Calling all artists and writers! 2026 Art and Writing Showcase for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration

PADC invites K-12 students from any school district to contribute to the 2026 Art and Writing Showcase, celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

All student work will be featured at the Dr. King Celebration. All contributors will also be entered into a raffle to win one of ten $25 gift cards.

The theme of this year’s event is inspired by King’s 1967 book, “Where Do We Go from Here? Chaos or Community?” The book, his last, expanded on a lecture he gave in 1964 after receiving the Nobel Peace Prize.

“This is a great new problem of mankind,” he said. “We have inherited a big house, a great world house in which we have to live together. Black men and white men, Easterners and Westerners, Gentiles and Jews, Catholics and Protestants, Muslims and Hindus, a family unduly separated in ideas, culture and interests, who because we can never again live without each other, must learn somehow in this one big world house to live with each other.”

We ask students to imagine the future they wish to see. Need inspiration? Check out last year’s amazing creations.

The deadline is Wednesday, Jan. 14. 

More information on how to submit:
https://www.padc.info/showcase

Announcement URL:

https://www.padc.info/showcase

Questions? Contact Piedmont Anti-Racism and Diversity Committee (PADC) at hiellenlee@gmail.com