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Mobile County Art Contest for Earth Day

In an effort to bolster civic education and educate communities on the role of county government, Mobile County is launching the 2023 Mobile County Earth Day Art Contest, in conjunction with National County Government Month.

Mobile County leaders are spreading the word about the county’s initiatives for recycling and clean-up activities. By inviting children and young adults in grades K through 12 to create artwork that promotes recycling, taking care of the earth, and preventing global warming, Mobile County hopes to raise awareness about its programs and services that impact people’s lives every day.

Students compete for a chance to win certificates, prizes, and more! Winners will be selected from six grade levels including:

  • K-1st
  • 2nd & 3rd
  • 4th & 5th
  • 6th, 7th & 8th
  • 9th & 10th
  • 11th & 12th

Classroom grants will also be awarded to the winning student's class to be used to enhance environmental learning. Winners will be announced at a Mobile County Commission Meeting and their artwork will be displayed in Mobile Government Plaza. The artwork will also be featured in future Mobile County initiatives.

ELIGIBILITY

  • Only students living in Mobile County, Alabama, who are in grades K through 12th, during the 2022–2023 academic year are eligible.
  • Each submission must be original artwork created in the current school year by one student.

ARTWORK GUIDELINES

  • Submitted artwork must be inspired by the sentence “We Should Invest In Our Planet Because…”
  • Submissions must be exclusively comprised of fully recycled/reused materials; can include elements such as Painting, Collage, Sculpture, Drawing and Product design from found objects
  • The artwork must be horizontal or vertical 8.5″ x 11″ (PDF or JPEG)

JUDGING CRITERIA

  • Basic Judging Criteria: Effective use of recycled/reused materials, Originality and Innovation, Creativity and Overall Presentation
  • Creativity and Imagination: The artwork must be original in its expression of a personal vision or voice. It must be the student's own work and cannot be plagiarized or in violation of any copyright.
  • Artist’s statement: Along with the artwork, each student is required to submit a statement that completes the sentence “We Should Invest In Our Planet Because…”
  • Each entry must include the artist’s name, grade, school, and contact information (for the student, a parent or guardian’s email address and phone number) and a teacher’s (email address and phone number).

DEADLINE AND SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS

  • The competition submission period closes on April 3, 2023, at 6 p.m. CT.
  • Students may submit their artwork for consideration by emailing it to publicaffairs@mobilecountyal.gov or mailing it to
    Mobile County Commission
    205 Government Street
    10th Floor South Tower
    Mobile, AL 36644
    Attention: Dena Pollard, Public Affairs Manager
  • The artwork must be submitted as a PDF or JPEG. (Winners will be notified and asked to mail their original artwork to Mobile County Commission.
  • The artist’s statement including name, age, grade level, school, teacher, and contact information for a guardian or teacher must be submitted as a .doc or docx file. 
  • For digital art or graphic design submissions, the design must be 300 dpi and RGB color.
  • Only one submission per student is allowed. 
  • There is NO entry fee.