8th Kao International Environment Painting Contest for Children

8th Kao International Environment Painting Contest for Children

Kao Group conducts the Kao International Painting Contest every year since its launch in 2010 as part of its environmental initiatives. The theme for this year is “Together, we are eco-friendly”. Kao invites children to create works that express the small steps they can take every day, their dreams, and hopes for an eco-friendly world.

The contest aims to encourage children around the world to think seriously about protecting of the environment around them and to depict what they can do to conserve resources in everyday life, as they will also be the leaders of the future. Children are encouraged not only to take action as depicted in their paintings but also to encourage their friends and adults to take action in the same way.

Outline of the Eighth Kao International Environment Painting Contest for Children

Theme: “Together, we are eco-friendly”
To protect our precious world, please think of what we should do, and make a painting showing what we can do in our daily life: such as to use water and electricity without wasting it; to use limited resources carefully for long period of time through reuse and recycle; to choose and use ecology-oriented products; to protect nature by taking care of the woods and animals; and others.

Eligibility:
Children around the world between the ages of 6 and 15 years old.

Please send pictures to:
Kao International Environment Painting Contest for Children Office
Kao (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd., 20th. Floor, Menara AmFIRST, No. 1, Jalan 19/3,
46300 Petaling Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.

Entry deadline:
Paintings must be received by midnight Tuesday, August 15, 2017.

Results announcement and award ceremony
By late November 2017, the winners and their schools will be notified of the results. The results will also be posted on the Kao website. On Saturday December 9, 2017, at Tokyo Big Sight, the prizes will be awarded in a ceremony at the EcoPro 2017 exhibition.

* The winners of the eco together Planet Earth Grand Prix and the eco together Kao Prize (including winners from abroad) and one accompanying guardian will be invited to attend the award ceremony.

* The winning works will be announced and exhibited at the Kao Booth at the EcoPro 2017 exhibition.

* The place of the award ceremony and the works display may be changed.

Judges
Mr. Fumikazu Masuda: Judge Chair, Former Professor, Tokyo Zokei University
Ms. Sumiko Okubo: Artist
Mr. Kei Matsushita: Professor, Tokyo University of the Arts
Ms. Yoko Oyamada: Illustrator
Mr. Andreas Schneider: Designer
Ms. Akemi Ishiwata: Executive Officer, Kao Corporation
Mr. Naoto Katahira: Vice President, Creative, Kao Corporation

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Click here to download contest form.