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Get your students involved in The Most Exciting Two Minutes in Sports® and join the 2025-2026 Horsing Around With Art competition. This juried competition invites students in to showcase their artistic perspective of the Kentucky Derby. Selected works will be displayed at the museum, with top entries earning prizes for their schools' art departments.

Registration Information

Online Registration Deadline: Friday, October 24, 2025

Online Registration Form

To participate, you must:

  • Submit the online registration form.
  • Work in a Jefferson County public, private, or parochial school.
  • Ensure all HAWA Artwork meets contest specifications on rules and regulations checklist (which will be emailed after registration).
  • Deliver all HAWA Artwork at one time to the Kentucky Derby Museum in January and pick up artwork after the exhibition.
A school may enter multiple divisions. Limit: Five (5) entries per division for Primary, Intermediate, Middle, High School and three (3) entries per division for 3D (Grades 1-8) and 3D (Grades 9-12). One (1) entry per student.

 


 

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Contact Chami Weeratunga, Museum Educator & Program Coordinator
Office: (502) 814-3033 | Email: CWeeratunga@derbymuseum.org