sculpture – Framingham Garden Club https://staging.framinghamgardenclub.org Horticulture, Floral Design, Conservation and Community Service Sun, 11 Feb 2024 22:48:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://staging.framinghamgardenclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/cropped-FGC_favicon-32x32.png sculpture – Framingham Garden Club https://staging.framinghamgardenclub.org 32 32 Youth sculpture contest encourages youth to keep our planet green https://staging.framinghamgardenclub.org/2023/12/youth-sculpture-contest-encourages-youth-to-keep-our-planet-green/ Sun, 10 Dec 2023 20:09:26 +0000 https://staging.framinghamgardenclub.org/?p=5334 FGC welcomes all Framingham youth in grades 4 through 8 to create a sculpture out of recyclable, reused, and reduced materials and submit their creation to the National Garden Club youth sculptrue contest. This contest encourages students to keep our planet green and to get involved with saving the environment.

Photos of last year’s national winning sculptures

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See the 2022 Sculpture Contest winners here

Contest Rules

  • Children in 4th through 8th grade will be eligible to enter the contest
  • Sculptures must consist of recyclable, reused and reduced materials
  • Width of the sculpture can be no more than 8 1/2 x 11 inches
  • Height should be in proportion to width
  • Entries should include as many photographs as can be printed on the back of the entry form but two 4×6 photographs are recommended
  • Club entries must be emailed to State Chairman Nancy Martin by Janauary 10, 2024 at  nancymartinmailed@gmail.com

Scale of Points

  • Creative use of materials and self expression: 60%
  • Description of sculpture and materials used: 30%
  • Craftsmanship and technique: 10%

https://gardenclub.org/sites/default/files/2023-05/ngc-youth-sculpture-contest-entry-form-2023.pdf

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