2025 Winners

Category: Adult 

Title: Emerie

Artist: Patrica David

 Category: Grade 9-12 

Title: Tree of Tomorrow

Artist:  Marwa Djomehri

Category: Grade 6-8  

Title: Liberty and  Justice

Artist: Nina Roya

The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commission of Mid Michigan with support from Delta Dental of Michigan and the MSU Broad Museum launched the MLK Art Contest for local artists to showcase their talents honoring the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 

“The arts have a unique ability to frame our world in ways that bring people together and cause them to think differently about our world,” said Elaine Hardy, chairperson of the commission. “We believe this art contest provides context for people to help promote the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King.”

Local artists of middle school age and up submitted works of art using mediums ranging from acrylic paint to pencil and charcoal.

Artists were tasked with curating a piece to accompany the theme, “In the long run, justice finally must spring from a new moral climate” and include a 250-word narrative explaining their piece’s relation to social injustice and inequity.