Illinois art contest invites students to let their imaginations run wild

The annual student art contest sponsored by the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum and the Illinois State Board of Education is expanding...

Wonder, curiosity, and questions are a part of growing up … and they’re the heart of the annual student art contest sponsored by the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum and the Illinois State Board of Education.

Illinois students have until Jan. 5 to submit entries on the theme of “I wonder …” The contest asks children from kindergarten through high school to interpret the theme however they want in two-dimensional art, such as a drawing, painting or collage.