2018 Art Contest
The Ben Franklin Transit (BFT) Art Contest is an opportunity for students in grades 6-12 to design an 11x17 poster based on what the annual theme means to them. The theme for this year's contest is:
Transit Builds Community
Participants have the chance to win several different prizes, including a BFT Summer Youth pass, a brand-new bike, money for art supplies, and the chance to have their poster featured on a Ben Franklin Transit bus! Read the 2018 Art Contest Guidelines.
Below are our top 16 Art Contest Winners. These students will all have their art featured in our 2019-2020 BFT Calendar as well as receive a Summer Youth Pass for free! Stay tuned to find out who the top three winners will be!
2018 Contest Winners:
First Place:
Leslie Mendez-Marin
Kennewick High School
Second Place:
Reggie Rannow
Southridge High School
Third Place:
Larissa McLeod
Southridge High School
Top 16 posters:
Reggie Rannow
Southridge HS
Rylee Baratone
Southridge HS
Sophia Sumner
Southridge HS
Vivian Gonzalez
Kamiakin HS
Audrey Huff
Southridge HS
Keri Kelly
Kamiakin HS
Larissa McLeod
Southridge HS
Leslie Mendez-Marin
Kennewick HS
Lexie Nelson
Southridge HS
LuLu-Anne Schoenstra
Southridge HS
Luz Zambrano
Southridge HS
Lynsi Barger
Libby MS
Marcela Sanchez
Kamiakin HS
Parisha Favela
Kamiakin HS
Kylie Sakamoto
Southridge HS
Edward Romero
Prosser HS
Our top 28 submissions will be featured on the inside of our Art Contest Bus! 16 of these submissions will be featured in our 2019 - 2020 Calendar, and 3 of them will be featured on the outside of our bus!
Top 28 posters:
Aiyana Tejeda
Kennewick HS
Ashton Simmons
Southridge HS
Audrey Huff
Southridge HS
Devin Nelson
Finley MS
Edward Romero
Prosser HS
Elizabeth Bartholomay
Kennewick HS
Ethan Emma Kasper
Southridge HS
Kai Egli
Kamiakin HS
Keri Kelly
Kamiakin HS
Kira Wilson
Southridge HS
Kylie Sakamoto
Southridge HS
Larissa McLeod
Southridge HS
Leslie Mendez-Marin
Kennewick HS
Lexie Nelson
Southridge HS
LuLu-Anne Schoenstra
Southridge HS
Luz Zambrano
Southridge HS
Lynsi Barger
Libby MS
Marcela Sanchez
Kamiakin HS
Marlen Cruz Noriega
Prosser HS
Mckinzi Teeples
Kamiakin HS
Olivia Miles
Kamiakin HS
Parisha Favela
Kamiakin HS
Raymond Holder
Southridge HS
Reggie Rannow
Southridge HS
Rylee Baratone
Southridge HS
Sophia Sumner
Southridge HS
Vivian Gonzalez
Kamiakin HS
Zaydean N
Finley MS
2017 Art Contest Recap
Our theme for the 2017 contest was: We're Going Places and the contest winners were:
First Place: Malia Wintrode, Southridge High School
Second Place: Alexandra Flores, Kiona Benton High School
Third Place: Brittney Cox, Kamiakin High School
Other winners from 2017:
Savannah Acevedo
Southridge HS
Valentina Guerra
Pasco HS
Madelyn Aguerre
Southridge HS
Moe Knox
Kamiakin HS
Misael Garcia
Prosser HS
Mark Tabingcura
Chief Joseph MS
Louis Barrett
Kamiakin HS
Jennifer Crawford
Kiona Benton HS
Emily Cox
Kamiakin HS
Ella Freeman
Southridge HS
Alexandra Flores
Second Place
Kiona Benton HS
Brittney Cox
Third Place
Kamiakin HS
Buffy Burtan
Kamiakin HS
Ashlyn Lockard
Kamiakin HS
Malia Wintrode
First Place
Southridge HS
Alvaro Pupo
Southridge HS