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FiES Poster Contest

AATF National FiES Commission

Elementary and Middle School Poster Contest
All posters will be submitted electronically
through the AATF website.

The AATF National FiES Commission is delighted to announce the 2026 Poster Contest for elementary and middle school students of French in kindergarten through grade 8. Students enrolled in public, private, and home schools are eligible. We hope you will encourage your students to participate and support them with some research and learning for the contest. Winning posters will be made into postcards and available at our convention in Boston. 

AATF chapters should publicize the contest. Individual teachers may electronically submit up to three posters in each category to the National FiES Commission Poster Contest which is chaired by Karen Campbell Kuebler (kkcdanser@verizon.net).

Inspired by the Caves of Lascaux in France to the pyramid paintings in Egypt to the murals in the Boston Library from 1895 (and still on view!) to the outdoor community murals in Boston today…

The theme for this year’s contest is:

Peintures Murales : Passé, Présent, Futur

Murals : Past, Present, Future

Resources to inform the mural artwork:

Lascaux Caves

https://www.worldhistory.org/timeline/Lascaux_Cave/

The History of Murals

https://muralform.com/educational/the-history-of-murals/

Ancient Egyptian Art in 2D

https://www.livescience.com/why-ancient-egyptian-art-2d

Kerala Mural information

https://www.keralatourism.org/kerala-article/2015/mural-paintings-kerala/549 

Examples of Trompe l’Oeil Murals

https://www.architecturaldigest.com/gallery/trompe-loeil

Murals by Pierre Puvis de Chavannes at the Boston Public Library

https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:VA6C2:77e9c0d8-c1b8-4ab0-82e2-5bb09423c05f

Boston Murals – The Ultimate Guide

https://myshoeswhereichoose.com/boston-murals-guide/

 

REQUIREMENTS for the FiES COMMISSION POSTER CONTEST:

  • Entries for traditional art posters MUST be completed on 12x18 inch paper and may be done in crayon, pen and ink, watercolors, pastels, and/or magic marker. The captions may be in French or English.
  • Digital Art submissions MUST be one page only. The captions may be in French or English.
  • The theme in words must appear on all poster submissions (French or English)!
  • The four grade categories are K-1, 2-3, 4-6, 7-8.
  • There will be traditional art and digital art sub-categories for each grade category.
  • The sponsoring teachers MUST be current members of AATF.

 

To submit an entry, please ensure that you are logged in to your frenchteachers.org account. If you're a new member, please allow at least two (2) business days for processing of your membership; you will be able to submit your entry once your membership has been approved.

      One poster submission per entry form. Please submit entries HERE.

      Winners will be notified in early May.

      First through third place winners in each category will receive a cash prize from the national office.

      All place winners will receive electronic certificates from the contest chair.

      Electronic certificates of participation will be sent to all students from the contest chair, too.

      We again look forward to receiving creative posters from students throughout the country for the 2026 National FiES Poster Contest.

       

      The poster contest judges will be using these learning targets to further clarify the applicability of theme, creativity, and effort as well as the additional requirement of a drawing or photo of you in front of the future mural section of the design. What mural do you want to visit in the future? Note: You do not need to use a mural that already exists. You may create your own!

      This blogger shows photos of herself in front of some Boston Murals.

      https://myshoeswhereichoose.com/boston-murals-guide/

       

      Poster Requirements:

      I can include evidence of the past, present, and future of mural painting on my poster.

      I can identify three different details about murals on my poster.

      I can identify the words of the contest theme on my poster.

      I can show my effort and attention to organization and detail on my poster.

      I can include a drawing or photo of me on the future mural section.

       

      I can include evidence of the past, present, and future of mural painting on my poster.

      I can identify four different details about murals on my poster.

      I can identify the words of the contest theme on my poster.

      I can show my effort and attention to organization and detail on my poster.

      I can include a drawing or photo of me on the future mural section.

      I can include evidence of the past, present, and future of mural painting on my poster.

      I can identify five different details about murals on my poster.

      I can identify the words of the contest theme on my poster.

      I can show my effort and attention to organization and detail on my poster.

      I can include a drawing or photo of me on the future mural section.

       

      By electronically submitting a poster in this AATF FiES Contest, the student, parent/guardian, and teacher all understand the posters become the sole property of the National FiES Commission of the AATF and may be duplicated in publications and/or displayed at meetings.