EdCircuit Staff 
(Saint Paul, Minn.) November 12, 2024 – Supported by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Wind Energy Technologies Office, the KidWind Project, an international leader in clean energy education, is opening the call for entries for the 2025 National Wind Energy Art Challenge. The theme, “Beautiful Wind Energy,” will highlight the importance of wind energy and renewable energy education.
“After last year’s successful inaugural art challenge, we are excited to launch this year’s challenge with support from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Wind Energy Technologies Office,” said Michael Arquin, founder of KidWind. “With the plethora of submissions we had last year, it was extremely hard to choose. This year we will recognize four selections per grade instead of two so that we can highlight even more students’ artwork at the annual CLEANPOWER conference.”
The challenge is for K-8 students, while a teacher, coach, parent or guardian must fill out the form and provide contact information. Four entries from each grade (K-8) will be selected to have their work on display at the CLEANPOWER 2025 Conference & Exhibition in Phoenix, Arizona from May 19-22, 2025 alongside the World KidWind Challenge. These selected entries will also be framed, and the students will receive a plaque. Entrants also have the chance to receive an honorable mention which can include receiving a certificate or having their work displayed on KidWind’s website.
Students will create artwork on 8.5-by-11 or 11-by-17 sized paper displayed horizontally or vertically, both are accepted. Students must submit original artwork and only one submission per student (adults can submit applications for an unlimited number of students). Drawing and painting in any media is accepted (pencil, crayon, markers, watercolor, acrylic, or a combination). No computer-generated artwork or print will be accepted.
Artwork will be scored by a panel of judges on quality of submitted image, theme, knowledge and understanding, and creativity. Resources to help students learn more about wind energy and additional creative suggestions can be found on the art challenge’s website.
All work must be submitted through the online form by 12 p.m. CST on February 28, 2025. Early submissions are encouraged and may be temporarily displayed on the art challenge’s website.
This challenge is possible with support from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Wind Energy Technologies Office. For more information about KidWind and the art challenge, visit www.kidwind.org/art-challenge.
About the KidWind Project:
The KidWind Project, an international leader in clean energy education, has been working with educators and students to integrate renewable energy into classrooms for 20 years. Since 2004, KidWind has held more than 800 training events for more than 50,000 teachers all over the world. For more information about our trainings, challenges and curricular materials, visit www.kidwind.org.
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