The Regional Transportation District, in partnership with the Aurora and Cherry Creek school districts, has launched a student art contest to help kids learn the benefits of public transportation in a creative way.
Some 2,400 middle school students from the Aurora and Cherry Creek school districts are competing for a chance to have their artwork displayed on the side of a 40-foot RTD bus. The contest theme is My World. My Art. My RTD.
“The aim of the art contest is to encourage young people in our community to be aware of and engaged in their public transit system through art,” said Claudia Folska, RTD Board Director, District E, who initiated the idea of the student art contest. “Our children are our future and their voices matter.”
Art students were asked to submit artwork on an interior bus card that represents what public transportation means and how it benefits the community. Each school will choose two finalists to submit to RTD, and that’s where the voting comes in.
From Friday through Oct. 24, the public will be able to vote online through RTD’s website for their favorite student artwork from each school district. The three designs from each district with the most votes move on to the next round. An art committee comprised of judges from RTD and the community will choose the first, second and third place winners. There will be one grand prize winner selected from each school district.
The two grand prize winners will be announced on Oct. 31. Each winner will then work with an RTD graphic designer to incorporate their design onto the side of a bus. The bus featuring the student artwork will be unveiled at a special event with the winning schools at a later time.
After the contest is completed, all entries will be showcased inside RTD buses throughout the district.
“This is a pilot project with Aurora and Cherry Creek schools, but based on the overwhelming success, we will evaluate how we can expand the program to partner with other school districts in the future,” said Pauletta Tonilas, RTD’s senior manager of public relations.
For more information about the student art contest, visit www.rtd-denver.com.
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