Each year, this contest invites Kindergarten through 12th grade students to submit an original piece of artwork using a theme for inspiration. For this year, the theme was “For Your Safety.” Students had to choose between vehicle, pedestrian or online safety.

“My art piece was inspired by driver’s safety, I drew a fox crossing the road, and the person in the car on their phone. I used pencils and watercolors,” Lampi said.

The committee of judges chose 44 winners from entries submitted from students in Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and Georgia. Each winning student artist will receive a HP Chromebook, a framed certificate, and their submissions will be featured in a virtual art gallery later this year.

In addition, her winning submission also earns a $300 school supply grant to be used by the teacher who coordinated the contest entry for the following school year.

Kalia Lampi, a sixth grader at Kingsford Middle School, was recently chosen as a winner in the Meemic Masterpiece Art Contest.

This contest was conducted by The Meemic Foundation for the Future of Education, a non-profit company started in 1992 by the Meemic Insurance Company.

Both companies are focused on serving and giving back to dedicated educational communities.