A common item found in a classroom is the chalkboard and chalk. Mean’t for the use of teachers, there was always a time when we remember someone grabbing the chalk and start drawing – when you’re a creative person it’s hard to resist!
Japan recently held chalkboard art competitions. There schools from all over the country would design chalkboard art that reflects their school, region and any experiences of high school they had.
Designed by two to eleven people, these amazing inspirational Chalkboard Art will move you! They showcase an array of colors, themes and styles! Sit back and be amazed!
Highest Award
This chalkboard mural from the Kochi Nishi High School in the Kochi Prefecture celebrates high school athletics. The figures passing the baton symbolize the older students passing on knowledge and traditions to the younger ones.
Outstanding Performance Award
This everyday scene of a classroom, highlighted with fanciful, imaginative elements in color, comes from the Gwangneung High School in the Saitama Prefecture.
Winners of the Japan Science Special Award:
From the Matsudo High School art department in the Chiba Prefecture comes this beautifully detailed chalkboard design, created by no less than 11 students. The subtleties and varieties of color that the students achieved here even surprised the judges.
On the other end of the spectrum, though no less nuanced, is this minimalist approach to Mt. Fuji, created by two students from the Miko Sakuranomaki High School in the Ibaraki Prefecture. Using just white chalk, they managed to capture the iconic, snow-covered slopes of Japan’s famous mountain.
Nine students from the Sasebo Nishi High School in the Nagasaki Prefecture decided to celebrate their teachers in their design. These portraits of favorite teachers, combined with special messages, are a direct expression of gratitude.
Other prizewinners:
This vivid design incorporates a number of Japanese cultural icons, such as Hokusai’s famous wave print, traditional dishes, and a phoenix. It’s very bright and colorful, and the judges found it balanced but energetic.
Two students from the Aso High School in the Kanagawa Prefecture created this image, with the spread wings symbolizing the students’ “taking flight” from school into their adult lives.
![<p>Shizuoka Prefecture's Science and Technology High School created this softly colored entry. It includes messages of encouragement to graduating students who might feel anxious about taking their next steps and "[leaving] the nest."</p>](https://cdn.designbump.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/desktop-1433260045.jpg)
Shizuoka Prefecture’s Science and Technology High School created this softly colored entry. It includes messages of encouragement to graduating students who might feel anxious about taking their next steps and “[leaving] the nest.”
The Tokyo Metropolitan Comprehensive Technical High School created this colorful piece, which shows the real world reflected against a fantasy one. It represents the bittersweetness of growing up, with students ready to “take the plunge” into the real world while still holding onto memories of the magic of childhood.
Finally, this geometric, monochrome entry from the Niiza Technology High School in the Saitama Prefecture shows another interpretation of coming into one’s adulthood. The crowd approaching from the left represents the students, who have been functioning as a collective, as they approach the intersection of graduation that will take them down individual paths.
Honorable Mentions:
Saitama Prefectural Omiya Gwangneung High School
Gakuen High School
Saitama Prefectural Niiza Technology High School
Hokkaido Arts High School, Tokyo Ikebukuro
Fukui Prefectural Takashi High School
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