Enter the 2012 Youth Art Contest today!

Pictured above are past Youth Art Contest entries.

Young artists ages 5-18 are invited to enter the sixth annual Sisters of Providence 2012 Youth Art Contest.

 The theme of this year's contest is "Designing a Permanent Shrine for Saint Mother Theodore Guerin."

Use your imagination and talent to design a shrine, which is a place where devotion and honor is paid to a saint. The design itself should honor Saint Mother Theodore, foundress of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Ind. Your artwork can show it as being an indoor or outdoor shrine. Perhaps you'll add flowers, stained glass windows or stately columns and a statue or picture of Saint Mother Theodore.

Did you know that Mother Theodore was canonized as the eighth U.S. saint and is Indiana's very first saint? Find out more about Saint Mother Theodore here. You may also go to the Sisters of Providence website for youth — www.WoodsUp.com — by clicking here.

Youth entering the contest must reside in Vigo, Parke, Vermillion, Clay and Sullivan counties in Indiana, or Clark, Edgar and Crawford counties in Illinois. Only one entry per artist will be accepted.

There are four age divisions: 5-7, 8-10, 11-13 and 14-18. The Top 16 winners will receive prizes, ribbons and certificates.

Each young artist who enters the contest will receive a participant ribbon and certificate.

Artwork must be original, created in 2012 and no larger than 11-inches x 17-inches. It must be a "flat" piece of artwork that is mounted on foamboard or cardboard and is ready for display. The 2012 Youth Art Contest entry form must be attached to the back of the artwork. Get a contest entry form here.

Entries must be received by the deadline, which is 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 6. Entries may be submitted to the Providence Center Reception Desk at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods from 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, or from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

A reception for all youth who enter the contest is scheduled 6-7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 15, in the O'Shaughnessy Dining Room at Providence Center.

Click here to read more details about the Youth Art Contest.

Good luck to all of our talented Wabash Valley youth!