Guidelines:
Submit an original art piece that connects to the 2025 Latinx Heritage Month theme, “Honoring the Past, Inspiring the Future”. The theme provides students the opportunity to create a work of art that conveys the spirit of collaboration, change, and unity that defines the Latinx experience. For this contest, utilize an artistic expression that communicates the richness of the past and hope for the future. Create a title for the submission with a brief explanation as to how it connects to this year’s theme.
Visual Arts submissions may include:
Criteria:
on any type of paper or canvas
the art piece
Submission: Deadline: 5:00 p.m. Friday, October 17, 2025. Each individual entry must include a Student Submission Form and attached photo of the art piece (pages 5 & 6) Do not submit the original artwork. Artistic pieces are to be uploaded as photos with the accompanying Student Submission Form and Parent/Guardian Publicity Authorization & Release (Digital Publicity Release Form) page 7 to the following Submission link:https://bit.ly/Latinx25 in the following saved format:
School Name.Grade.FirstLastName
For Example: SunshineElementary.2.SusanLopez
Art Entry Guidelines
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Pautas:
Envíe una obra de arte original que se conecte con el tema del Mes de la Herencia Latinx 2025, “Honrando el pasado, Inspirando el futuro”. El tema brinda a los estudiantes la oportunidad de crear una obra de arte que transmita la riquesa del pasado y la esperanza para el futuro. Para este concurso, utilice una expresión artística que demuestra el pasado y futuro Latino. Crear un título para la presentación con una breve explicación de cómo se conecta con el tema de este año.
Ejemplos de presentaciones de artes visuales:
Criterios:
Sumisión: Fecha de entrega: 5:00 p.m. Viernes, 17 de octubre 2025
Cada entrada individual debe incluir una Formulario de Envío de Estudiantes completada y una foto adjunta de la obra de arte (páginas 5/6) No envíe la obra de arte original. Las piezas artísticas se deben subir como fotos del arte con la Formulario de Envío de Estudiantes Y Formulario de Autorización de Publicidad Digital (página 10) adjunta al siguiente formato guardado: https://bit.ly/Latinx25
Nombre de la escuela.grado.primernombreapellido
SunshineElementary.2.SusanLopez
Pautas de Entrada de Arte
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Enlace de envio: https://bit.ly/Latinx25
Art Entry Criteria
As your school participates in celebrating Latino Heritage Month, please select the top artistic pieces to submit for consideration in our contest. Students, please submit your entry to your school.
School-Level Contest Guidelines
Each school is responsible for selecting one First Place winner from each grade level, Kinder, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, to submit to https://bit.ly/Latinx25
The AEMP program will select from each school’s 1st place submissions to determine districtwide grand prize winners.
Judging is based on three of the CA Arts Framework/Standards Lifelong Goals:
The Arts as Culture, History, and Connectors: Throughout history the arts have provided essential means for individuals and communities to express their ideas, experiences, feelings, and deepest beliefs. Each discipline shares common goals but approaches them through distinct media and techniques. Understanding artwork provides insights into individuals’ own and others’ cultures and societies.
�The Arts as Community Engagement: Through the arts, individuals collaborate and connect with others in an enjoyable, inclusive environment as they create, prepare, and share artwork that brings communities together. Artistically literate citizens seek artistic experiences and support the arts in their local, state, national, and global communities.
The Arts as a Means to Wellbeing: Participation in the arts as creators, performers, and audience members (responders) enhances mental, physical, and emotional wellbeing. Artistically literate citizens find joy, inspiration, peace, intellectual stimulation, meaning, and other life-enhancing qualities through participation in all of the arts.
To access the Standards, visit: https://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/vp/cf/
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Criterios de Entrada de Arte
Mientras sus escuelas participan en la celebración del Mes de la Herencia Latina, seleccione las mejores piezas artísticas para presentarlas para su consideración en nuestro concurso. Estudiantes, por favor, envíe su obra a su escuela.
Pautas del concurso a nivel escolar
Cada escuela es responsable de seleccionar un ganador del primer lugar de cada nivel de grado, Kinder, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, para enviarlo a https://bit.ly/Latinx25
El programa AEMP seleccionará las presentaciones del primer lugar de cada escuela para determinar los ganadores del gran premio en todo el distrito.
La evaluación se basa en tres de los estándares de las artes de California/Estándares de metas de largo plazo:
Las artes como cultura, historia y conectores: A lo largo de la historia, las artes han proporcionado medios esenciales para que las personas y las comunidades expresen sus ideas, experiencias, sentimientos y creencias más profundas. Cada disciplina comparte objetivos comunes, pero los aborda a través de distintos medios y técnicas. Comprender las obras de arte proporciona información sobre las culturas y sociedades.
Las artes como participación comunitaria: A través de las artes, las personas colaboran y se conectan con otras en un ambiente agradable e inclusivo mientras crean, preparan y comparten obras de arte que unen a las comunidades. Los ciudadanos artísticamente alfabetizados buscan experiencias artísticas y apoyan las artes en sus comunidades locales, estatales, nacionales y globales.
Las artes como medio para el bienestar: La participación en las artes como creadores, intérpretes y miembros de la audiencia (respondedores) mejora el bienestar mental, físico y emocional. Los ciudadanos alfabetizados artísticamente encuentran alegría, inspiración, paz, estimulación intelectual, significado y otras cualidades que mejoran la vida a través de la participación en todas las artes.
Para acceder a los Estandares, visite: https://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/vp/cf/
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Student Submission Form�Latino Heritage Month Art Contest
Student Name:
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Title of Artwork:
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Description of Artwork:
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How did your original artwork connect to the theme “Honoring the Past, Inspiring the Future”?
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School Name, staff contact (Phone and email address):
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Student’s Home Address and Telephone Number:
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Formulario de Envío de Estudiantes:
Concursos de arte del Mes de la Herencia Latina
Nombre del estudiante:
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Título del obra de Arte: __________________________________________________________
Descripción del obra de Arte:
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¿Cómo se conecta su obra de arte original con el tema “Honrando el pasado, inspirando el futuro”?
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Nombre de la escuela, nombre del contacto (Teléfono
y correo electrónico):
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Dirección de casa del estudiante y número de teléfono:
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Digital Publicity Authorization and Release Form must be submitted with each entry.
Please click on the link below to access the Parent/Guardian Publicity Document.
Parent/Guardian Publicity Authorization and Release Form
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Formulario de Autorizacion de Publicidad Digital
Haga clic en el enlace a continuación para acceder al documento Formulario de Autorización de Publicidad.
Formulario de Autorización de Publicidad
Art Contest Questions contact:
Javier San Roman, Coordinator: javier.sanroman@lausd.net
Digital Publicity Release Form
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Videos for Latinx Heritage Month:
Elementary
Children’s Toolkit: Hispanic Heritage Month 2024
Lin-Manuel Miranda - History of Lin-Manuel Miranda for Kids
Hispanic Heritage Month - Lin-Manuel Miranda
America Ferrera’s Career Highlights
Dolores Huerta - Activist & Co-Founder of United Farm Workers
Jose Hernandez - Astronaut Who Worked for NASA Video
Lets Meet Justice - Sonia Sotomayor
Ellen Ochoa - Who is Ellen Ochoa? Facts for Kids
Roberto Clemente - The Life of Roberto Clemente
Mariano Rivera - The History of Mariano Rivera
Roberto Lugo - The Village Potter
Jorge Ramos -Discusses the highlight of his career
Resources and Extension Activities
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Videos for Latinx Heritage Month
Secondary
Lin-Manuel Miranda- Video: The Life of Lin-Manuel Miranda
Lin-Manuel Miranda- Hamilton Creator Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Advice for Students
Selena Quintanilla - How Selena Quintanilla’s legacy has impacted an entire culture
Selena Quintanilla’s Rise To Legacy
Eva Longoria is Empowering the Latina Community
Eva Longoria- The Moment Eva Longoria She Wanted To Do More Than Acting
America Ferrera’s Career Highlights
America Ferrera - Your identity is your superpower
Cesar Chavez: American Civil Rights Activist
Dolores Huerta: Video “Yes We Can!”
Jose Hernandez - Astronaut Who Worked for NASA Video
Sonia Sotomayor - Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
Ellen Ochoa - The First Female Hispanic Astronaut
Gary Soto - Author Presentation
Sylvia Mendez- Voices of History (1954’s Brown v. Board of Education)
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: Who is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez? Biography
Resources and Extension Activities
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Resources:
20 Influential Hispanic Americans Who Have Made History
10 Inspiring Latinas Who’ve Made History
10 Influential Hispanic Americans in U.S. Politics
The Chicano Movement in Texas -NHD Documentary
How a 1968 Student Protest Fueled a Chicano Rights Movement
Hispanic Star: Support Hispanic Progress In The U.S.
Hispanic Star: Change Makers Shaping The U.S
How Latino Americans Shaped the U.S, Fought for Acceptance
National Museum of the American Latino- Latino History
Smithsonian National Museum of American Latino- Latinos & Latinas in the U.S.
National Geographic - How Latinos Are Shaping America’s Future
Latino Cultures in the U.S. /La Cultura Latina en Estados Unidos
Reader’s Digest - 24 Famous Hispanic American Who made History
Resources and Extension Activities
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