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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2023
THE JACKSON HERALD
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School
Jackson County High celebrates student art
Jackson County High
School held an art show
on Thursday, Dec. 14.
Families were invit
ed to view photogra
phy, ceramics and visual
arts from the students.
Categories for ceram
ics included: Sculpture
lamp, functional hand-
built, wheel thrown set
and wheel thrown single
piece.
The photography por
tion included categories
such as, portraits, land
scape, manipulation and
still life.
Categories for visual
arts were drawing, paint- Sarai Reid took best overall in ceramics lamp in the Jackson County High
ing, digital, and 2D. School art show.
EJMS ANNOUNCES ORATORICAL
CONTEST WINNERS
East Jackson Middle School has announced
the winners of the Junior American Legion
Oratorical Competition. Carter Varnadoe was
first place in the oratorical competition, fol
lowed by Avril Avellaneda-Castro.
Abigail Stovall took 2nd place in ceramics
(wheelthrown set) in the Jackson County High
School art show.
Andrea Seagraves took 3rd place and honorable
in ceramics in the Jackson County High School art
show.
Colby Choate took second place and honorable men- Chase Cook took 3rd place in ceramics lamp in the
tion in the Jackson County High School art show. Jackson County High School art show.
Noelani Miyake took 3rd place in manipulation pho
tography in the Jackson County High School art
show.
Emma Wagner took 3rd place in photography in the
Jackson County High School art show.
Quincy Miller took first place in manipulation pho
tography in the Jackson County High School art
show.
Katherine Hartzoy took 1st place in ceramics
(wheelthrown) in the Jackson County High School
art show.
Farm Bureau
seeks entries for
2024 art contests
Georgia Farm Bureau is hosting its Middle School
Bookmark and High School Art Contests.
The Georgia Farm Bureau (GFB) Middle School
Bookmark Contest is open to all public, private
and home-schooled 6th, 7th and 8th-grade students
statewide. The 10 GFB district winners of the book
mark contest will receive $100 each and compete
for the state prize of $150. The winners of the Jack-
son County Farm Bureau Middle School Bookmark
Contest will receive 1st place $50, 2nd place $40
and 3rd place $30.
Middle school students will be given a blank
bookmark and asked to draw a picture that depicts
some aspect of Georgia agriculture. Students may
use crayons, markers, or colored pencils to create
their bookmark that illustrates agriculture.
The GFB High School Art Contest is open to all
public, private, and home-schooled students in 9th
through 12th grades. The 10 GFB district art con
test winners will receive a cash prize of $100. The
10 GFB district art contest winners will compete
for the state prize of $250 cash. The winners of the
Jackson County Farm Bureau High School Art Con
test will receive 1st place $50, 2nd place $40, and
3rd place $30.
High schoolers entering the art contest should
draw a scene depicting Georgia agriculture. Art
work submitted in the high school art contest must
be on 8.5 x 11-inch white paper and should be cre
ated in the colors black, white and gray. Contestants
may use a variety of media to create their artwork
including graphite, charcoal, pastel, chalk, colored
pencil, pen-and-ink, ballpoint pen or mixed media
appropriate for printing.
Artwork entered in both contests will be judged
on: How well the artwork represents modem agri
culture found in the artist’s county or Georgia and
artistic merit.
Students may enter either contest in the county in
which they live or attend school but not both coun
ties. To enter either contest, students should contact
their county Farm Bureau for an official entry form
and complete contest rales. Multiple entries will be
disqualified. Previous state winners are not eligible
for either contest.
Interested students or teachers should contact the
Jackson County Farm Bureau for an official entry
form and contest rales at 706-367-8877. All entries
must be received at the Jackson County Farm Bu
reau office by February 16. All entries must be of
ficially submitted by the Jackson County Farm Bu
reau to the Georgia Farm Bureau contest.
All artwork submitted in both contests must be
original and becomes the property of Georgia Farm
Bureau (GFB) once submitted. GFB may use art
work from both contests on various products dis
tributed or sold by the organization to promote ag
riculture.
For more information about the contests, contact
your county Farm Bureau office at 706-367-8877 or
visit www.gfb.ag/contests .
Students and teachers may visit https://gfb.ag/
video to view a video about Georgia agriculture
and gfb.ag/UGA23agsnapshots to access info about
Georgia agriculture.
“The purpose of the Farm Bureau Middle School
Bookmark and High School Art Contests is to en
courage students to creatively explore Georgia agri
culture and increase their knowledge of the contri
butions it makes to our lives,” said Jackson County
Farm Bureau Women’s Committee Chairman, Jes
sica Bell. “By asking the students to participate in
these contests, we are giving them a chance to leam
about the wide variety of crops and livestock pro
duced in Georgia such as, poultry, beef cattle, dairy,
cotton, peanuts, timber, pecans, blueberries and
many other fruits and vegetables.”
The Jackson County Farm Bureau Middle School
Bookmark and High School Art Contest winners
will be entered in the Georgia Farm Bureau District
2 competition.
