The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum and the Illinois State Board of Education are sponsoring their annual student art contest. Illinois students have until Jan. 5 to submit entries on the theme of “I wonder …”
The contest asks children from kindergarten through high school to interpret the theme however they want in two-dimensional art, such as a drawing, painting or collage. Winners will be announced March 11 to commemorate Arts Education Week.
All winners and runners-up will have their work displayed by the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum through Aug. 15, and the artwork chosen as “best of show” will be used on a poster sent to schools to celebrate Arts Education Week, March 11-15, 2024.
The winner will also be recognized at an ISBE Board meeting, and a framed copy will hang in the Board office.
Contest submissions may be up to 14 inches by 11 inches. They cannot feature copyrighted characters such as Batman. More details are available at bit.ly/ALPLM-ArtContest.
Entries do not have to be submitted via schools; youth groups, home-educated children or anyone else can participate. All that is required is that the artist is a student at any public, private, alternative, or home school in Illinois.
