2024 Art Contest Winner
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35th Festival of the Bonfires
December 13 - 15, 2024│ Lutcher Park │ 2545 Louisiana Ave. │ Lutcher, LA
LOUISIANA ASSOCIATION OF FAIRS AND FESTIVALS
Festival-of-the-Bonfires-Information-Sheet
ARTWORK CRITERIA
Subject/title of the poster shall be: “My Fair/Festival” Name. The location and date of the event must also be on the poster.
Any St. James Parish public, private or parochial school student may participate.
Posters will be judged within four categories:
Grades 1-3
Grades 4-6
Grades 7-9
Grades 10-12
Posters must be displayed on 14” x 22” white poster paper (1/2 sheet of standard poster paper).
-All artwork must be vertical. Horizontal posters will not be judged.
-All lettering must be free-hand. Do not use stencils.
-Medium used shall be: Crayon, Water Color, Acrylics, Felt-Tip Pen, or Oil. No cut-outs or collages.
SUBMISSION
*Deadline: artwork must be given to your school's art teacher by December 5, 2024.
*Information card (5” x 7” index card) should be placed on the left top corner of the poster in such a way that it can be flipped over (front and back visible) and include the following: Name, Address, Telephone #, Parent Name, Category, Fair/Festival Name.
JUDGING
Posters will be judged by the school first, then winners will be judged on festival grounds on Saturday, December 14. 2024.
Points will be awarded according to the following: originality, theme, neatness, and spelling.
Information card must be present in order for the artwork to be judged.
Awards:
Third Place, Second Place, and First Place per category
Best Overall (1 award, all categories included)
LAFF (Louisiana Association of Fairs and Festivals) contest eligibility
First, Second, and Third place winners of each category are eligible for state LAFF competition. [There is a limit of twelve (12) posters per fair/festival.]