accepting artwork through may 14th!

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accepting artwork through may 14th! ☀️

“Shine On” is our annual postcard campaign, launched in 2017 to celebrate International Youth Day.

In 1999, the United Nations declared August 12th as International Youth Day to celebrate young people and raise awareness of the challenges they face.

In the week leading up to International Youth Day, we distribute 8,000 postcards created by four local student artists. Our goal is that each postcard will end up in the hands of a young person in the community with a meaningful message written on the back. Our postcards are ultimately created for young people, by young people. 

Community members can pick up postcards from 12 different distribution sites across the community beginning the week of August 5th, 2024!

Shine on Postcards

WHAT IS SHINE ON?

Calling all local student artists

we need designs for this year’s shine on postcards!

We’re seeking original artwork from local students (elementary - high school) that celebrates the theme “SHINE ON,” and encourages youth to shine! Four designs will be chosen to be printed on 8,000 postcards that will be distributed to community members to write encouraging messages to youth in their lives and our community in celebration of International Youth Day.

Submissions DUE: May 14th

Winners Announced: May 17th

all the details

Artwork must be an original piece of work and be 5 inches x 7 inches in size.

Artwork must include the words “Shine On” and fit the theme of encouraging youth to shine.

Any medium may be used (i.e. photography, painting, hand-drawn, digital, collage), but the artwork must be submitted in a digital format (it can be scanned or photographed, if necessary, as long as the quality and resolution meet the requirements below).

The file must be:
Saved as a JPEG, at least 300 dpi, and no larger than 1 GB

what can you do?

  • Write a thoughtful message on the back of a postcard for a young person in your life or in the community.

  • Share as many postcards and thoughtful messages as you can with young people to show them you care.

  • Celebrate by posting your SHINE ON postcards on Facebook & Instagram using #ShineOn, and share your special moment with us!

meet our 2023 postcard designers!

Natalie Walker

Natalie is a twelfth grader at Southport High School. She is the multimedia editor for the school newspaper, a member of the speech and debate team, and the is a part of the trivia team. Natalie is also starting a crochet club this year! She wanted to capture the Crump theatre, an important Columbus landmark and a facet of our downtown skyline, in her Shine On design.

Aizah Warsi

Aizah is a fifth grader at CSA Lincoln. She loves reading, writing stories, basketball, swimming and drawing. Aizah was inspired to create her Shine On design after watching the sunrise, and wanted her art to express the joy of being surrounded by nature, fresh air, and colorful flowers. She hopes to inspire gratitude for the magnificent nature that surrounds us all.

Leo Copeland

Leo is a tenth grader at Columbus North High School, and loves listening to music, practicing instruments, studying filmmaking, and sleeping in his spare time. It was the 2017 film “Columbus” by Kogonada that inspired Leo to create his design. Finding every single frame in the movie to be a masterpiece, he decided to recreate one of the shots that truly spoke to him. His design represents how the beauty of Columbus can bring people together.

Chetna raj yadav

Chetna is an eighth grader at Central Middle School. She enjoys reading in her spare time. Chetna believes that everyone is unique and shines in their own way, and chose to represent this with the lightbulbs shown in her design. Looking at a lightbulb in her home sparked her idea, as well as the designs from last year’s Shine On postcards

2023 Postcard Designs

Chetna Raj Yadav

Leo Copeland

Natalie Walker

Aizah Warsi

Previous Designs

Thank you to all our talented designers from (2017-2022): Zoë Clulow, Tim Cox, Aniket Ghatge, Taylor Henson, Ellie Jones, Yoonji Jung, Kyle Kingen, Shannon Malanoski, Jessica Meza, Emersyn Motsko, Lucy Nevins, Joelle Schaibley, Hallie Schwartzkopf, Maika Shibata, Lucia Signorino, Samuel Song, Brynn Stewart, Suzu Thompson, Grace Whaley, Hilary Yang