Keija Booker, a sixth-grader at Renaissance Public School Academy, is a veteran Art Reach banner designer.
Young artist used the Krapohl 1969 Mustang GT as a model
The blue 1969 Mustang GT, part of the Krapohl Ford & Lincoln collection, served as the model for Keija Booker’s winning entry in our contest.
It’s easy to understand why Keija Booker won Krapohl Ford & Lincoln’s Art Reach banner contest. Booker, who is wrapping up sixth grade at Renaissance Public School Academy, is a veteran Art Reach banner designer.
“I’ve done five, including two this year,” she said, noting one of the 2021 banners is a giraffe with rainbow spots. “I did a parrot, a dolphin, a deer …”
And now a Mustang.
Keija’s contest-winning banner shows the front view of the classic blue Krapohl Ford & Lincoln 1969 GT Mustang with a shaker hood. The banner hangs on Main Street, just above the Boge, Wybenga & Bradley, P.C., sign at 215 N. Main.
“I’ve never done a car before,” she said. “I looked at a photo of the Mustang and changed it up to how I would like it.”
Her banner is one of about 300 in the Festival of Banners put on by Art Reach of Mid Michigan. The banners are displayed on the streets of Mount Pleasant, Union Township and Shepherd and the campus of McLaren Central Michigan.
Keija also was an Art Reach of Mid Michigan winner in 2018 when a planter she painted with images of Michigan plants and trees earned the People Choice Award as part of Art Flair.
She used the gift card she won this year from Krapohl Ford & Lincoln to buy her first skateboard.
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