"Your Art, Your Voice"
Deadline for Entries was December 1st.
Who Can Participate: Students of current Kansas Art Education Association Members (membership has its perks)
The flag theme is “Your Art, Your Voice”. Students need to design a colorful flag that incorporates the theme (visually- in writing is optional) and also represents the state of KS.
Copyrighted material (such as comic strip characters or team logos) cannot be published
Your design should include one of the new Youth Art Month Logos, not the old one with the earth. Click here to view the new CFAE logos for the YAM Flags
Copyrighted material (such as comic strip characters or team logos) cannot be published
Your design should include one of the new Youth Art Month Logos, not the old one with the earth. Click here to view the new CFAE logos for the YAM Flags
Size: 8.5 x 11 inches horizontal layout, 300 ppi or higher
Media: Any two dimensional Media such as markers, watercolors, acrylic, tempera, pastels, crayon, chalk, pencils, collage or computer graphics. NO photography please.
ARTWORK: Submit artwork digitally (jpeg or vector format).
It is important to take a clear photograph with appropriate lighting and focus or scan your image in order for the entry to be judged fairly.
Images should be saved with the student’s name as the file name, and emailed to yamflag@kaea.com. Subject line: YAM Flag Entries. Images sent without following these instructions will be automatically disqualified.
Permission forms for each student entry should be included with the email
Limit 25 entries per teacher, per school.
All YAM Flag Design winners will be honored at the Youth Art Month Celebration and Reception held March 25, 2023 from 100-2:30 PM at the Topeka Shawnee County Public Library!
2023 Youth Art Month Winning Flag Design
Alyssa Gallaway, Andover Middle School
Art Teacher: Johnna Soffregen
All YAM Flag Design winners will be honored at the Youth Art Month Celebration and Reception held March 25, 2023 from 100-2:30 PM at the Topeka Shawnee County Public Library!
2023 Youth Art Month Winning Flag Design
Alyssa Gallaway, Andover Middle School
Art Teacher: Johnna Soffregen
Previous Flag Designs
2022 Youth Art Month Winning Flag Design- Eva Rice, 5th grade, St. Francis of Assisi Catholic School
Art Teacher: Lisa Lang
2021 Youth Art Month Winning F
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| 2019 Youth Art Month Winning Flag Design Lauryn Becker, 11th Grade Cheney High School student of Mrs. Shawny Montgomery |
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| 2018 Youth Art Month Winning Flag Design: Josie Harris, Haven High School, student of Kylee Baldetti!! |
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2017 Kansas YAM Flag Design Winner:
Gaby Kill, 8th grade
Leawood Middle School
student of So Choi
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2016 Kansas YAM Flag Design Winner:
Morgan Winters, 12th grade
Andover Central High School
student of Mrs. Pat Chambers
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Meridith Basham, 8th grade
California Trails Middle School
student of Megan Wendleton
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2014 Kansas YAM Flag Design Winner:
Savannah Redfern,
student of Pat Chambers at Andover Central High School
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2013 Kansas YAM Flag Design/1st Place Middle School
Cameron McFadden, Andover Central Middle School.
Student of Ginger Steck.
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