Mural competition to welcome students from 35 high schools

(Hastings, Nebraska) – More than 200 high school students from 35 schools across Nebraska will be at Hastings College for the ninth annual Jackson Dinsdale Art Center Mural Competition on Wednesday, October 2. 

Working in teams, students from each school will create 36 x 60 inch vinyl murals using paint, which will then be judged by Hastings College senior art majors. The creative theme for the competition is not announced until students are on campus for the 10:00 a.m. welcome. It’s a challenging and fun event for students!

The top three teams receive awards. After the event, teams are allowed to take their murals to hang in their high schools. Teams will design and create their artwork outside in the parking lot between the JDAC and Gray Center (1100 N. Elm Avenue).

What: Hastings College Mural Competition
When: Wednesday, October 2
Time: 10:00 a.m.–3:30 p.m.
Painting is 10:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
The best time for photos/video/interviews is 12:00 to 2:00 p.m.
Awards are at 3:00 p.m.
Where: Jackson Dinsdale Art Center, 700 E. 12th St., Hastings, Nebraska
Why: 200+ students from 35 high schools will compete in a mural painting competition

Participating high schools include:

Adams Central High School 
Beatrice High School
Chase County Schools
Crete High School
Doniphan-Trumbull High School
Franklin Public Schools
Freeman Public Schools
Gibbon High School
Giltner Public Schools
Gothenburg High School
Grand Island Senior High
Hampton High School
Hastings High School 
Hastings St. Cecilia
Heartland Community Schools
Johnson County Central
Kearney High School
Kenesaw High School
Lawrence-Nelson Schools
McCook Senior High
Minden High School 
North Platte St. Pats
Northwest High School
O'Neill High School
Omaha Burke High School
Palmer High School 
Ravenna High School
Riverside Public School
Silver Lake High School
Southern Valley 
St. Paul Public School
Sumner Eddyville Miller
Thayer Central Art Educator
Wausa Public School
Waverly High School