XO Student Design Challenge 

Winner Selection

A total of 120 digitized submissions (30 each from elementary school, middle school, high school, and UNLV) will be viewable on thesphere.com for public voting.

Additional information about the voting process, including the specific dates, will be announced at a later date.

The selection process to choose the eight total winners who will have their artwork displayed on the Exosphere on April 22, 2025 will be as follows:

• Four winners, one each from elementary, middle, high school, and UNLV, will be chosen by the general public, who will have the opportunity to vote at thesphere.com
• Four winners, one each from elementary, middle, high school, and UNLV, will be chosen by a panel of judges.

Ultimately, two elementary school students, two middle school students, two high school students, and two UNLV students will win and see their work displayed on the Exosphere, and be awarded the scholarships.

Public Voting

Continue to check back here for more information about how you can vote for which art gets displayed on the Exosphere!

Inaugural XO Student Design Challenge

The inaugural Sphere XO Student Design Challenge recognized winners from six different schools across the county: Mackey Elementary School, McCaw Elementary School, Anthony Saville Middle School, Kathleen and Tim Harney Middle School, Liberty High School, and Legacy High School, as well as two students from UNLV. The winning students, who ranged from grades 5 through UNLV Graduate School, created art inspired by the Fourth of July, which was unveiled on July 4, 2024.