The 16th Toyota Dream Car Art Contest (DCAC) is back with the theme “Your Dream Car” to motivate children to share their ideas on the future of mobility by dreaming up and drawing their ideal car. The national initiative by UMW Toyota Motor (UMWT) will see the top three winners from each category qualify to compete in the World Contest evaluation to be held in Japan in 2023.
The DCAC contest is a worldwide drawing competition held by Toyota with the aim of motivating children from all corners of the globe to visualise the future of mobility while encouraging and inspiring creativity among the next generation through their art. The previous DCAC competition held in 2022 received a total of 531,692 artworks from 78 countries and regions across the globe, highlighting the far-reaching impact of the competition.
“Since 2013, UMWT has participated in the Dream Car Art Contest and this year, we are thrilled to be able to once again give Malaysian children the opportunity to compete with their peers locally and internationally to showcase their talents through their unique sense of imagination. Our hope is that through the DCAC, we will be able to spark and encourage creativity among the next generation and inspire a future where we can improve mobility for all,” said President of UMW Toyota Motor, Ravindran K.
“This contest is also an opportunity for both Toyota distributors and Toyota Motor Corporation to strengthen bonds between the Toyota brand and local communities they are present in to bring about positivity and spark creativity among children especially,” he said.
The national level DCAC will take place from 31st October 2022 to 14th February 2023 and is open to children in three age categories – children aged 7 years old and under, children aged 8 – 11 years old and finally 12 – 15 year old. The top three winners from each age category will be notified of their qualification for the World Contest by 27th February 2023.
Giving children creative freedom over the medium of their choice, the artworks can be submitted as a hand drawing, scanned photograph or in the form of digital art. More importantly, the artwork should express the child’s dream or design toward the future of mobility while answering the question of whether the mobility depicted enables the child’s dream to come true. The artwork should also be presented from an original viewpoint while also focusing on composition, coloring and technique.
The top three winners from each age category of the national level competition will walk away with an Apple Ipad Mini, Nintendo Switch and Apple Airpods respectively, while those placing 4th and 5th in all age categories will receive a RM200 voucher each. The top nine winning artworks will go on to compete in the World Contest that will be held in Japan.
For more information, visit toyota.com.my or call the Toyota freephone line 1- 800-8-TOYOTA (869682).
