ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — For the first time, OUC customers and the community can vote on which of their favorite artwork will grace the cover of the 2022 OUC Water Color Project calendar.

Fourth and fifth graders across Orange County Public Schools were invited to create calendar artwork. Each school selected up to 10 entries to submit.

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About 110 students from 13 elementary schools submitted entries. OUC employees then selected 13 submissions from the 2022 calendar based on originality, artistic skill, water conservation message or slogan and suitability.

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Voting on the calendar cover is open on OUC’s Facebook page until 9 a.m. Friday. The winner will be revealed Nov. 29.

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The winner will be featured on the cover of the 2022 calendar, while the other 12 entries will represent the months of the year.

The Water Color Project began in 2006.

See all of this year’s finalists in the gallery below:

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OUC’s Water Color Project "While the time is ticking the earth is dying." Maggie M., Endeavor Elementary School-OCPS (Orlando Utilities Commission)

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