Winning Artwork

2003 Art for Animals Contest

Co-sponsored by the
St. Francis Wildlife Association's Suzanne E. Plescia Endowed Education Fund

and the Tallahassee Democrat's Newspaper in Education
 
Art for Animals note cards now on sale in Talllahassee at:
 
* Native Nurseries, 1661 Centerville Rd. * Panhandle Pet Supply Stores,
*Durra Quick Print , 7th Avenue & N. Monroe St. &
* St. Francis Wildlife's booth every Saturday at the Downtown Marketplace from 8 a.m. - 2 p.m.
 
All 12 works of art (below) in each package of note cards: $10 each.
All proceeds benefit the animals at St. Francis Wildlife.


We would like to thank the hundreds of local students, grades four through 12, who submitted drawings, sketches, paintings and collages of native Florida wildlife for this year's Art for Animals contest. There was so much impressive work that it was almost painful to choose only one winner and three finalists in each of the three age categories.
 
Students' original artwork will be sold at St. Francis Wildlife's Art for Animals event and silent auction of nature and wildlife art in April 2004 at Chez Pierre!
The three first-place winners receive a scholarship for an eight-week art course at the LeMoyne Art Education Center.

First-place Winners

 

 Wood Storks at Lake Killearney
by Cole Fuhrman
11th grade, Chiles High School
teacher: Kelly Little

 

Red-tailed Hawk
by Nigel Nye
9th grade, Lincoln High School
teacher: John Grigg

 

Mother Alligator and Baby
by Olivia Wright
5th grade, Roberts Elementary
teacher: Jan Hamilton
   
Finalists

Raccoon
by Charlene Kormondy
5th grade, School of Arts and Sciences
teachers: Deborah Hook and Kathy Tripp

 

Manatee
by Chelsea Hippen
4th grade, Gilchrist Elementary
art teacher: Julie McBride

 

Florida Panther
by Raffaela Susi
4th grade, School of Arts and Sciences
teachers: Julie Fredrickson and Lee Ann Beam

 

Barn Owl
by Powell Kreis
6th grade, School of Arts and Sciences
teacher: Joan Crow

 

Bob Cat
by Lauren Gentry
6th grade, Wakulla Middle School
teacher: Sandy Byars

 

Anhinga
by Ishanna Ible
8th grade, Wakulla Middle School
teacher: Ms. Belancsik

 

Raccoon in Tree Cavity
by Julianne Jennings
12th grade, Chiles High School
teacher: Angela Breza-Pierce

 

Sea Turtle
by Jennifer Miller
12th grade, Chiles High School
teacher: Angela Breza-Pierce

 

Pelican
by Meredith Finley-Simonds
11th grade, Chiles High School
teacher: Angela Breza-Pierce

 

 Tallahassee Democrat Article:

Tuesday, May 20, 2003

Natural talent: Florida wildlife is the inspiration for student artists
by Sandy Beck



 St. Francis Wildlife Association