Alaskans can now rank their favorites online among the six semifinal designs in the Alaska Artistic License Plate competition, including a formline plate by artist Crystal Worl.
allowed the council to collect $3 per artistic license plate sold to raise funds for the council. Brown said about 15,000 people have already voted this year, which is nearly as many as voted during the entire 2017 competition.
The contest winner will be selected using ranked choice voting, which will remain open until July 31. The winner will be announced at theon August 26, and receive a $1,000 prize. The other five semifinalists will receive $250 each. “I am not an artist by trade and still have a lot of — as I saw the artists who you know, are my idols and people who I have their artwork up in my house — I am in disbelief that I’m even in the same category as them for this competition,” Lockwood said.
Lockwood said her favorite design was from Juneau artist Crystal Worl, who has created several murals throughout Alaska andfor an Alaska Airlines salmon-themed jet this year. Worl said that she used elements from one of her previous paintings for her plate design, inspired by practicing subsistence with her family.
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