Art Institutes International Minnesota A Partner in Aviation Art Contest

The Art Institutes International Minnesota has partnered with the Minnesota Department of Transportation – Office of Aeronautics to promote the Minnesota Aviation Art Contest Exhibition.  Future of Flight: Minnesota Aviation Art Contest Exhibition highlights the talents of the 2009 finalists in the Minnesota Aviation Art Contest. Entries were submitted by Minnesota students between the ages of 6 and 17 and were judged by a panel of professionals in the art, education and aviation fields. The exhibition opens Monday, April 13, 2009 at 8 am and runs through April 23, 2009 in The Art Institutes International Minnesota’s First Floor Art Gallery, located at 15 South 9th Street in downtown Minneapolis. This show is open to the public at no cost.

Founded in 1964 as Lowthian College, The Art Institutes International Minnesota is a diverse, dynamic institution of higher education whose mission is to educate students for creative careers. The Art Institutes International Minnesota is one of The Art Institutes (www.artinstitutes.edu), a system of over 40 education institutions located throughout North America, providing an important source of design, media arts, fashion and culinary arts professionals.  The Web site for The Art Institutes International Minnesota can be found at www.artinstitutes.edu/minneapolis.