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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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  • A colored-pencil drawing of the solar system labeled with handwritten planet names. In the top left corner is a large yellow sun. Below are "Mercury" (grey and cratered), "Venus" (purple and cratered), "Earth" (blue and green with visible continents), "Jupiter" (orange and brown striped), "Mars" (a smaller orange-and-pink striped planet), "Saturn" (blue-green with rings), and a partially visible tan-and-yellow striped planet on the right. by Geraldine Hernandez

    Geraldine Hernandez's Poster

  • A large yellow-and-orange planet with a reddish-brown ring fills most of the page, with orange craters scattered across its surface. A grey astronaut with a wavy grey tube trailing behind walks along the ring, and a small green alien stands on the planet's surface near the top. A gold star with a pink trail is in the top left, with a box reading "logo here" above it, and another gold star is at the bottom. A small blue-and-green Earth is in the top right corner, and a dark grey cratered planet sits in the bottom left corner. The background is colored in light blue and purple. by Ella Horcasitas

    Ella Horcasitas's Poster

  • In the center of the drawing is the planet Earth and on the top right is a big yellow sun with its rays beaming outwards. There is also the moon, saturn, and a light pink planet as well. There are 2 meteors flying through space with flames trailing behind each. To the left of Earth is a green alien holding a flower. To the right of Earth there is a red rocketship with a black tip and flames trailing behind it. Above the Earth is an astronaut in a grey suit floating through space. by Jada Jones

    Jada Jones's Poster

  • There are 6 different planets in this drawing and they are all different colors. One is an olive green type of color, one is brown with black marks on it, one is dark blue, one is light blue with a ring around it, one is white with orange stripes, and the last one is grey. In between the two planets on the bottom of the drawing is an astronaut with a grey suit on and he is smiling. There are stars placed randomly in between planets and the background of this drawing is a blueish color. by Itzel Lara-Lopez

    Itzel Lara-Lopez's Poster

  • There is also a green cat looking at the orb with 3 arms and a star in the middle of its chest. It looks like the orb is sitting in a lake of toxic gas because there is steam coming up from the lake. by Sam [Last Name Unknown]

    Sam's Poster

  • In the top left corner is a large yellow-and-orange sun with red spikes. Below it is a black-and-white dog-like alien character with a speech bubble reading "Go N.M." next to a small rocket with a red flame. Going down the center of the page are six planets stacked vertically: a grey cratered moon, a blue-and-green Earth, a purple planet, a red-orange planet, a large orange-and-yellow striped planet, and a small blue planet, with a yellow-and-brown striped planet at the very bottom and a purple one partially visible. A small grey moon floats near the Earth. The background is colored in light blue and white. by Edgar Lopez

    Edgar Lopez's Poster

  • A drawing titled "The Nature of Space" written in teal bubble letters on the left side. In the top left corner, a blue-and-green planet sits inside a pink flower shape. An astronaut in a grey suit floats next to a tan rocket with a red-and-yellow flame, and a small green alien stands on an orange-and-tan surface at the bottom of the page next to a rainbow leading up to a yellow-and-green flower. Small red, blue, and yellow spiral and dotted shapes are scattered across the background, which is shaded in grey pencil. by Isabella Lopez

    Isabella Lopez's Poster

  • The main attraction in this drawing is in the center of the paper, in the center there is an astronaut in a green suit. He is standing next to his spaceship which is purple with light blue dots on it and a heart under the main window, also attached to the spaceship is an American flag. The surface he is standing on looks like a grey cloud. In the background you can see a big grey planet with a brown and pink ring around it. There is also a pink galaxy with red dots in it. There are black stars placed randomly around the background. by Jayleen Marmolejo

    Jayleen Marmolejo's Poster

  • A close-up drawing of an astronaut in a white suit with a round helmet and dark grey reflective visor, seen from the chest up, standing on a grey cratered surface. In the top left corner is a yellow-and-grey striped ringed planet, and in the top right corner is a blue-grey crescent moon. A silver rocket with a round window sits at the bottom right, and gold star shapes are scattered around the astronaut. The background is shaded in pink and purple. by Isaiah Martinez

    Isaiah Martinez's Poster

  • In the center of this drawing there is a small green alien with intenas standing on the moon. To his left is the American flag and above him is another alien flying a UFO with a blue, pink, and purple beam shooting down towards the original alien. To the left of the UFO is a human rocketship flying through space with red and yellow flames coming out of the bottom of it. To the right of the UFO is the planet Earth. The background of this drawing is black with lots of yellow stars placed randomly around. by Jaelyn Martinez

    Jaelyn Martinez's Poster

  • The background of this drawing is different shades of blue, purple, black, and pink. Floating in space is a robot that looks like Wall-E from the Pixar movie or an alien like ET. Next to it is a space sattelite. by Julinne Martinez

    Julinne Martinez's Poster

  • The 5 planets are Earth, Saturn, Mars, and 2 blue ones I could not identify. The meteor is grey with black craters in it, The sun is orange and yellow with rays coming off of it. The background of this drawing is purple and pink with stars everywhere, by Rachel Martinez

    Rachel Martinez's Poster

  • On the bottom of the drawing there is a river with trees on both sides and then grass. Then you see the night sky with stars and 2 planets with rings around them. In the middle of the sky, there is a big white circle that has the words "Logo & Dates here". by Olivia McKinley

    Olivia McKinley's Poster

  • A night sky scene with gold stars and shooting stars scattered across a white background with light blue cloud squiggles. In the top right corner is a large grey cratered moon or planet. A small blue-and-green UFO with a figure inside flies in the upper middle. Below, a pink hillside has a green tree and red, purple, and pink flowers growing on it, with two houses on the right side. The hill is colored in shades of red, orange, and pink, with large grey letters spelling "MAR" shaped like craters across the ground. by Arlen Medina

    Arlen Medina's Poster

  • In the top left corner is a large yellow-and-orange sun. In the top center is a small black rocket silhouette. On the right side is a blue-and-green Earth. Below in the center is a grey cratered moon, and in the bottom right corner is a grey crescent moon. A small yellow cross/star and scattered gold star shapes are placed around the page. The background is colored in light blue and purple. by Cesar Medrano

    Cesar Medrano's Poster

  • In the center of this drawing is an astronaut in a green suit with a blue visor. He is standing on a gray planet with white spots or craters on it. To his left there is a purple planet with either black spots or craters on it. To his right there is a red planet with either black spots or craters on it. There are 6 stars placed randomly between the 3 planets. The background of this drawing has 2 parts, the bottom half is all a turqoise / blue color and the top half is green by Jorge Mendez-Torrez

    Jorge Mendez-Torrez's Poster

 
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