HomeCalling all teachers of Grades 5 to 8! Your students’ art could be flying high in Canada’s Capital Region!
The National Capital Commission (NCC), in partnership with Classroom Connections, is running an amazing cross-Canada contest and public art project. Students in Grades 5 through 8 (Elementary 5 through Secondary 2 in Quebec) are being asked to create and submit a one-of-a-kind banner design to the “Raise Your Voices!” National Student Banner Contest. The design should represent an issue or topic of importance to Canadian youth.
The winning banners will be professionally produced by the NCC and flown in Major’s Hill Park in the heart of the Capital, from May to October 2010.
The NCC will also feature winning banner designs on the cover of its key planning document, the Plan for Canada’s Capital.
For more information about how your class can participate in this exciting contest and public art project, download a contest package here.
Please read the full contest rules.
The deadline for entries is February 19, 2010.
This contest is an extension of the classroom resource The Gathering Place: An Exploration of Canada’s Capital.
Click here to view the Street SmART brochure, featuring public art on display in Canada’s Capital Region.