Zilker Holiday Tree Art Contest: Call for Youth Artist Entries
The Austin Parks and Recreation Department is calling all youth artists between the ages of 5 and 10 years old to create and enter an original drawing of the Zilker Holiday Tree for the Annual Zilker Holiday Tree Art Contest.
The top three selected artwork winners from each age category, Junior Division (5 – 7 years) and Senior Division (8 – 10 years), will be publicly recognized and the winners will help light the Zilker Holiday Tree on Sunday, November 26, 2017!
DEADLINE FOR ENTRY is 5:00 PM on Friday, November 3rd, 2017
In creating an original version of the Zilker Holiday Tree, children may use crayons, watercolors, ink, colored paper, pastels or paint to show us their version of Austin’s traditional holiday symbol.
The rules are simple:
• Entries must be received NO LATER than 5:00 PM on Friday, November 3, 2017.
• Art must show the Zilker Holiday Tree
• Only one entry per child
o Junior Division: 5 – 7 years old
o Senior Division: 8 – 10 years old
• Artwork must be no larger than 8½ x 11 inches. (Any art work larger will be automatically disqualified)
• Paper thickness only, please! (The artwork must fit into an 8½” x 11” flat frame)
• It is very important to completely fill out the entry form, cut it out and attach it to the back of the artwork
o Entry form - English
o Entry form - Spanish
• All artwork becomes the property of the Zilker Holiday Tree Art Contest
For more information and to print out the entry forms, please visit http://austintexas.gov/page/art-contest.
The contest information is available in both English and Spanish.
Artwork must be delivered or mailed to:
Parks and Recreation Department
Office of Special Events
200 S. Lamar Blvd.
Austin, Texas 78704
If you have any questions, please feel free to call the Parks and Recreation Office of Special Events at (512) 974-6797 or email them at reservations@austintexas.gov. Alternative arrangements for delivery may be made by contacting an event coordinator.
To enjoy some of the top three submissions from the winners over the past few years, please visit https://www.flickr.com/photos/austintexasgov/sets/72157631529674674 .
