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Monday, May 22, 2023Calling all youth and young artists! Submit your art to “Together on a Journey of Hope” art contest by May 22. Visit usccb.org/committees/migration/MRSart for details.
In celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the pastoral letter Strangers No Longer: Together on the Journey of Hope, issued by the Catholic Bishops of Mexico and the United States, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops/Migration and Refugee Services (USCCB/MRS) and Kino Border Initiative (KBI) are sponsoring a migration themed youth and young adult art that highlights the subtitle of the letter, which reads "Together of the Journey of Hope."
How to Participate:Young artists are invited to imagine what this “journey of hope” looks like or represent the ways people in migration walk together on the journey, with their families, with others they meet along the way, with communities in the US who receive and accompany them, with advocates who seek more dignified migration alongside them. Entries could also paint a picture of the artist’s vision for what they hope the migration journey could look like in the future: what does it look like to, as the pastoral letter states, “help newcomers integrate in ways that are respectful, that celebrate their cultures, and that are responsive to their social needs, leading to a mutual enrichment of the local church?” What images, words or colors represent this “journey of hope?”
- Read art contest rules (see below)
- Create your art!
- Ask your guardian or parent to fill out this consent form
- Email your art (or a photo of your piece if it is a painting or drawing) and your consent form to [email protected] by May 22, 2023.
For additional questions, please contact Todd Scribner, [email protected].
