 p.m. You can watch the live stream from the DISD site. If you have trouble with the live stream, try the link directly from the DISD graduation schedule.

To the Visual Arts Class of 2025 ... We thank you for your creativity, passion, and hard work and wish you the best of luck as you move forward - whether to college, new projects, or creative careers. Keep expressing yourself boldly and fearlessly!

Seniors - don't forget. Line up for Baccalaureate tomorrow (Saturday), May 24 at 10 a.m. The ceremony begins at 11 a.m. Families can park on the street or in the Bryan Tower parking garage (719 Olive Street, Dallas). No tickets are required for the ceremony. Students - WEAR YOUR CAP AND GOWN.

On Sunday, students should arrive at the Meyerson at 10:30 a.m. All seniors rehearse from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Performers rehearse from 1-3 p.m. All students line up at 4 p.m.

Register: All new and returning students must complete registration each year by June 30, 2025. Include your updated contact information to receive school communications over the summer. Login to Smart Choice powered by SchoolMint to register.

Join or renew: The Visual Arts Guild membership year runs through May 31 so please join or renew your membership for the 2025-26 school year. As you may know, we rely on memberships, sponsorships and donations to fund the programs and resources we provide all the Visual Arts students and faculty. 

Update: If we don't have your contact information we cannot send you email newsletters, reminders, announcements and updates. Be sure to update parent and student information in Membership Toolkit.

Download: The Membership Toolkit app is an easy way to access all the guild (and PTSA) information from your mobile device. If you have students in multiple conservatories or at different schools that use MTK, you can access all your membership info, purchase history, volunteer sign ups and more from the app. Download the app for Android or iOS.

Volunteer: There are many ways to connect with the guild next year. We need your time, talents, and resources!

Submit a design for the senior t-shirt by June 4. All details are on the PTSA site at http://btwptsa.membershiptoolkit.com/shirt-design.

Submit your shirt size. The PTSA Senior Activities Committee (SAC) gives every senior a t-shirt but you need to submit your size by June 16 or you will get whatever sizes are leftover.

Look for information from the school about senior yearbook portraits. They will be taken on campus from July 29 to August 1, 2025, with photographer Angela P. Navarette. 

Look for information from the Visual Arts Guild about Visual Arts senior headshots, which will be taken on campus within the first couple weeks of school. Senior yearbook photos and Visual Arts headshots are not the same things and cannot be used interchangeably.

Follow the Class of 2026 on social media. LOTS OF INFO will be shared over the summer so don't wait until August.

• Join the Class of 2026 Remind: text @btwco26 to 81010
• Join the Facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/btwhspva2026
• Follow the Class of 2026 on Instagram @btwhspva2026

Parents, if you want to serve on the SAC, fill out an interest form on the PTSA website.

Be sure to follow your class Remind. Follow the Visual Art Guild by texting @btwvaguild to 81010.

The 2025-26 exhibit calendar has been posted. Save these dates for gallery receptions. All are Thursdays from 5-7 p.m. unless otherwise noted:

• Faculty/Alum: September 25
• Studio Selections: October 16
• Senior Showcase: November 20
• National Arts Honor Society: December 11
• Senior Shows: January 22, February 12, March 26
• SCRAP: April 9
• New Works: May 7,  6-8 p.m.

The 2025 All-School Musical has been announced. Guys & Dolls will hit the MAT stage September 10-14, 2025. 

The Playbill student artwork contest is open through May 23. Rising students in 10-12 grades during the 2025-2026 school year from all conservatories can participate. The artwork should reflect the following:

• Title of the show "Guys and Dolls"
• City: New York skyline
• Representative symbols: dice, pearls, coins, cash
• Time period: 1980s and 1990s

Visit the PTSA site for additional design instructions on the artwork contest. The deadline to submit artwork is Friday, May 23, 2025. 

Did you know that Ms. Butler and Mr. Mata, our ASP college advisors, have summer hours through June 6 if your student needs help with college enrollment, financial aid, TSI scores, FAFSA, college list building, essay brainstorming and more. 

Drop in as you need help from May 23-June 6. Just message them on Remind before you visit. You can also register for virtual hours online. 

Email Ms. Butler at dbutler@aspdallas.org with questions.

The Creative Arts Center is offering free camps to DISD students. Visit the CAC website for details.

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Visual Arts Guild at BTWHSPVA

2501 Flora St.

Dallas TX 75201