Art contest

The 2017 Georgia Farm Bureau High School art contest is for students in ninth-12th grade. Artwork should be drawn in black ink or dark soft lead pencil on an 8 1/2 x 11 inch piece of white paper and should be camera ready. The winner will receive $50 from their county Farm Bureau.

Drawings will be judged on 1) how well the artwork represents modern agriculture found in Catoosa or Walker County or Georgia’s agriculture industry and 2) artistic merit.

The winner from each county will be entered in the first district competition. The district winner will receive a cash prize of $100. The 10 GFB district winners will compete for the state prize of $250 cash. Two runners-up will each receive $150 cash. Previous state winners are not eligible.

Students must be willing to allow Georgia Farm Bureau to reprint copies of their drawings. Winning artwork becomes the property of Georgia Farm Bureau and will be printed in a calendar that is distributed by Georgia Farm Bureau to promote agriculture.

To enter the contests, students may download information from gfb. org/programs/aic or contact their county Farm Bureau for entry forms and contest information and submit their entry to that office by Friday, Feb. 10, 2017. All entries must be officially submitted by each county Farm Bureau to the Georgia Farm Bureau home office.

For more information, contact the Catoosa County Farm Bureau office at 706-937-2000 or the Walker County Farm Bureau office at 706638-3237.