Calling Great-Hearted Student Artists for Annual Holiday Card

The holidays are finally upon us! And with Thanksgiving break just around the corner, Great Hearts is looking to find student artwork to grace the cover of our 2025 Holiday Card.

Throughout the years, the selected artwork featured on the cover of the card vividly display holiday cheer, warmth, and happiness through watercolor, oil paints, charcoal, and more. The creative mediums used for the artwork are limited only to our young artists’ imaginations.

Last year, Great Hearts Anthem senior Ayla Noller’s beautiful watercolor painting was selected. Her painting, originally a class assignment during her junior year, captures a serene forest blanketed in snow. “I decided that I wanted to do a forest scene, and in doing such, I wanted to challenge myself by doing snow, because how do you paint snow when it’s white on a white canvas, and I thought it would be a really cool challenge,” she recalled.

If you would like to submit your child’s artwork for consideration, please go to https://arizona.greatheartsamerica.org/holiday-card/ and fill out the form. Please note that if your artwork is selected, we will send a professional photographer out to capture the image. Please do not discard the artwork once you’ve submitted the form.

This contest is open to all students enrolled at Great Hearts in grades K-12. We do ask that the student completes 100% of the artwork without parent guidance. All submissions are due by 11:59 PM on Sunday, November 30th. If you have questions, please reach out to Mackenzie.English@greathearts.org.

Encourage your young artist to participate and create a holiday masterpiece and, if selected, have their artwork shared with others this season and join the ranks of previous great-hearted artists who have had their work displayed in such a meaningful way.

We are grateful to all who are willing to share their talent with Great Hearts and all the recipients of the holiday cards, and we look forward to seeing some exceptional submissions this year. Who knows, your art may just sleigh the competition!

Do you have a story or know of one that you would like to see featured at Great Hearts? Please contact jmoore@greatheartsamerica.org.

Submit a student application to a Great Hearts Academy by visiting: https://www.greatheartsamerica.org/enroll/.