LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- TARC's annual Design-a-Bus contest is underway, the 24th year for the event that, this year, coincides with TARC's 50th anniversary in Louisville.
This year, the agency partnered with the Kentucky Science Center for this year's theme: "The Periodic Elements of Louisville." The design will focus on "50 significant places of importance in our community that make us who we are," according to a news release Monday.
Student artists are encouraged to think about a place of importance within their community that formed a lasting memory, then create an image about that experience.
Winning student submissions will be featured on a bus that will travel in the 2024 Pegasus Parade during the Kentucky Derby Festival and on TARC routes throughout the metro region following Derby festivities.
The contest is open to all elementary, middle and high school students in Jefferson, Oldham and Bullitt counties in Kentucky, and Floyd and Clark counties in southern Indiana.
A total of 12 winners will be chosen to have their artwork displayed on a TARC bus, and winners and their adult guests will be invited to ride on the bus featuring the winning artwork in the 2023 Pegasus Parade.
Entries should be in marker, crayon, or paint and be square (equal size width and length), ideally 8" by 8" or 11" by 11" on white paper, or created digitally with the same dimensions, and submitted as a JPG or PDF file.
Entries will be judged on visual appeal, creativity, originality, and message. All artwork is to be produced by the student only.
This year's entry deadline is Friday, Feb. 9, 2024.
CLICK HERE to submit artwork and complete the entry form online. For questions or additional information, email designabus@ridetarc.org.
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