2011 Visual Arts Contest Winners
This year’s contests focus on the environmental impact of Hurricane Katrina or the Deepwater Horizon (BP) oil spill in the Gulf Coast region. Thinking about environmental issues and Dr. King’s vision for equality and his concern for the poor and oppressed: use a journalistic format to raise awareness, encourage civic engagement or highlight issues about a related social, financial or political topic.
Highlighting the civic engagement of everyday citizens and the media’s responsibility to serve society, this year’s student contest entries should demonstrate how journalistic mediums (such as newspaper/web articles, blogs, op-ed pieces, television (network or cable), video or radio segments, or other news sources) might raise awareness, encourage civic engagement and transform the consequences of social policies and practices for all American citizens. In the spirit of Dr. King’s general concern for humanity and his particular commitment to the poor and oppressed, students should create a journalistic piece designed to inform, involve and/or motivate everyday citizens on a social, financial or political topic related to the environmental impact of Hurricane Katrina or the Deepwater Horizon (BP) oil spill on the Gulf Coast region.
Students in grades 4 through 6 were invited to submit original works of art.
Visual Arts Contest Winners, Grades 4-6
First Place:
Robyn Carter, grade 6, Stuart Country Day School, Princeton
Second Place:
Brent Ferenczy, grade 4, Holland Brook School, Whitehouse Station
Third Place:
Milicent Brigaud, grade 4, The Waldorf School of Princeton, Princeton
Honorable Mention:
Rachel Asir, grade 6, Stuart Country Day School, Princeton