Street art theme wins annual contest to be official poster of the Detroit Grand Prix

Appropriately enough, a painting built around street art will be the official poster for Detroit's official street race, the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix presented by Lear.

Senior Alison Slackta, of Byron, won the annual competition among College for Creative Studies students Wednesday with an oil painting crafted to look like a mural sprayed on a brick wall.

Swooping, stylized letters spell out the name of the event, with an IndyCar and an IMSA WeatherTech sportscar racing across the bottom of the bottom of the artwork. To the left of the words, a graffiti artist is finishing a rendering of the Renaissance Center, and to the right is the hand and bronze sphere from the Spirit of Detroit statue on Woodward Avenue.

Slackta, 22, won $2,000, and runner-up Jordan Crouch won $1,200 in the 12th annual contest. Slackta's entry, adjusted for size and likely with several small modifications, will be featured on race posters and such merchandise as T-shirts. The panel of eight judges included race president Michael Montri and the Detroit Free Press' Neal Rubin.

The race is scheduled for May 31-June 2 through the streets of downtown.

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