All Kids Included District-Wide Student Art Showcase

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Celebrating Our Endless Potential 

The All Kids Included student art showcase is open to all Miami-Dade students in grades Pre-K-12.  Students are invited to submit original art work depicting the showcase theme and are asked to draw on the showcases selected book for inspiration. 

The theme for 2026 is inspired by the book, Maybe: A Story About the Endless Potential in All of Us written by Kobi Yamada and illustrated by Gabriella Barouchand.

You are the only you there ever has been or ever will be. You are unique in all the universe. Just the odds of you being here at this exact place and this exact time are so great and so rare that it will never happen again. Written by New York Times best-selling author Kobi Yamada, this is a story for everything you will do and everything you can be. It’s a story about all the possibilities ahead of you. It’s for who you are right now and it’s for all the magical, unbounded potential you hold inside. With its beautiful visual storytelling and timeless message, Maybe is an inspiring story for kids of all ages.

 

Student artists are asked to read the book for inspiration and depict the theme of Celebrating Our Endless Potential! 

 

Please review guidlines and use forms below to submit your entry. Wishing all of our contestants luck but most of all we hope you enjoy creating!

2026 AKI Art Showcase Submission Forms:

For additional information contact Ivette Dominguez
Para obtener ayuda en español, comuníquese con Ivette Dominguez

Click here to search the Miami-Dade Public Library System for  Maybe: A Story About the Endless Potential in All of Us

Click here to download the complete AKI theme and selected book history

AKI Art Showcase Award Ceremony

  • Saturday, May 2, 2026 | The Dennis C. Moss Cultural Arts Center

2026 Exhibition

    Past Showcase Awards & Exhibitions

    AKI Art Showcase AWARDS:

    Selected semi-finalists will be chosen to have their work exhibited and will receive a copy of the book, Maybe: A Story About the Endless Potential in All of Us.  In addition, semi-finalists will be automatically entered into the AKI Student Art Showcase finals (see below).

    1st, 2nd, 3rd place and honorable mention winners will be selected from the semi-finalists for Pre-K, Elementary, Middle and High School levels to receive the prizes as outlined below, and to have their work exhibited.  A Grand Prize for "Best in Show" will also be chosen.  In addition, winning students will each receive a medal and an All Kids Included goody bag.

    Art teachers submitting entries selected for 1st Place will each receive a $100 Blick Art Supply Card.
    Art teacher submitting the entry selected for Best in Show will receive a $250 Blick Art Supply Card.

    Grades 1st Place 2nd Place 3rd Place
    Pre-K $100 Blick Art Supply Card $75 Blick Art Supply Card $50 Blick Art Supply Card
    Elementary School $100 Blick Art Supply Card $75 Blick Art Supply Card $50 Blick Art Supply Card
    Middle School $100 Blick Art Supply Card $75 Blick Art Supply Card $50 Blick Art Supply Card
    High School $100 Blick Art Supply Card $75 Blick Art Supply Card $50 Blick Art Supply Card

     

     

    Honorable Mentions: $  25 Blick Art Supply Card
    Best in Show: $250 Blick Art Supply Card

     

     

     

    Art Teachers:    
    (all grade levels) Each student entry selected for 1st Place  $100 Blick Art Supply Card
      Student entry selected for Best in Show $250 Blick Art Supply Card