Olympiad Olympiads for the summer and winter games, and such usage particularly for the Winter Olympics is not consistent with the numbering discussed above. The U.S. Olympic Committee often uses the term "quadrennium", which it claims refers to the same four-year period. However, it indicates these quadrennia in calendar years, starting with the first year after the Summer Olympics and ending with the year the next Olympics are held. This would suggest a more precise period of four years, but the 2001–2004 Quadrennium would then not be exactly the same period as the XXVIIth Olympiad. A "Cultural Olympiad" is a concept
Arts Olympiad and 2004 with the theme of "Me in the New Millennium". Starting in the 3rd Arts Olympiad (2005-2008), the theme was shifted to relate art and sport to promote the artist-athlete ideal. The fourth Arts Olympiad (2009-2012) continued the same theme with title "My Favorite Sport". During the first two years of the competition, local schools are participated in the Arts Olympiad lesson plan. The artworks as the result of the lessons are then put into a selection process. The selection process in the United States is first done from at the local school district. The selection of artworks from