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Las Cruces Space Festival: Art Contest -- 2025

The Las Cruces Space Festival's annual space art poster contest is open to students K-12. The 2025 theme, ‘The Nature of Space,’ portrays the beauty of the Universe and the excitement of space exploration. Our winner was Miguel Perez, a 5th grader from Columbia Elementary School.

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  • In the center of the drawing is a big astronaut in a purple suit. He is standing on a dark and light blue surface, to his left is the planet Earth and to his right there is a fire hydrant. Above the fire hydrant is either an alien planet or alien spaceship with a little blue alien on top. Above the planet Earth to his left is a cluster of different colored dots. Right above the astronaut in the dark sky is a rocketship flying with a trail of flames coming out of the back. by Madelyn Aguallo

    Madelyn Aguallo's Poster

  • In the center of the drawing there is a purple rocketship with flames coming out of the bottom. Earth and the moon, Mars, and a blue planet with a ring are all featured in this drawing. It looks like the rocket is going from Earth to the moon and Mars is on one side of the rocket and the blue planet with the ring is on ethe other side. by Mia Alvarez

    Mia Alvarez's Poster

  • There is also the moon on the bottom left showing both the dark side and bright side with colorful dots surrounding it. Separating the galaxy and moon is a colorful strip with red, green, yellow, orange, and red parts to it. by Zenobiah Arreola

    Zenobiah Arreola's Poster

  • In the center of the drawing there is an astronaut, around him are 4 planets. One is red with pink stripes, one is completely white, one is brown with a ring around it, and the last one is Earth. In the top right corner of the drawing is the sun. The background is very colorful having shades of pink, purple, and dark blue. by Madisyn Arvizu

    Madisyn Arvizu's Poster

  • A busy drawing with a grey pencil-shaded background. In the upper left, a grey robot stands on top of a large red planet with a blue ring, with a yellow, blue, and purple star-burst shape above its head. In the top right is a pink planet with red spots, next to a blue cloud-like shape. Scattered around the page are a green comet shape, a small purple asteroid, an orange-and-blue atom symbol, a purple-and-blue atom symbol, a small green Earth, and a small pink ringed planet in the bottom right. Black star shapes and blue cloud/nebula shapes are scattered throughout, with a purple band of sky at the very top and bottom. by Aubrey Avalos

    Aubrey Avalos's Poster

  • There are 3 galaxies to his left, the one on top is dark blue, the one in the middle is pink, and the one on the bottom is purple. Above the galaxies is a green spaceship with flames coming out of the bottom. There are 4 yellow stars scattered around the picture as well as 3 planets. one is red, one is light blue with a ring around it, and the last one is brown with red squiggly lines on it. Seperating the astronaut and the planets is a long stripe which I think might be an asteroid belt. by Zailynn Betancourt

    Zailynn Betancourt's Poster

  • On the top left there is a smiling rock with 2 arms and 2 legs and he appears to be waving hi. There are also 3 planets in this drawing, one is grey with green designs on it, one is orange with black stripes and a ring around it, and the last one is blue with grey dots or craters on it. The background of thid drawing is a dark turqoise color. by Kristin Brown

    Kristin Brown's Poster

  • The astronaut is floating in space while being tethered to the spaceship. There are 7 planets in this drawing and they are all labled. There is Neptune, Jupiter, Saturn, Venus, Earth, Mars, and Uranus. Next to the planets there is an alien jumping out of his burning spaceship. There is also a shooting star approaching the sun. The background of this drawing is purple and there are stars randomly all over. by Vincent Cadena

    Vincent Cadena's Poster

  • An abstract drawing of a blue, white, and red robot or rocket-like figure with triangular black panels on its shoulders, a grey circular body with scribbled texture, and red-and-tan oval shapes to the left that may be a face or additional parts. In the top left corner is a yellow sun with orange rays and red marks. A blank rectangle is in the top right corner. The background is colored in blue with touches of pink and orange. by Jonathan Calderon

    Jonathan Calderon's Poster

  • A grey astronaut with a round helmet floats in the center of the page, surrounded by yellow stars, including one at the end of a long brown comet trail in the upper left. A grey rocket with red flames flies in the bottom right, next to a grey cratered planet in the bottom left corner. The background is shaded in blue and purple with scattered yellow stars. by Aliyana Cantu

    Aliyana Cantu's Poster

  • A large green alien head with two antennae and dark almond-shaped eyes sits on top of a green-and-black patterned round body that appears to be dripping into purple and grey streaks at the bottom. In the top right corner is a big yellow and orange sun with rays; a small cratered moon with a tiny astronaut standing on it hangs from one of the rays. Below and to the left is a red Zia symbol. Two brown trees with visible roots are drawn in the lower right, along with handwritten text reading "Don't forget about Pluto" next to a small blue dotted circle. Gold ring shapes are scattered around. The background is colored in blue. by Anahi Cervantes

    Anahi Cervantes's Poster

  • In the top left corner is a large red planet. In the top right is a large tan-and-brown ringed planet similar to Saturn. In the center of the page is an astronaut in a white suit, next to a grey flying saucer with green lights and a spiky black eye-shaped creature above it. Below are a red comet with a star, a black-and-white cratered moon with red wing-like shapes on either side, and a blue-and-green Earth in the bottom right corner. A green sign reading "New Mexico" stands on a black-and-white cratered surface at the bottom of the page. Gold stars are scattered throughout, and the background is white. by Fernando Chavez

    Fernando Chavez's Poster

  • A grey astronaut with a teal-tinted helmet visor stands on a white cratered moon surface, with hands resting at the sides. To the left is a red-and-yellow rocket with a pink window. In the top right corner is a large orange-and-red planet with wavy stripes. Small black stars are scattered on the left side. The background is colored a deep blue. by Ayleen Cobos

    Ayleen Cobos's Poster

  • The main attraction is the moon. The moon starts in the bottom left corner and takes up about half of the entire drawing. On the moon you can see craters and 2 flags. These flags appear to be the American flag and a yellow flag with 3 green crosses on it. Above the moon is a purple rocket ship zooming through space with a trail of fire behind it. The background of this drawing isa mix of purple and dark blue. by Lorelai Contreras

    Lorelai Contreras's Poster

  • To his left and right there are what appears to be other astronauts or aliens floating in space with him, they have orange torsos and pink limbs. There is also a shooting star leaving a trail behind it. On the top of the drawing, there is a grey satellite with a green alien hanging on to it. by Zaya Contreras

    Zaya Contreras's Poster

  • There is an astronaut in a grey suit and there are many stars and 3 planets around him. One is Earth, one is orange with purple marks on it, and the last one kind of looks like the moon but it has Las Cruces labled on it. The background of this drawing is different shades of pink, purple, and blue. by Lina Corrales

    Lina Corrales's Poster

 
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