2009 Winners
 Overall Winner |  1st Place, Elem. |  1st Place, Middle |  1st Place, High School |
Overall winner – Sabrina Grivich, Age 15, Roosevelt High School
Sabrina's art will become the City's official Christmas Card for 2009. The Awards Ceremony will be held on Wednesday, Dec. 2, at 5:30 p.m. at the Ron Darner Headquarters, 5800 Old Highway 90 West. Digital prints of the Winning and Honorable Mention artwork along with the originals of the 100 entries selected as Outstanding Works will be displayed at the headquarters during the month of December. Original artwork of all winners and honorable mentions will be displayed at the San Antonio Children's Museum, 305 E. Houston, during the month of December. The cards will be available for sale at $7 for a box of 10 at Lion's Field Adult and Senior Citizens Center, 2809 Broadway, the Parks and Recreation Department Director's Office, 11th Floor, Municipal Plaza building, the Ron Darner Headquarters, 5800 Old Highway 90 West, Commander's House, 645 S. Main, Valley View Community Link Center, 8523 Blanco Road at West Avenue, South Park Community Link Center, 2310 S.W. Military Drive, and Las Palmas Community Link Center, 803 Castroville Road. Christmas in San Antonio cards can be ordered by calling the Parks and Recreation Department at 207-3133. The cards will also be available at all four City of San Antonio Community Link Service Centers and at the Parks and Recreation Offices in the Ronald R. Darner Parks and Recreation Operations Headquarters, 5800 Old Highway 90 West.
For more information call Special Programs at 207-3133.
The other winners are: High School1st – Lilian Johnson, Johnson High School
2nd – Pearson Altizar, 18, Johnson High School
3rd – Katarina Almanza, 17, Madison High School Middle School
1st – Christin Engelberth, 13, Harris Middle School
2nd – Frances Mesko, 13, Krueger Middle School
3rd – Kayce Patterson, 13, Bush Middle School Elementary School
1st- Kody Fox, 11, Hardy Oak Elementary School
2nd- Gillian Southerland, 10, Elrod Middle School
3rd- Darya Brouillette, 11, Langley Elementary Christmas Art Contest
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2009 Rules and Entry Form (PDF)
Youngsters with a passion for art have the opportunity to put it to the test by participating in the Parks and Recreation Department Christmas in San Antonio Student Art Contest. The Christmas Card Contest is sponsored by Wells Fargo. The deadline for the 2009 contest is October 30, 2009.
Art can be entered in the contest by students, grades 4 - 12, who are enrolled in schools, public, parochial, and private, or home schooled with a San Antonio metropolitan area mailing address. Several pieces of artwork will be chosen to be displayed at the Central Library for the month of November. Winning artists will be recognized by the Mayor at the Awards Ceremony and honored during the Contest's Main Gallery Exhibit Reception. Selected art will be displayed at the San Antonio Children's Museum during the holiday season and some pieces will also be displayed at the Ron Darner Parks and Recreation Headquarters.First, second and third place are be awarded in each of three categories. Grades 4 and 5 are judged in the Elementary School category, grades 6 through 8 in the Middle School category and grades 9 through 12 in the High School category. The overall winner will receive $150. First place winners will receive $50. Second place will receive $30 and third place $20.
Pick up a list of rules and an official entry form for the Christmas in San Antonio Art Contest at any Parks and Recreation Community Center, Darner Headquarters, 5800 Old Highway 90 West or any public library branch.
Our thanks goes out to Wells Fargo for its generous support of this Christmas Art Contest!"
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