At Springhill Medical Center, springtime peaks with the Color By Kids Art Competition. Since 1982, Springhill Medical Center and the SMH Auxiliary have honored the winners each year at the Mobile art competition. The Eastern Shore's art competition kicked off in 2005. The winners from both Mobile and Baldwin county schools are divided among four categories from kindergarten through grade 12.
Color By Kids winners receive a certificate, a gift card, and a check for their individual schools to support their art programs. First place winners also receive plaques for their schools' trophy displays.
The Color By Kids Art Competition serves multiple purposes. It promotes children's art in Mobile and the Eastern Shore, encourages young artists, and supports the hospital's mission to be the best community-centered health care provider in the area.
Winning artwork has been professionally framed and is on exhibit at various locations throughout Mobile and the Eastern Shore.
The Mobile venues are as follows:
May - Mobile Museum of Art
June - Exploreum
July & August - Strickland Youth Center
September - TBA |
The Eastern Shore venues are as follows:
May - Daphne Public Library
June 1 - July 18 - Bay Rivers Art Guild
July 18 - August 31 - Loxley Office for Baldwin County Schools
September (tentatively) - Fairhope Public Library |
Finally in the fall, the artwork comes back to Springhill Medical Center where it will be on display in the lobby for a year. After that, it becomes part of the hospital's permanent display of artwork throughout the hospital campus.