Maine Student Art Challenge Finalists Announced by the First Lady Ann LePage

The First Lady Ann LePage announced the names of students who were selected for the Maine Student Art Challenge. More than 867 Maine students, grade K-8, submitted their work for consideration but only 30 were selected.

The nominated paintings will be published in LePage’s family-friendly Love.Read.Learn!™ Baby Journal. The journal is a scrapbook-style booklet that promotes literacy and health to Maine families with newborn babies. The baby journal will be provided at no cost to parents of newborns in 2013.

‘I would like to extend my sincerest thanks to every child who participated in the Maine is ME art challenge," said First Lady Ann LePage. "Congratulations to the selected artists. Maine children are enthusiastic and creative and certainly made this a tough decision.’

The selected students’ artwork will be on display at two art showings one December 16 at the University of New England and the other one on December 20 at the Maine Discovery Museum.