Student Art Contest to Launch Soon

Watch the Space Foundation website - www.SpaceFoundation.org - for an announcement later this month with details of how to enter the Space Foundation Student Art Contest. The theme for 2012 is Space is Infinite - Explore!

Here are some basic details; full details will be available Sept. 12:

• The contest is open to students in PreK-12th grade from thoughout the world
• All entries must be submitted and sponsored by teachers for their students
• Deadline will be Jan. 31, 2012
• Winners will be announced in early 2012 and will be invited to an awards ceremony at the 28th National Space Symposium, to be held April 16-19, 2012, at The Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colo.
• The grand prize winners will be announced at the ceremony

Entries will be judged in four grade categories:

• PreK-2nd 
• 3rd-5th
• 6th-8th
• 9th-12th

The contest will accept up to one entry per person in three categories:

• Drawing/Sketching
• Painting
• Multimedia

The contest will officially launch Sept. 12.

Pictured: Some of the winning artwork from the 2011 Space Foundation Student Art Contest