Wheaton IHOP provides $300 prize for Wheaton Arts Parade poster winner

A Montgomery County high school student has won a $300 prize in the contest to create the official poster promoting the 2019 Wheaton Arts Parade and Festival. The Wheaton IHOP restaurant is providing the cash prize to winner Daniela Shuping, a senior at Winston Churchill High School in Potomac, County executive Marc Elrich announced in a statement Wednesday.

William Moore, the owner of the IHOP, is a lifelong resident of Wheaton, and currently serves on the Wheaton Urban District Advisory Committee. “The Wheaton Arts Parade is a fantastic celebration of our artists and our community and I am proud to lend my support, especially when it can inspire our students to be so creative,” Moore said yesterday. In creating her winning poster, Shuping said her primary goal was "to create a sense of fun and whimsy, much like that of the parade itself."

The parade itself will be held at 10:00 AM on September 22, 2019. In addition, the festival will feature over 50 artist tents, and continue until 5:00 PM that day. A food court will host the cuisines of some of Wheaton's top restaurants. And a large tent will feature films and literary readings. Two stages of live entertainment will round out the event, which is free to everyone. Food will cost extra. Sponsors underwriting the cost of the event this year include the Montgomery County Recreation Department, Greenhill Properties, Westfield Wheaton, Montgomery Planning and a grant from the Arts & Humanities Council of Montgomery County.