page 16 2015 LOGAN COUNTY FAIR LINCOLN DAILY NEWS.com August 2-9, 2015
Story By Angela Reiners
The Visual Arts at the Logan County Fair provides
a showcase for many talented adults and children
from Logan County.
On Monday morning Non-original Visual Arts and
4-H Visual Arts judging took place.
Participants use media such as paper, clay, fiber,
wood, chalk/carbon/pigment, glass/plastic, metal,
and nature to produce their works of art with some
spending months preparing their projects for the
fair.
When judging the art, the judges consider
craftsmanship and creativity, but that is only a
part of what makes a project stand out. John
Klemm, one of the judges, noted that it is also
about experience, thoroughness, the [artist’s]
understanding of the project, and level of
achievement.” Klemm notes that “details separate
[the work] if you want to get to the state level.”
For photographs, Kim Wiggers de Otte states that
she looks at lighting, composition, focus, and what
the participant learned from reading the manual and
working on it themselves.
As the Illinois 4-H extension site notes, the “4-H
member should be prepared to discuss their
knowledge of their projects.” The judges make
comments both during the judging and after the
judging process to indicate where the member did
well and where they could improve.
For a woodworking project that was his entry in
the fair, 10-year-old Nate Stuckey made a catapult
and says he tested it using marshmallows and
Legos. Stuckey reported that he spent the last few
weeks working on it with some assistance from his
grandpa.
For non-original visual arts, long-time participant
Mary Carlock painted a cup. Carlock said the
painting did not take long and noted that the work
falls into the non-original category because she did
not make the cup.
Ruthie Ruhl took a class called Creating a
Masterpiece when she created her Conte crayon
drawing of a horse. Ruhl stated that she loves
horses and recently took an art class where she
learned how to do this type of art. She said that
it took a whole month of classes on Fridays to
create the work. Since it has 20 lines between the
cheekbone and the edge of the face, it took a while
Monday, Aug. 3
Fair’s Visual Arts competition rewards
craftsmanship, creativity and knowledge
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