PreK-12 Students Invited to Enter International Space Foundation Student Art Contest

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Aug. 13, 2012) -- The Space Foundation invites students from around the world in PreK-12th grade (or the equivalent outside the U.S.) to enter its annual student art contest. The 2013 Space Foundation International Student Art Contest theme If I Were Going... challenges students to imagine how they would personally experience space travel, exploration or settlement and then interpret that idea into an original work of visual art.

Teacher sponsorship is required, and teachers must submit artwork entries for their students.

The Space Foundation will give a total of 41 awards to 36 winners: first, second and third place in each of three media/art categories for each grade level/age group. One grand prize winner will be selected for each grade category from among the first place winners in that group for a total of four grand prizes. In addition, the Space

Foundation will confer a Space Foundation Achievement Award, which will be selected by the Space Foundation graphic arts team from among all the winners.

Four Grade Categories

• PreK-2nd (3-7 years old)
• 3rd-5th (8-10 years old)
• 6th-8th (11-13 years old)
• 9th-12th (14-18 years old)

Three Art Categories

• Drawing
• Painting
• Digital

Winner Categories

• First, second and third place winners (36 total) representing each grade and art category
• Four grand prize winners - one for each grade category
• One Space Foundation Achievement Award

Prizes and Exposure

• All winners receive a prize, a ribbon and a certificate
• Grand prize and Space Foundation Achievement Award winners receive additional prizes
• All entries will be displayed in the online Space Foundation art gallery on Artsonia.com and winners will be showcased on the Space Foundation website
• All winners receive international exposure - digital images of past winners' artwork have been sent to the International Space Station and some have even been "bounced" off the Moon

How to Enter
Due to the huge response received last year, the Space Foundation has partnered with Artsonia.com to receive all artwork entries. Artsonia is the world's largest online art gallery exclusively featuring the artwork of students in PreK-12th grade (or equivalent school levels outside of the U.S.). Artsonia is free to use, and teachers may submit student art entries into the contest without joining Artsonia. To learn more, review details or submit artwork, go to www.artsonia.com/space/express.

For art upload or submission questions, contact Artsonia customer support at info@artsonia.com or call 800.869.9974 (U.S. only) or +1.224.538.5060 (outside the U.S.)

For general contest questions, contact the Space Foundation at ArtContest@SpaceFoundation.org.

See the art contest website at www.spacefoundation.org/education/2013-student-art-contest.

In 2012, student response included more than 1,500 entries from 17 U.S. states, Turkey and Pakistan. See last year's winning artwork at http://bit.ly/OXFtUy.

About the Space Foundation
The foremost advocate for all sectors of the space industry and an expert in all aspects of space, the Space Foundation is a global, nonprofit leader in space awareness activities, educational programs that bring space into the classroom and major industry events, including the National Space Symposium, all in support of its mission "to advance space-related endeavors to inspire, enable and propel humanity." The Space Foundation publishes The Space Report: The Authoritative Guide to Global Space Activity and provides three indexes that track daily performance of the space industry. Through its Space Certification and Space Technology Hall of Fame® programs, the Space Foundation recognizes space-based technologies and innovations that have been adapted to improve life on Earth. Founded in 1983 and headquartered in Colorado Springs, the Space Foundation conducts research and analysis and government affairs activities from its Washington, D.C., office and has a field office in Houston, Texas. For more information visit www.SpaceFoundation.org. Follow us on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter, and read about the latest space news and Space Foundation activities in Space Watch.