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KidsArt
Celebrating the Next Generation of
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The KidsArt Gallery is a popular
feature of the Driftless Area Art Festival. The work of elementary
and middle school students from all parts of the Driftless Area is
welcome and invited.
Art instructors or other groups
such as 4-H clubs can organize joint submissions, or students can submit
independently.
Three prizes are awarded.
The prizewinning artwork, which becomes the property of the festival,
will be auctioned at the spring fundraiser. Proceeds from the KidsArt auction will be awarded to the art programs of the schools
attended by the winners.
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Sherry Quamme, 2007
KidsArt Chair, presents the 2007 $50 KidsArt award to Layla Hall |
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winners were chosen from a large display of children’s art pieces at the
2007 Driftless Area Art Festival in Soldiers Grove. Layla Hall, a
fifth-grader in the Kickapoo Home School Cooperative, received $50 for
her painting, “Picasso Horses,” a brightly-colored paint-spattered
impressionistic work. Noah Young, a seventh-grader in the North
Crawford School District, was awarded $30 for his ceramic truck,
complete with snowblade, called “Winter Warrior.” Another North
Crawford Student, Andrea Georgeson, Grade 6, received $20 for her
painting, “Blowing Bubbles,” part of a class project on diversity. A
Certificate of Achievement was awarded to all three students.
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Sherry Quamme presents the $30 KidsArt award
to Noah Young for his ceramic truck "Winter Warrior," while teacher Joni
Peterson looks on. |
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Andrea Georgeson shows her painting,
"Blowing Bubbles," which won the $20 KidsArt prize.
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The purpose of the KidsArt program
is to applaud and encourage the creativity of area students. A
reception for participating students is held during the festival. |
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Joni Peterson, art teacher at North
Crawford, and Rosa Thill accept a check for the school art program from
Nora Knapik.
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Rosa Thill's watercolor, "Very Fruity," was
the 2006 KidsArt winner. Rosa's painting, purchased by Pete and Nora
Knapik of Soldiers Grove, raised $275 for
the art program at North Crawford. The Knapiks also donated the
painting to the school.
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All Photos Courtesy of Jerry Quebe
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