25 June 2019
The FAI Young Artists Contest is back. This year the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI), the world air sports organisation, is asking budding artists between the ages of six and 17 to draw inspiration from a new theme: Flying Yesterday and Tomorrow.
The FAI Young Artists Contest is an international art competition that is open to youngsters from all FAI member countries. Each year, a different theme is chosen, to guide the young artists and to reflect the many facets of air sports.
The competition is split into three age categories:
The competition begins with a national selection process in each of the countries taking part.
Each country then submits up to nine winning pictures (three for each age category) to be judged by the FAI International Jury.
Gold, Silver and Bronze medals, together with FAI diplomas, are presented to the young people behind the three best entries in each category.
In the UK, the Light Aircraft Association (LAA) runs the national selection competition. Full details on how to enter are here.
The LAA will be promoting the competition with art tables available at Shuttleworth Air Shows (in Hangar 2), the LAA Rally in September, and at various LAA Strut events.
