Art Contest

Keep Texas Beautiful is developing its own art contest that will be launched in Fall 2021. Details will be announced in early fall.

As of January 1, 2021, the Don't mess with Texas art contest will no longer be held by the Texas Department of Transportation. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause but we look forward to seeing your art this fall!

Congratulations to the winners of the 2020 Don't mess with Texas^® Art Contest! 

Keep Texas Beautiful and The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) have selected artwork by 14 Texan students to appear in the 2021 Don’t mess with Texas Calendar. The calendar will include 14 winning designs submitted by students from across the state in the annual Don’t mess with Texas K-12 Art Contest. Each winning student will receive:

• a framed version of their winning artwork
• a Samsung Galaxy Tablet
• a gift basket full of their favorite goodies from Texas' legendary store Buc-ee's
• Teachers representing students also win a $100 H-E-B/Central Market gift card.

Twelve winning designs are assigned to a month in the calendar and two additional are featured on the front and back cover of the 2021 Don’t mess with Texas calendar. At least one winner was chosen from each grade level. 

Check out the winning designs below. 

Interested in receiving a FREE copy of the 2021 calendar? Submit this form to request one calendar per mailing address.

 2020 Don't mess with Texas Art Calendar Contest Winners

Kindergarten, Gursimran Narula

Elsa England Elementary, Austin

1st Grade, Richard Cardillo

Cedar Creek Elementary, Austin

2nd Grade, Manan Vyas

Green Elementary, Allen

3rd Grade, Isabella Chao

Wyatt Elementary, Plano

4th Grade, Collin Chon

Greenhill School, Frisco - Front Cover

5th Grade, Alex Woojin Sa

JP Art Studio, Houston

6th Grade, Savannah Goode

Richardson 

7th Grade, Sruthi Gopalakrishnan

T.H. Rogers School, Houston

8th Grade, Diya Hegde

Coppell Middle School, Irving

8th Grade, Hannah Kim

JP Art Studio, Houston - Back Cover

9th Grade, Ashley Zhang

Coppell High School Ninth Grade Campus, Coppell

10th Grade, Lynzi Cluff

Flower Mound High School, Flower Mound

11th Grade, Jazmine Leyva Coronado

Manor New Tech High School, Austin

12th Grade, Madison Dyck

Seminole High School, Semilnole

Order your 2020 Don’t mess with Texas Calendar.

Interested in receiving a FREE copy of the 2021 calendar? Submit this form to request one calendar per mailing address.

Order Your Calendar

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