Logan County Fair 2022

Page 26 2022 LOGAN COUNTY FAIR LINCOLN DAILY NEWS JULY / AUGUST 2022 MONDAY, AUGUST 1, 2022 STORY By Angela Reiners PHOTOS By and Jan Youngquist O n Monday, judging of 4-H Non-original Visual Arts, Visual Arts and general projects took place with hundreds of outstanding entries to choose from. For the visual arts, participants may use media such as paper, clay, leather, fiber, wood, chalk/ carbon/pigment, glass/plastic, metal, and nature to produce their art. The art can also be 3D or computer generated. Non-original arts are made from either kits, pre-printed designs, or pre-molded pieces. Original arts are designs created completely by the exhibitor. Other projects included animal science, career/ leadership, general entomology, floriculture, horticulture and photography. Visual arts are judged on correct use of design elements, principles, expressive elements and technique. Other important areas are the craftsmanship, creativity and inventiveness. As visual arts judges Heather McAfee, Rebekah Johnson and Colleen Roate talked to 4-H members, they asked participants to explain why they chose their project, its focus and the technique they used in addition to describing the design elements and focus. With photography, Judge Kim Wiggers de Otte asked the participants about why they chose the photo and what they learned, as well as reviewing elements of composition, focus and depth of field. For woodworking projects, Judge Rick Kidd asked the children about their inspiration for their project, tools and techniques used, reading a tape measure and procedures for building their project, and he emphasized practicing safety measures such as wearing protective glasses. Both during and after judging, judges make comments telling participants where they did well and discussing how and where they could improve. The ‘minute’ details can be significant. Several 4-H members did projects using various media and entered both visual and non-visual projects, while others focused on one project. Many have been working on their projects for the past few months. Of the 235 4-H members, many were participants that entered multiple projects in differing categories. Many exhibitors had entered 4-H projects before, there were a few entering for the first time. For example, nine-year-old Olivia Wrage was previously part of the 4-H Cloverbud program, but it is her first year competing as a 4-H member. Her entries included a floriculture project, a clay pot and colorful glass art. Wrage said she worked on these projects all through July. Continued p Youth showcase workmanship and artistic talents with 4-H projects