In 2020 we announced the 1st Annual American Flag Mural Competition, open to all local high school and college students to have some local art on display in our dealership. The students submitted their designs and the staff at Markquart Motors voted on a winner who then received a $5,000 scholarship to be put towards the cost of their schooling. Jillian Raschke, a UW-Eau Claire student, was voted the winner and she painted the large 7 ft. x 12 ft. canvas in the spring of 2021 and it has been up in our service lanes for the past year. The auction for Jillian’s mural will start on July 18th at noon and will end on July 31st at noon.
The 2nd Annual American Flag Mural Competition began in December of 2021. We received over 20 submissions from local student artists, our staff voted for their favorite design and Kelsey Johnson was voted the winner. She began painting the mural in the spring of 2022 and has recently finished. Her mural will be in our service lanes for the next year and then will be auctioned off, with the proceeds going to the Veteran’s Tribute Foundation. Kelsey Johnson is a student at Chippewa Valley Technical College.