Picture this . . . a farm of the future. Can you see it? If not yet, maybe your child can visualize it and bring it to life through a creative art form for the Ag Day Student Art Contest 2018. The focus this year is the Farm of the Future, which compliments the 2018 National Ag Day theme, “How Agriculture Will Feed the World”
Being in the here and now, ones attention may be on how we feed people today, but, hopefully, the future is coming and we need to be ready. Agriculture has been one of the main sources for our food supply. Despite the challenges of weather and other natural disasters, agriculture has been consistent for many years and one on which we can depend. Improvements and advancements in the area continue to be made and we need to keep the ideas coming. Advances in technology, genetics and biology have opened the doors to thinking beyond what is possible today in agriculture to the possibilities of the future. Children of today will be the visionaries of tomorrow. The 2018 Ag Day Art Contest opens the door for them to imagine the possibilities of the future of agriculture and its importance in our lives.
The 2018 Ag Day Art Contest is open to third through twelfth grade students in the Shelby and Desoto Counties. There are three contestant categories:
Category 1: Third through sixth grades
Category 2: seventh through ninth grades
Category 3: tenth through twelfth grades
Creativity is encouraged and students have the opportunity to use one of the following mediums for their submission*:
• Drawing
• Painting
• Collage
• Photography
• Graphic Design
• Short Video (three to three minutes)
Cash prizes will be awarded to First Place ($100), Second Place ($50) and Third Place ($25) Winners. Teachers who have first place winners will receive $100 each. All teachers will receive an entry, for each competing student, in the drawing for a $250 prize that may be used to purchase art supplies for the classroom.
All art submissions are due to the Agricenter by Friday, March 9, 2018. They may be mailed to the Agricenter International ,7777 Walnut Grove Road, Memphis, Tennessee 38120. Video submissions may be mailed, hand-delivered or e-mailed to Tim Roberts {trobert6@utk.edu} through We Transfer (use the free version).
The awards ceremony will be held on Thursday, March 29, at the Agricenter. Teachers do not have to be present to win the random drawing.
If you have questions, call Tim Roberts at (901) 435-7109 or E-mail Tim Roberts or call Melisa Knirr at (901) 435-7112 or E-mail: Melisa Knirr or call Marilyn Kennedy at (901) 435-7100.
*Note all submissions become the property of the Agricenter International and will not be returned.
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