PADC seeks student submissions for 2026 MLK Art and Writing Showcase

Julie Reichle

Artwork by Piedmont students hangs in the lobby of the Alan Harvey Theater for the 2024 MLK Day celebration

The Piedmont Anti-Racism and Diversity Committee invites K-12 students to contribute to the 2026 Art and Writing Showcase celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 

All student work will be featured at the annual Dr. King Celebration, taking place on Monday, Jan. 19 at 11 a.m. at the Alan Harvey Theater. All contributors will also be entered into a raffle to win one of ten $25 gift cards.

The theme of this year’s event is inspired from King’s 1967 book, “Where Do We Go from Here? Chaos or Community?” The book, his last, expanded on a lecture he gave in 1964 after receiving the Nobel Peace Prize. 

“This is a great new problem of mankind,” he said. “We have inherited a big house, a great world house in which we have to live together. Black men and white men, Easterners and Westerners, Gentiles and Jews, Catholics and Protestants, Muslims and Hindus, a family unduly separated in ideas, culture and interests, who because we can never again live without each other, must learn somehow in this one big world house to live with each other.” 

Need inspiration? Check out last year’s amazing creations

The deadline is Wednesday, Jan. 14. More information is available HERE.

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