Art Doing Its Part competition-

Coastal Region submission form

Each participating high school should select one student artist as their school-wide finalist. Please submit your school's winning artwork, slogan, and statement here by 10/23/26 at 11:59 pm Central Time.

WAMA will choose one winner from the coastal counties to advance as the finalist for our region. Each regional finalist will have their artwork and slogan featured in a statewide marketing campaign and showcased in a traveling art exhibit across the state. Each finalist’s school will have the opportunity to participate in a local cleanup, supporting litter removal and the beautification of their community.

An overall winner for Mississippi will then be selected by a panel of diverse specialists based on three criteria:

• how well the work addresses the issue of litter

• the quality of the composition and how effectively the artistic elements support the theme

• the creativity and originality of the expression or story

  
  

The overall winner’s school will receive 10 water refill stations.

I understand that I am submitting 2D artwork using the allowed mediums listed:

• Drawing: graphite, charcoal, colored pencils, pastels, ink

• Painting: acrylic, watercolor, oil, gouache

• Digital Media: no AI-generated work

• Mixed Media: any combination of the above

Permissions and Information-

Please read this section carefully.

I declare that the submitted work was created exclusively by the student artist credited in this form. 

By signing below, I (the artist or adult representative of the artist) agree to allow the submitted work to be displayed and used by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art and the MS Sound Estuary Program.