Published: Jun 28, 2013 | 21:09 PM

Irvine Ranch Water District Recognizes Student Artist

Aanya Jain’s Poster Published in 2012 Calendar

Irvine Ranch Water District service area student Aanya Jain was among 36 students whose conservation-themed poster was chosen to appear in the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California’s 2012 “Water is Life” calendar.

“With so many talented student artists, it was especially challenging for our team of judges to choose only 36 from a total of 164 awesome pieces of artwork,” said Charlotte Golden of MWD.

Aanya was a fifth grade student at Oak Creek Elementary School in Irvine when her poster was selected by IRWD for participation in the regional contest. IRWD received more than 300 entries and chose five finalists sent to Metropolitan for final judging. Student artists from all over Southern California were honored at Metropolitan on December 7. IRWD has participated in the contest all 23 years of its existence and has had at least one winner each year.

Aanya, now a sixth grader at Oak Creek, said she was inspired to depict a girl in her poster brushing her teeth with the water turned off because she believes people in her age group need that message.

The 36 posters will be featured in a traveling art show set up in the lobbies of participating water districts, including IRWD at a future date. Please visit www.irwd.com for an announcement of the arrival of the student art show.