Brighton seeks art for Arbor Day contest

e City of Brighton is once again participating in the annual Arbor Day Fifth Grade Poster Contest, an artistic competition for public, private and home-schooled fth graders across the state. is year’s theme is “Dream as BIG as Trees.” is is an opportunity for students to show their creativity to raise awareness of trees and the important role they play in the environment and our quality of life.

e contest is statewide but will also be held at the City level in Brighton.

e winner of each Brighton school will move on to the state contest and their posters will be put on display at the State Capitol.

e winning student will be introduced to City Council at a meeting April 18 at City Hall. ey will receive daytime passes to the Denver Botanic Gardens as well as passes to Wagon Wheel Skating Rink. eir teacher will be o ered a free tree and all students in the winning class will receive a tree seedling. Arbor Day will be celebrated at the school with the winning entry, where the winning class gets to help plant a tree for their school. e date for this will be April 21.

e second-place prize includes passes to Wagon Wheel Skating Rink.

Only one entry per student is allowed and it must be an original artwork created by a single fth grade student. Artwork completed by more than one artist will not be accepted. e poster must relate to the contest theme and the phrase “Dream as BIG as Trees” must be on the poster. All words must be legible and spelled correctly and the student’s name, grade, school, teacher’s name and contact phone number must be printed on the back of the poster in pencil. e student’s rst and last name must be written in the lower right-hand corner of the front of the poster.

Entries should be done on 12inch by 18-inch paper, or as close as possible to those measurements. Entries may be done in marker, crayon, paint pens, watercolor, ink, acrylic, colored pencil, and tempera paint and must be done on paper, that allows for duplication, display, and framing.

Collages, computer or photogenerated art and printing, matted, mounted, laminated, framed, or folded entries will not be accepted and the names of commercial products, companies, and/or organizations cannot be used.

Entries become the property of the Colorado Tree Coalition and may not be returned. e deadline to submit an entry is March 31.

For more information or to submit an entry, please contact Patrick Laphilliph, City of Brighton Forester, at plaphilliph@brightonco.gov or 303-655-2048.