Students Urged to Submit Artwork for OC Airport Contest

John Wayne Airport is inviting local students to submit their artwork to its 24th annual Student Art Contest.

The contest is open to all Orange County public and private school students in grades K-12, according to a JWA news release. Entries for the contest, themed "Flying Saves Lives," must be submitted to the Orange County Department of Education, any Orange County Public Library Branch or participating city libraries in Anaheim, Buena Park, Fullerton, Huntington Beach, Mission Viejo, Newport Beach, Placentia, Santa Ana and Yorba Linda, by 4 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 5.

Artworks that best depict the contest theme will be selected for exhibition and prizes. Winners and honorable mentions from grades Kindergarten through 12th will be exhibited from Dec. 10 through Jan. 15, 2014 in the Thomas F. Riley Terminal at JWA.

JWA's Student Art Contest is part of the International Aviation Art Contest. Winning entries will go on to compete at State, National and often International levels of competition, airport officials reported.

For more information about the student art contest, visit John Wayne Airport's website or call Art Program Coordinator Jeffrey Frisch at Jfrisch@ocair.com.

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