Cox Louisiana, Cox Media, and the New Orleans Museum of Art announce the 20 finalists for the 2010 Cox "Our History" Art Contest. In mid-January at the New Orleans Museum of Art, Cox will award these 20 student artists their placement in 5 categories. Each student will share in a total of $5000 in scholarship dollars.

On December 15th, judges representing various art organizations, universities, as well as sponsors, judged the art entries from area public, private and parochial schools representing Jefferson, Orleans, St. Bernard and St. Charles parishes. Judging was based on quality of line/application, completeness of composition, expression of art, and originality/creativity of the artwork. After painstaking analysis and review, the judges selected this year's finalists.

All 20 finalists will be on exhibit at the nationally-recognized New Orleans Museum of Art beginning in mid-January.

Finalists will contacted soon via phone and by mail with information regarding the awards program.  A Cox representative will provide further details regarding the awards program, as well as, request additional entry information from each student finalist. 

Those entries not selected will be re-distributed to area Cox Service Center for pick-up beginning December 28th thru January 15th.  Each student artist will receive a letter at their home address informing them that their artwork was not selected as a finalist.  Additionally, the letter will inform the student which Cox Service Center their artwork will be available at for pick-up. 

Thanks to everyone who participated in this year's contest.  We feel like each entry is a winner and all should be proud of their amazing entry.  Congrats to our finalists!