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Student contest to design artwork for next
Junior Duck Stamp |
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February 28, 2018 |
Here is a chance for Idaho students to show off
their fine artistic abilities and possibly have
their picture selected for the Federal Junior
Duck Stamp.
Idaho students encouraged to submit waterfowl
artwork for Idaho Junior Duck Stamp Contest
Students from across the Gem State are
encouraged to tap into their artistic abilities
to render entries of waterfowl for the 2018
Idaho Junior Duck Stamp art competition. Your
submission needs to be postmarked by the
deadline of March 15, 2018.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Federal
Junior Duck Stamp Program and Art Competition is
open to all students from kindergarten to Grade
12. The nationwide Junior Duck Stamp education
program uses art and science to teach the value
of wetland and waterfowl conservation. It
includes a statewide art competition that
culminates with the “Best in Show” from each
state competing at the National Competition; the
national winner sees their artwork on a duck
stamp that supports wetland and waterfowl
conservation.
“We invite all of Idaho’s aspiring youth artists
to take on this artistic challenge by rendering
and submitting artwork depicting the birds we
all see fly overhead and inhabit our open
spaces,” said Gregory M. Hughes, State
Supervisor for the Service’s Idaho Fish and
Wildlife Office, which will facilitate and host
the judging this year in Idaho.
The postmark deadline to submit artwork for
Idaho’s competition is March 15, 2018. Original
artwork should be mailed to Idaho’s 2018 Junior
Duck Stamp coordinator, Leith Edgar, at:
Leith Edgar
Idaho Fish and Wildlife Office
1387 S. Vinnell Way, Suite 368
Boise, Idaho 83709
The national Junior Duck Stamp art contest
started in 1993. The winning artwork from each
year's national art contest serves as the design
for the next Junior Duck Stamp, which the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service
 produces annually.
This $5 stamp has become a much sought after
collector's item. One hundred percent of the
revenue from the sale of Junior Duck stamps goes
to support recognition and environmental
education activities for students who
participate in the program.
Each year the winning entry of each state art
contest advances to the National Contest. The
winner of the National Contest becomes the
artwork for the next Junior Duck Stamp. Last
year's winning entry from Idaho was a watercolor
of a Bufflehead duck, painted by Ian Heam. Last
year's National Contest winning entry was
painted by 12 year old Isaac Schreiber of
Duffield, Virginia.
Remember, entries must be postmarked and sent to
the Idaho office of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service by March 15. More information about the
program, including rules and regulations, can be
found
by clicking here.
For further information, contact Leith Edgar at
208-378-5796.
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