2023 Aviation Art Contest winners
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2023 Aviation Art Contest winners

The International Aviation Art Contest is designed to motivate and encourage children to study aeronautics, engineering and science.

In the 2023 Texas contest, 11 students ages seven to 16 were named winners. Entries were judged in three categories, according to age and for creative use of the theme in relation to the aviation world. All told, 18 schools submitted 90 pieces in the Texas challenge of the International Aviation Art Contest.

The 2023 contest theme was “Air Sports & The Environment.” Below are the Texas winners’ entries for first, second, third place, and honorable mention.

Category 1 - ages 6-9

Hot air balloons and a field of flowers

Claire Liu
First place

Hot air balloons above a road

Prana V. Vemireddy
Third place

Skydivers

Aarya Doddapaneni
Second place

Category II - ages 10-13

Hot air balloons with skydivers and a hangglider above a flag waver

Shreya Basak
First place

A friendlier world

Cecilia Chen
Third place

Friendship with air sports

Diya Vemireddy
Second place

Paragliders, a handglider, and hot air balloons

Claire Pranivong
Honorable mention

Category III - ages 14-17

A paraglider, an airplane on a runway, and a woman with binoculars

Nicholas Briones
First place

Little girl with teddy bear in a hot air balloon waving to other hot air balloons

Aarush Gotur
Second place

A hanglider, a paraglider, hot air balloons, and airplanes over a river

Isabella Teddy
Third place

Iris Doan
Honorable mention