1. MS4 C OMMUNITY E DUCATION, O UTREACH, & I NVOLVEMENT T HROUGH A RT Elizabeth S. Arceneaux, P.E., CISEC Shawn Wolfshohl, CMS4S August 6, 2015

2. Why Educate Through Art? Confusion Work PracticesBeautification Housekeeping Practices

3. Why Educate Through Art? Texas Blind Salamander San Marcos Salamander San Marcos Gambusia Fountain Darter Texas Wild Rice Threatened and Endangered Species

4. IDEA CITYUNIVERSITY FLIER ANNOUNCE CONTEST RECEIVE ENTRIES JUDGE ENTRIES ANNOUNCE WINNERS PSA’S WITH ARTISTS STEEL COVER IDENTIFY AUDIENCE MULTIMEDIA

5. Audience  Public Schools  Elementary Schools  Middle Schools  High School  Private Schools  Homeschools  University  Art Departments  Community/Residents  San Marcos Arts Commission

6. Contest Rollout

7.  Press Releases – 4 separate newspaper press releases  Radio interviews – 2 interviews  City and Texas State internal emails that reached approximately 41,000 City and University staff, faculty, and students  Social Media – Facebook, Twitter, environmental and art list serves  Distributed hard copies of the flier to various business around town

8. IDEA CITYUNIVERSITY FLIER ANNOUNCE CONTEST RECEIVE ENTRIES JUDGE ENTRIES ANNOUNCE WINNERS PSA’S WITH ARTISTS STEEL COVER IDENTIFY AUDIENCE MULTIMEDIA

9. Receive Entries  Send out reminder press releases, emails to schools and campus  Most entries came in during the last week of the contest  64 total entries  Entries logged with unique ID number

10. Receive Entries  Entries were electronically scanned for City and University website pages  Entries were hard copied for judging  Binders were created for each judge with scoring sheets and instructions

11. Receive Entries  Entries were publicly displayed at the San Marcos Activity Center

12. IDEA CITYUNIVERSITY FLIER ANNOUNCE CONTEST RECEIVE ENTRIES JUDGE ENTRIES ANNOUNCE WINNERS PSA’S WITH ARTISTS STEEL COVER IDENTIFY AUDIENCE MULTIMEDIA

13. Judging  Identify Potential Judges  Sent out letter to potential judges describing the intent of the art contest and the need for stormwater protection  Prepared Artwork for Judging  Sent artwork to judges with criteria for judging artwork:  Original Artwork  Unique to San Marcos  Water quality message showing how protecting our local waterways begins at the storm drain  Appearance pleasing to the eye

14. Judging  Scored numerically to get finalists 14-18 year old  Finalists judged collaboratively

15. Judging 10 and under Brenna Eliaz “Say Hooray For the Environment”

16. Judging 11 to 13 Jourdan Gamez “Help Keep Our Rivers Beautiful”

17. Judging 14 to 18 Dusti Bridges “All Drains Lead To The River”

18. Judging Over 18 Winning Design Andrea Weissenbuehler “Remember Your Friends In The Water” Winning Border Mabel Lopez “Keep Our Waters Clean”

19. Final Design

20. IDEA CITYUNIVERSITY FLIER ANNOUNCE CONTEST RECEIVE ENTRIES JUDGE ENTRIES ANNOUNCE WINNERS PSA’S WITH ARTISTS STEEL COVER IDENTIFY AUDIENCE MULTIMEDIA

21. Contest Winners

24. IDEA CITYUNIVERSITY FLIER ANNOUNCE CONTEST RECEIVE ENTRIES JUDGE ENTRIES ANNOUNCE WINNERS PSA’S WITH ARTISTS STEEL COVER IDENTIFY AUDIENCE MULTIMEDIA

25. Final Design

26. The Same, but Different

27. Final Design

29. Lessons Learned Room For Improvement  Hire or utilize a staff graphic designer to develop the flier.  Involve other departments within the city and university to provide more resources, skills, and distribute the tasks.  Provide a General Stormwater Awareness presentation to K-12 schools.  Provide a larger ceremony for the winning artists to include a broader audience.  Have patience: the time between the winning selections to the time the covers arrive for installation can take up to six months.

30. Lessons Learned Good ideas to share:  An Art Contest makes stormwater management interesting for the general community.  Timing – between Sept 1 to December 15 will maximize student participation  Judging – 7 is an upper limit to give a good range of experience yet be manageable  Reach the Influentials – decision makers learn about stormwater impacts to waterways through judging and post event press releases.  Artwork in Steel is lasting and personalized to your town. It is a permanent stormwater message.  An Art Contest can be the basis for K-12 general awareness training post event

31. Lessons Learned What Went Well The artwork has become a symbol of cooperation in the spirit of shared commitment to the river

32. M ORE I NFORMATION Manhole Art Contest Report: City of San Marcos http://sanmarcostx.gov/index.aspx?page=989 Texas State University http://www.fss.txstate.edu/ehsrm/manhole.html

33. Q UESTIONS ?

34. C ONTACT U S Shawn Wolfshohl, CMS4S City of San Marcos swolfshohl@sanmarcostx.gov 512-393-8036 Elizabeth S. Arceneaux, P.E., CISEC Texas State University ea20@txstate.edu 512-245-3616