2016 Louisiana Aviation Art Contest Contest Deadline Entries must be received by Friday, January 15, 2016. Entries must be sent to the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, Aviation Section at the following address: Questions call: (225) 379-3053 LA DOTD Aviation Section Attention: Ms. Tonjia Summerell P.O. Box 94245 Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9245 Theme This year’s theme is “ Air Sports in Harmony with Nature.“ The beauty of the earth is never clearer than when seen from the air. Every day, thousands of people flying in airliners look at the earth with a new perspective from above. Another group of boys, girls, men, and women involved in air sports are fortunate to have a special view of the grandeur below them as they soar in gliders or float through the air in balloons. Others feel the rush of air as they parachute down to a beautiful field or cross the sky in an ultralight or helicopter. From above, the fullness of nature is seen in ways unknowable from the ground. Helicopters give tours of the inaccessible rivers and canyons as balloons float across home towns, each giving new insight into how land, water, animals, and people share their environments. From the air, one is able to take pictures and film land that would otherwise be unseen. Aircraft do this without the need for roads. An airport or open field will do for the intrepid aviator. So, grab your favorite pen or brush and capture the connection between land and air. Good Luck! We encourage you to visit an airport near you that is having an aviation event and experience for yourself the joys aviation has to offer. Art work will be judged, at least in part, for its creative use of this year’s theme in relation to the aviation world. For more information about Louisiana aviation or aviation in general, please visit the following web sites: http://www.LaAviator.com http://www.eaa.org http://www.aopa.org/av8rs http://louisianaairports.org http://www.dotd.la.gov/intermodal/imt_airport_directory.asp www.nasao.org 2015 1st Place-Ages 8-9 Audrey Soulier-St. John Primary 2015 2nd Place-Ages 6-7 Lanna Rodrigue-St. John Primary 2015 2nd Place-Ages 12-13 Bonnie Cooper-Riverfield Academy Eligibility All children in the age groups shown below are encouraged to participate in the contest. Entries will be judged in six classes (determined by age of the entrant on December 31, 2015 ). Class I-Ages 6 to 7 / Class II-Ages 8 to 9/ Class III-Ages 10 to 11 /Class IV-Ages 12 to 13 / Class V-Ages 14 to 15/ Class VI- Ages 16 to 17 http://www.dotd.la.gov/intermodal/aviation/ Phone: (225) 379-3050 Fax: (225) 379-3072 1201 Capitol Access Road Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70802 2015 1st Place-Ages 10-11 Marcela Aguirre-T.H. Harris Middle