Student Artists encouraged to exhibit at Salt Fork Festival

Pictured: Speaker Chair Shana Fair and Holly Phillips, Director Salt Fork Arts and Crafts Festival.

Holly Phillips, Director Salt Fork Arts and Crafts Festival, explained to Byesville Rotary that the 46^th Salt Festival will be encouraging local students to submit their art for exhibit at the festival.

The Festival will be held August 8, 9, and 10 in the Cambridge City Park.

Phillips believes that it is important to encourage young artists to exhibit their work. Exhibiting work and seeing other young artists’ works can help a budding artist develop. Student artists can exhibit in one of 4 age divisions: K-2^nd grades, 3^rd-5^th grades, 6^th -8^th grades, and high school. Elementary, middle school students, and high school freshmen and sophomores can submit up to 2 pieces of art. Awards will be presented by category. Some of the awards will be cash.

High school juniors and seniors who are exhibiting are encouraged to apply for the art scholarship. Student exhibitors who apply for the art scholarship must meet two additional requirements. They must exhibit between 4 and 6 pieces and be planning a career in the art field such as becoming an art teacher, a designer, or working in visual communications. The scholarship will range from $1000-2000 to be used toward tuition at an art school. Wal-Mart is supporting the scholarship.

All student art that is not 3-D must be matted and framed. Students from any school in the area are invited to exhibit. There is no charge to exhibit. The student art entry form is available on the Salt Fork Festival web site http://www.saltforkfestival.org/studentartists.php . Contact for the student art exhibit is Christine Dettra, P.O. Box 250, Cambridge, OH 43725, saltforkfestival@gmail.com, 740-680-7160.

The Rotary club meets 7:30 am every Tuesday at the Stop Nine Senior Center at 60313 (GPS use 60299) Southgate Road, Byesville. Everyone interested in giving back to their community is invited to join. Call Membership Chair Jim Vaughan, 740-432-5605, to learn more about the club. More information is available at: www.Byesvillerotary.blogspot.com or https://www.facebook.com/pages/Byesville-Rotary/256548047818283