More than 200 high school students from 35 schools across Nebraska will be at Hastings College for the ninth annual Jackson Dinsdale Art Center Mural Competition on Wednesday, October 2.
Working in teams, students from each school will create 36 x 60 inch vinyl murals using paint, which will then be judged by Hastings College senior art majors. The creative theme for the competition is not announced until students are on campus for the 10:00 a.m. welcome. It’s a challenging and fun event for students!
The top three teams receive awards. After the event, teams are allowed to take their murals to hang in their high schools. Teams will design and create their artwork outside in the parking lot between the JDAC and Gray Center (1100 N. Elm Avenue).
What: Hastings College Mural Competition
When: Wednesday, October 2
Time: 10:00 am–3:30 p.m.
Painting is 10:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
The best time for photos/video/interviews is 12:00 to 2:00 p.m.
Awards are at 3:00 p.m.
Where: Jackson Dinsdale Art Center, 700 E. 12th St., Hastings, Nebraska
Why: 200+ students from 35 high schools will compete in a mural painting competition
Participating high schools include:
- Adams Central High School
- Beatrice High School
- Chase County Schools
- Crete High School
- Doniphan-Trumbull High School
- Franklin Public Schools
- Freeman Public Schools
- Gibbon High School
- Giltner Public Schools
- Gothenburg High School
- Grand Island Senior High
- Hampton High School
- Hastings High School
- Hastings St. Cecilia
- Heartland Community Schools
- Johnson County Central
- Kearney High School
- Kenesaw High School
- Lawrence-Nelson Schools
- McCook Senior High
- Minden High School
- North Platte St. Pats
- Northwest High School
- O’Neill High School
- Omaha Burke High School
- Palmer High School
- Ravenna High School
- Riverside Public School
- Silver Lake High School
- Southern Valley
- St. Paul Public School
- Sumner Eddyville Miller
- Thayer Central Art Educator
- Wausa Public School
- Waverly High School
Hastings College is a four-year residential college that focuses on student academic and extracurricular achievement. Discover more at hastings.edu.