If you have a K-8 student in your house who loves to make art, the KidWind Project and the U.S. Department of Energy’ have a message: We Want You!
No for a job but to participate in the KidWind Project’s 2025 National Wind Energy Art Challenge.
This year’s challenge asks students to create artworks with the theme “Beautiful Wind Energy.” The contest was so popular last year, organizers will increase the number of winners this year.
“With the plethora of submissions we had last year, it was extremely hard to choose,” Michael Arquin, founder of KidWind, said this week in a release announcing the contest. “This year we will recognize four selections per grade instead of two so that we can highlight even more students’ artwork at the annual CLEANPOWER conference.”
The conference is the renewable energy industry’s premier event, bringing together policy leaders, industry experts, and major players. Art contest wiinners work will be displaced at the 2025 conference in Phoenix, Arizona next May alongside the World KidWind Challenge, an international exhibition where students to demonstrate their clean energy knowledge, skill, and creativity.
The challenge
Participation is free. Students should create artwork on 8.5-by-11 or 11-by-17 sized paper. The art can be oriented horizontally or vertically and submissions are limited to one piece of art per child. Adults like teachers can submit pieces for an unlimited number of kids. A panel of judges will score submitted art on “quality of submitted image, theme, knowledge and understanding, and creativity.”
Resources to help students learn more about wind energy and additional creative suggestions can be found on the art challenge’s website.
Guidelines
- Participants are limited to students in grades K-8
- Only one submission per student
- Original hand-made only
- Drawing and painting in any media is accepted (pencil, crayon, markers, watercolor, acrylic, etc). Use of drawing and painting mediums together is acceptable
Collage with fabric, foil, etc is acceptable. Artwork texture or collage layers can’t exceed ¼” in height - Pre-made illustrations not from the artist, can’t be used
- No digitally created artwork
- No adult assistance in the creation of the artwork allowed
- Artwork must speak to the theme of Beautiful Wind Energy
- Artwork must be created on 8.5 x 11 or 11 x17 paper
Adults must submit
A teacher, coach, parent or guardian must fill out the online registration form and provide contact information.
Submissions deadline us 12 p.m. CST on February 28, 2025. Winners weill be announced April 1, 2025.
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