The Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) is holding an artwork competition for youths aged 5-17 in celebration of Earth Day 2024.
Children are invited to create designs that highlight environmental conservation, connecting it with the positive aspects of public transportation and how it helps create a cleaner, greener future. Selected art will appear on a special Earth Day bus, which will promote eco-friendly transportation choices.
The competition’s rules state that each artist may submit one piece of artwork, which must be a 2-D drawing, illustration, or painting not to exceed 8.5 inches wide and 11 inches tall. It should be submitted electronically as a .jpg or .pdf. Photographs, computer-generated or computer-enhanced artwork are not allowed.
The designs should keep with the Earth Day theme and focus on the role public transportation plays in protecting the planet, environmental conservation, and sustainability. The call for submissions also suggests the designs can highlight Maryland’s unique landmarks, ecosystem, or local plants and animals.
The artwork will be judged based on original design and artistic composition. It must be original artwork, and not have been previously exhibited.
- Submission will be accepted up until March 8 at 11:59 p.m.
- Finalists will be selected on March 25.
- Individuals who are selected as a finalist must mail or hand deliver their original artwork to the MTA no later than April 5.
Finalists’ artwork should be delivered to the following address:
The Maryland Transit Administration
6 Saint Paul Street, Room 202
Baltimore, MD 21202
ATTN: OCM, Earth Day Art
All the rules for the contest are written on the entry form, which is available by clicking this link.
The first Earth Day was celebrated on April 22, 1970, as a way to mobilize people to protect the planet and is considered by many to be the birth of the modern environmental movement. This year’s Earth Day theme is “Planet vs. Plastics,” focusing on a commitment to end the use of plastics for the benefit of human and planetary health. The movement is demanding a 60% reduction in the production of all plastics by the year 2040.
