KINGSTON – The Kingston Artists Soapbox Derby is pleased to present an exhibition of submitted poster designs by area artists in the 2024 poster design contest at the Kingston Library at 61 Crown Street. The reception is on Saturday, June 1st, 2-4 pm. The exhibit will be on view until August 17th.
Over the past 28 years, an artist was chosen from the community to create the poster for that year’s derby. Poster designs have run the gamut from classically artistic to whimsical and fun. For this year’s event, the Artists Soapbox Derby Committee initiated a poster design contest where every age and experience level can compete on a level playing field. Nine artists participated, some with multiple submissions. An award of $500 was offered to the winner.
A panel of judges comprising local artists, graphic designers, and businesses selected
’s submission out of 14 submitted entries as the winning design for this year’s Soapbox Derby poster. In announcing the winner Bob Johnson, the chair of the selection committee expressed the view of the panel, “Judging artwork is never easy, especially for such a unique event as the Derby where very little boundaries exist and fun is the general theme. All the judges agreed that submissions were exciting, much appreciated, and that the winning entry put a smile on their faces!”
“I wanted to make something funny, and a biker cat in an old soapbox was born, with the rat hanging on the back, Patterson-Ueda said. “I plan to model our soapbox this year after the poster, my daughter will be the cat.”
Patterson-Ueda has a background in the arts and now runs a bindery business that repairs old books, Little Mountain Books. Her busy schedule doesn’t allow much time for making art just for the sake of it but when she saw the info for the contest she got inspired to create the artwork for the poster.
The remaining artists in the exhibit are Jacinta Bunnell, Christoph Hitz, Conan Kelley, Felix Olivieri, Brock Mahan, Jacquie Roland, Angel Simmons, and Jennifer Wulfe. For more information visit: KingstonArtistSoapaboxDerby.com or visit us on Facebook.
