Denton's youngest residents are putting their markers, crayons, and paintbrushes to the task of emergency awareness, with Denco Area 9-1-1 and the Denton County Office of Emergency Management announcing an art contest that aims to combine creativity with critical safety messages. The contest is targeting Denton County students from kindergarten to 12th grade, stirring their imagination to envision scenarios ranging from tornadoes to power outages, and represent these events in a form that speaks of preparedness and survival – essentially, a crayon-drawn call to action.
Hand-drawn submissions need to land on an 8.5” x 11” sheet of white paper, with originals only, no digital art allowed, and each aspiring young artist gets just one shot to make their impactful artistic statement, they need to include their name, age, school, and contact info on their entries. Entries have a due date stamped with July 1 urgency, the sooner the better, because you can't rush art, but you also can't dawdle when safety's on the line. All those interested can send their masterpieces electronically to [email protected] or in the more traditional, tactile world via in-person drop off or snail mail to the Denton Area 9-1-1 District's brick-and-mortar location in Lewisville.
The City of Lewisville made it clear that each piece of art should serve as a beacon of knowledge, shedding light on the dark what-ifs of disaster scenarios. Surely, the information communicated through these artworks will stick in the minds of young and old, not just because they are art but because they tell a tale of survival and resilience.
