We Have a Winner!

A Bay Village student has claimed the top prize in Lake Erie Nature & Science Center’s 2010 T-shirt Art Design Contest. Nine-year-old Allie Maust’s winning design will be featured on the Center’s 2010 Limited Edition T-shirt. The Westerly Elementary School student produced colorful crayon art, edged in black and featuring a snake, a fish and an owl (animals that all reside at Lake Erie Nature & Science Center) surrounded by the stars and planets from the Center’s planetarium dome.

Allie’s artwork was chosen from among 15 finalists and more than 100 entries from artists of all ages. Facebook fans, online voters and Center visitors helped select the winner by submitting nearly 2,000 votes for their favorites!

Center Executive Director Catherine Timko presented Allie with a $100 cash prize during Spring Break week. She will also receive a T-shirt featuring her design once they are produced. The T-shirts go on sale to the public at the Center’s annual Family Fun Fest, June 6 from Noon to 4 p.m.

Design Wild, Wearable Art For a $100 Prize!

Calling all artists! Use paints or pencils, crayons or collage to create animal-inspired original art for our official, 2010 t-shirt design contest. The winner will receive $100 and the limited edition t-shirt featuring their design! Last year's winning art (seen this photo of the finished shirt) was submitted by A Bay Middle School student, but artists of any age can enter.
Contest rules and guidelines:

• must include 3 or more of the Center’s resident animals
• must be colorful, fun and kid-friendl
• cannot be larger than 8” x 10”
• should be completed on plain, white paper (NO t-shirt outlines)
• official Center logo and name will be added to the t-shirts during production. Please do NOT use Center name, logo (or the “LENSC” acronym) in your design.

Download a printable PDF entry form with complete contest guidelines. Entry deadline: February 28. Artwork will not be returned.

Finalists will be on display by mid March in our lobby, online in the Kids Corner Nature Art Gallery and on Lake Erie Nature & Science Center’s Facebook Fan Page. To vote for the winner, stop in to fill out a paper ballot or click “like” under your favorite(s) once we post finalists in a Photo Album on Facebook. The winner will be notified by March 31.

T-shirt go on sale at our annual Family Fun Fest, Sunday June 6.

Limited Edition T-shirts On Sale

We kicked off sales of our official 2009 Lake Erie Nature & Science Center limited edition t-shirt at Family Fun Fest. Sales continue at our front desk with a range of child and adult sizes available. The t-shirt design is based on original art by Bay Middle School student Emily Jaster, who won our art contest earlier this year.



We're selling these 50/50 cotton blend shirts for $10 each. All proceeds benefit our non-profit mission. Stop by and pick one up for everyone in the family and "wear your passion" for wildlife, nature, science and our Center!

T-Shirt Art Contest Winner Announced

A Bay Village Middle School student has claimed the top prize in Lake Erie Nature & Science Center’s 2009 T-shirt Art Design Contest. The winning design will be featured on the Center’s 2009 Limited Edition T-shirt, which goes on sale at Family Fun Fest, June 7.

The 11-year-old Bay Middle School student’s drawing featured a vivid trio of animals that all reside at Lake Erie Nature & Science Center: a deer, a fox and a snake. The colorful artwork was chosen from among 14 finalists and more than 65 entries from artists of all ages. Visitors to the Center's website and to the Center helped select the winner by submitting more than 1,100 votes for their favorites.

Development Coordinator Barb Caskey presented Emily with a $100 cash prize this week. She'll also receive a T-shirt featuring her design. T-shirts go on sale to the public at the Center’s annual Family Fun Fest, June 7 from Noon to 4 p.m.

T-shirt Art Finalists Announced

Lake Erie Nature & Science Center is proud to announce 14 finalists in our 2009 Limited Edition T-shirt Art Design Contest. We received more than 65 wonderful and creative entries from children as young as 5 all the way up to adults. Our finalists were chosen to represent various ages, artistic experience and styles.
Now it's time for YOU to weigh with your favorites. Start by viewing the finalists in our online Kids Corner Nature Art Gallery. Then, you can vote for you favorite by leaving a comment here, using the contact form on our homepage, or by stopping by to drop a ballot in the box at Lake Erie Nature & Science Center starting Monday, March 16.
Each of our finalists will receive a pair of Walter R Schuele Planetarium passes good for any one star show, laser lights or film fest admission. The winner, who will be announced after voting ends on March 31st, will recieve $100 and a copy of the t-shirt featuring their winning design.
Thanks to everyone who entered! Good luck to all our finalists.

2009 Animal Inspired Art Contest

Get out your paints, pencils, pastels or other art supplies and create animal-inspired original art for the official, 2009 Lake Erie Nature & Science Center t-shirt design contest. The winner takes home $100 and a copy of the limited edition t-shirt featuring the first place design. All finalists will receive Walter R. Schuele Planetarium star show passes for four.

Designs must include 3 or more of the Center’s resident animals and be colorful, fun and kid-friendly. Check out the rest of the contest guidelines on the official entry form at this link and keep in mind that some guidelines have changed from last year's contest.

Our 2008 winner was a Westlake High School student but the contest is open to all ages! Entries must be submitted by February 28. The shirt with the winning design will debut for sale at the annual Family Fun Fest at Lake Erie Nature & Science Center on Sunday, June 7. Photocopied forms and multiple entries per person are acceptable. Artwork is not returned.

Finalists will be on display by mid March both at the Center and online in the Kids Corner Nature Art Gallery where you can also view last year's finalists. To weigh in and support your favorite finalist, stop by Lake Erie Nature & Science Center to fill out a ballot, leave a comment here on this blog or email info@lensc.org. The winner will be chosen and notified by March 31.

Announcing Our T-Shirt Art Contest Winner

A Westlake High School student has claimed the top prize in Lake Erie Nature & Science Center’s 2008 T-shirt Art Design Contest. AJ Suever’s winning design will be featured on the Center’s 2008 Limited Edition T-shirt, which goes on sale at Family Fun Fest, June 1, from Noon - 4 p.m.
AJ’s colorful, kid-friendly artwork was chosen from among 14 finalists and more than 100 entries from artists of all ages. Her winning design, as well as the 13 other finalists, are posted in the Kids Corner Nature Gallery of the Center's website. Visitors to the website, this blog and to the Center in Bay Village helped select the winner by submitting votes for their favorites. For her efforts, AJ will take home a $100 cash prize and a T-shirt featuring her design. Thanks to everyone who entered and voted!
That's our Center Director of Community Relations & Fundraising Renee Burslem (left) and Community Relations and Fundraising Specialist Barb Caskey flanking AJ in the photo.

Art Design Contest Finalists

Lake Erie Nature & Science Center is proud to announce 14 finalists in our 2008 Limited Edition T-shirt Art Design Contest. We received more than 100 wonderful and creative entries from children as young as 5 all the way up to adults. Our finalists were chosen to represent a cross section of ages and artistic experience and styles. The finalists are posted in our Kids Corner -Nature Gallery and will be on display at the Center. Please be patient as we work to make sure the art displays properly in most browsers.
Lake Erie Nature & Science Center wishes to thank everyone who entered. To help us choose the winner, stop by the Center and vote, send an email to info@lensc.org or leave a comment on this blog post. Comments are moderated.
Thanks again to all who entered. The winner will be announced by the end of March and our Limited Edition T-shirt will be on sale at our June 1 Family Fun Fest.

Calling All Artists - Design Our 2008 T-shirt!

Are you artistic? Create the design for our 2008 Limited Edition Lake Erie Nature & Science Center T-Shirt. Anyone can enter our 2nd annual design contest. The winning artist takes home a $100 prize and a free T-shirt featuring his or her own artwork.
Our guidelines require your design to be:
~original artwork that includes at least three of the resident animals at Lake Erie Nature & Science Center

~colorful and kid friendly

~no larger than 8” X 10” on blank paper (no T-shirt outline)

Pick up an entry form at the Center’s front desk or download a printable pdf form. Photocopies of the entry form and multiple entries per person will be accepted. Entry deadline is February 29, 2008. The winner will be notified by March 31, 2008.
Top entries will be on display at Lake Erie Nature & Science Center and on our website in the Nature Art Gallery by mid March. We invite you to tell us which design is your favorite, although Lake Erie Nature & Science Center will make the final decision on the winning art. To register your opinion, comment here on our blog, stop by the Center or email feedback on your favorites to info@lensc.org.

Last year's winning entry is pictured above. We look forward to receiving your new and creative entries!