Celebrating Our Endless Potential
The All Kids Included student art showcase is open annually to all Miami-Dade students in grades Pre-K-12. Students are invited to submit original art work depicting the showcase theme and are asked to draw on the showcases selected book for inspiration.
The theme for 2026 was inspired by the book, Maybe: A Story About the Endless Potential in All of Us written by Kobi Yamada and illustrated by Gabriella Barouchand.
You are the only you there ever has been or ever will be. You are unique in all the universe. Just the odds of you being here at this exact place and this exact time are so great and so rare that it will never happen again. Written by New York Times best-selling author Kobi Yamada, this is a story for everything you will do and everything you can be. It’s a story about all the possibilities ahead of you. It’s for who you are right now and it’s for all the magical, unbounded potential you hold inside. With its beautiful visual storytelling and timeless message, Maybe is an inspiring story for kids of all ages.
Student artists were asked to read the book for inspiration and depict the theme of Celebrating Our Endless Potential!
Stay tuned for our new 2027 book selection.
For additional information contact Ivette Dominguez
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Click here to search the Miami-Dade Public Library System for Maybe: A Story About the Endless Potential in All of Us
Click here to download the complete AKI theme and selected book history
Showcase Awards & Exhibitions
- Click here to view the 2026 AKI Art Showcase Winners
- Click here to view the 2025 Showcase Awards & Exhibitions
AKI Art Showcase AWARDS:
Selected semi-finalists had their work exhibited and received a copy of the book, Maybe: A Story About the Endless Potential in All of Us. In addition, semi-finalists were automatically entered into the AKI Student Art Showcase finals (see below).
1st, 2nd, 3rd place and honorable mention winners are selected from the semi-finalists for Pre-K, Elementary, Middle and High School levels to receive the prizes as outlined below, and to have their work exhibited. A Grand Prize for "Best in Show" will also be chosen. In addition, winning students will each receive a medal and an All Kids Included goody bag.
Art teachers submitting entries selected for 1st Place will each receive a $100 Blick Art Supply Card.
Art teacher submitting the entry selected for Best in Show will receive a $250 Blick Art Supply Card.
| Grades | 1st Place | 2nd Place | 3rd Place |
| Pre-K | $100 Blick Art Supply Card | $75 Blick Art Supply Card | $50 Blick Art Supply Card |
| Elementary School | $100 Blick Art Supply Card | $75 Blick Art Supply Card | $50 Blick Art Supply Card |
| Middle School | $100 Blick Art Supply Card | $75 Blick Art Supply Card | $50 Blick Art Supply Card |
| High School | $100 Blick Art Supply Card | $75 Blick Art Supply Card | $50 Blick Art Supply Card |
| Honorable Mentions: | $ 25 Blick Art Supply Card |
| Best in Show: | $250 Blick Art Supply Card |
| Art Teachers: | ||
| (all grade levels) | Each student entry selected for 1st Place | $100 Blick Art Supply Card |
| Student entry selected for Best in Show | $250 Blick Art Supply Card |
