Each year CSIET (Council on Standards for International Educational Travel) hosts an Art Cover Design Contest where exchange students can enter their creation the reflects the goals and mission of international exchange. High school exchange students can submit artwork that represents the spirit of youth exchange and how it transforms their lives. The winner will receive a $500 cash prize and have their artwork featured in the 2022-2023 Advisory List and on the CSIET website.
Last year the CSIET Board of Directors selected the winner of the $500 prize to be Katerina Miskovska, an academic year 2020-2021 student from the Czech Republic. She describes her design—
“The picture is of hands with different flags on them from around the world. I chose flags from various countries of each continent. The flags symbolize the diversity of everyone in the world: we are all different, and that should be celebrated. The hands illustrate that even though we are all different, we are all people. Them being together shows unity-we are all a part of the same world. Many amazing, diverse people from around the world who I have met have influenced me and inspired me to make this piece” .
The Board of Directors Chairperson Kerwin Urhahn congratulates Katerina saying, “We applaud Katerina for her fantastic view of what foreign exchange does for kids and for the adults who get to interact with them because they teach us so much. Thank you Katarina!”
For more information, go to https://www.csiet.org/resources/art-cover-design-contest/. Deadline to submit it March 31, 2022.
