4-H wants to see your art

The Wisconsin 4-H Foundation is kicking off a contest that challenges all 4-H members to explore their creativity. The Arts Art Contest is open to any current Wisconsin 4-H member, with cash prizes of nearly $1,000.

The contest will be held virtually, with photos of all entries submitted electronically. Entries are accepted now through Dec. 31.

The contest is broken into eight categories: Drawing Using Any Medium; Painting (acrylic, watercolor or oil); Pottery, Ceramics or Clay; Photography; Paper; Fabric, Yarn or Fiber; Wood; Any Other Media (ex: digital, metalcraft, jewelry, leatherwork, wax, eggshells, taxidermy, etc.).

Each artist may submit one entry in one or more category, but may submit only one entry in any one category.

A winner will be chosen in each category, with a Best of Show award given to one entry chosen by the judging committee. Category winners will receive a $100 cash award. The Best of Show entry will receive an additional $150 cash award.

Other art may be recognized, but will not receive a cash award. Winners will be notified, by email, by Feb. 1, 2022. A complete winner’s list, as well as photos of the winning entries, will be on the Wisconsin 4-H Foundation website by Feb. 15, 2022.

To be eligible for the Wisconsin 4-H Foundation Art Contest, youth must be a 4-H member enrolled in 4-H online for the 2021-22 4-H program year. Entrants do not need to be enrolled in any specific project to participate.

A photo of the entry and the completed entry form must be submitted through the contest website at 4h.extension. wisc.edu.

Winning entries become the property of the Wisconsin 4-H Foundation. The foundation will sell the art in an auction to be held in the spring of 2022. Proceeds from the Celebrate the Arts auction will be split, with half invested in the Talen Endowment for 4-H Arts Programming for future program needs and half used for arts programming in the next 4-H program year.