Elizabeth Lu, a 12th grade
student at Plymouth Canton Salem
High School, was awarded the
Chairman’s Award – the grand
prize of the competition –
earning $1,000. Lu and Bachert’s
winning posters will be posted
on the NAIAS website and
displayed during the NAIAS
Public Show, Jan. 19-27.
DETROIT
- The
public
is
invited
to the
North
American
International
Auto
Show
starting
Saturday
January
19, and
running
until
Sunday
January
27, 2019
at Cobo
Center
in
downtown
Detroit.
The
NAIAS is
and
automotive
event
unlike
any
other.
At NAIAS
you have
the
opportunity
to see
up-close
the
vehicles
and
technologies
that
will
shape
the
future
automotive
landscape.
From
muscle
and
electric
cars, to
high-performance
supercars
and
full-size
trucks,
NAIAS
has
something
for
everyone
to
enjoy.
NAIAS
recently
announced
the
winners
of the
31st
annual
poster
contest.
This was
a
creative
competition
that
drew
more
than 750
entries
from 58
Michigan
schools.
Open to
Michigan
sophomore,
junior,
and
senior
students,
the
contest
is
designed
to give
young
artists
the
chance
to be
part of
one of
the
largest
auto
shows in
the
world
while
gaining
experience
in
creative
competition.
Elizabeth
Lu, a
12th
grade
student
at
Plymouth-Canton-Salem
High
School
complex,
was
presented
with the
Chairman’s
Award –
the
grand
prize of
the
competition.
Her
honorarium
for the
effort
was
$1,000.
The 2019
NAIAS
Chairman,
a
General
Motors
automotive
designer,
a
College
for
Creative
Studies
instructor
and
State
Farm
representatives
reviewed
and
judged
the
posters.
Bill
Golling,
2019
NAIAS
Chairman
said,
“Each
submission
showcased
the
student’s
ability
to use
their
imagination
and
create
something
entirely
their
own.
Picking
winners
was
certainly
a tough
decision.”
The
winning
posters
can be
viewed
on the
Poster
Contest
page on
the
NAIAS
website
and will
be on
display
during
the
public
show at
Cobo
Center.
The
winning
posters
will
also be
featured
in the
official
NAIAS
program.
There
will be
media
and
industry
previews
this
week.
The show
will
include
displays
on new
automotive
concepts
featuring
mobility
manufacturing,
connectivity,
cybersecurity
and
urbanization
through
autonomy.
Another
key
feature
for
young
people
is the
scope
and
potential
for
keeping
up with
the
demand
for
mobility
talent
in the
automotive
world.