Students can celebrate birds in Georgia DNR art competition
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From staff reports
SOCIAL CIRCLE — For kids who enjoy nature as well as creating artwork, Georgia’s 17th annual Youth Birding Competition invites resident children and teens to celebrate birds through a T-shirt art contest.
A winner will be picked from each of four age categories: primary (pre-K-second grades), elementary (third-fifth), middle school (sixth-eighth) and high school. One winner will be awarded the grand prize: Their artwork will appear on the 2023 Youth Birding Competition T-shirt, and they’ll receive a $100 Amazon gift card. The three other winners each will receive a $50 Amazon gift card.
Entering is easy. Participants must draw or paint a native Georgia bird that has not been previously featured on a Youth Birding Competition T-shirt (more details at georgiawildlife.com/YBCTshirtArtContest). Artwork must be flat (not 3D) and may be created on paper or canvas. To enter the contest, email a full-frame JPG photo (from a camera or smartphone) of the artwork by March 13 to [email protected].
Be sure to provide the participant’s name, school, age, grade level, city, phone number and e-mail address, and the species name of the bird depicted in the artwork.
The illustrated bird must be a wild species that is native to Georgia. Artwork of exotic or domesticated species (such as European starlings, pigeons, yellow ducks, peacocks and parrots) will be disqualified. Draw or paint the bird’s features as accurately as possible. A simple background that provides habitat context is good to include, but make sure the bird stands out well and is the focus of the artwork. Also keep in mind that deep, contrasting colors scan best for a T-shirt.
Only one entry per person is allowed, and it must be the entrant’s original artwork. Participation in the Youth Birding Competition, scheduled for April 2023, is encouraged but not required to submit artwork for the T-shirt Art Contest.
In the 2023 Youth Birding Competition, teams will try to see or hear as many bird species as possible throughout Georgia in a 24-hour period during the contest dates. Details, including how to register a team, will be posted later this year at georgiawildlife.com/YBC. Contact competition coordinator Tim Keyes at (912) 262-3191 or [email protected] for additional information.
For more information on the T-shirt Art Contest, visit georgiawildlife.com/YBCTshirtArtContest. You also can contact art contest coordinator Linda May at (706) 319-0211 or [email protected].
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