ReachUP k-12 & Undergraduate
Student Art Contest

Our annual ReachUP student art contest returns! This year, our art contest will be in conjunction with our upcoming production of “The Aunties” by Indigenous Performance Productions, being presented by UtahPresents on April 3rd at 7:30pm. The Aunties is a live storytelling and documentary series created in honor of the women and two-spirit culture bearers who shape, support, and uphold Indigenous communities – aunties. Three Indigenous auntie culture bearers from the surrounding traditional territories share stories from stage accompanied by archival photographs, further enriched by works of legacy, including poetry, song, and visual art. Stories told from stage will be immortalized on film and become the heart of a documentary series. Live footage is interwoven with scenes from the places, people, and land from which the stories emerge. The documentary shorts are intended as a cultural resource to preserve the wisdom of the aunties through films of artistic, visual, and cultural integrity.

Contest entrants must create a piece of visual or literary work based on a verse from the poem Remember by Joy Harjo.

Selected pieces will be showcased at Kingsbury Hall from March 1 to April 7, 2025, providing an excellent platform for students to share their work with the community. This exhibition will coincide with the performance of “The Aunties” on April 3, 2025, at 7:30 PM.
Submission Period: November 1, 2024 – January 15, 2025
Winners Announced: January 29, 2025

For detailed guidelines and submission instructions, please read the Rules and Guidelines for the contest here. (Or open a downloadable/printable version here.)

For students under 18, download the Parent Permission form here. This form must be signed and submitted with your entry.