Youth Art Contest entries due today!

Trey Wallace, of Paris, Ill., was a first-place
winner in the 2011 Youth Art Contest. He
attended St. Patrick School in Terre Haute, Ind., and
was pictured with his art teacher, Maria Nickels.

The deadline to submit entries for the sixth annual Sisters of Providence 2012 Youth Art Contest is at 4:30 p.m. today (Tuesday, March 6).

This year's theme is "Designing a Permanent Shrine for Saint Mother Theodore Guerin."

Youth ages 5-18 are invited to enter.  They must reside in Vigo, Sullivan, Vermillion, Parke or Clay counties in Indiana or Edgar, Clark and Crawford counties in Illinois.

Each young artists who enter the contest will receive a Certificate of Participation and a Participant ribbon.

First-, second-, third-place and honorable mention winners in the four age divisions will receive certificates, ribbons and other prizes.

Judging takes place Thursday, March 8.

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

See more about the Youth Art Contest here.