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SUMMARY:Entry Deadline Near for Youth Arts in the Parks 2017 Art Contest
DESCRIPTION:Nature can be a great inspiration! Now is the time for local students to celebrate nature and use their creativity to craft an entry for the Youth Arts in the Parks 2017 Appalachian Spring Wildflower Art Contest. The contest entry deadline is almost here.\n\nContest Rules: This art contest is open to all K   12 grade students of Fayette\, Nicholas\, Raleigh\, and Summers Counties. Youth can enter art through their school or independently. Complete contest rules\, list of accepted wildflower species\, entry form\, and several species reference photos are available online athttp://www.nps.gov/neri/youth-arts-in-the-parks.htm.\n\nEntry Time and Awards: Entries must be hand delivered to a contest art receiving station between February 1   7\, 2017. Entries juried into this exhibit will be showcased at an April 2017 art display at Tamarack in Beckley and online. Contest winners will receive art supply awards at a special ceremony.\n\nContest art receiving stations (entries accepted February 1 - 7\, 2017 ONLY):\n\n	Divide Elementary School (weekdays only during regular school hours)\, Attn: Christy Gill\, Propps Ridge Rd.\, Lookout\n	Liberty High School (weekdays only during regular school hours)\, Attn: Tonja Raines\, 1700 Coal River Rd.\, Glen Daniels\n	Woodrow Wilson High School (weekdays only during regular school hours)\, Attn: Sandi Shaw\, 400 Stanaford Rd.\, Beckley\n	Nicholas County High School (weekdays only during regular school hours)\, Attn: Pam Cox\, 30 Grizzly Rd.\, Summersville\n	National Park Service   Canyon Rim Visitor Center (open daily 9:00-5:00)\, Attn: Jodi French-Burr\, Fayette Mine Rd.\, Lansing\n	National Park Service   Sandstone Visitor Center (open daily 9:00-5:00)\, Attn: Dave Bieri\, Meadow Creek Rd.\, Sandstone\n\n\n\n\n\nSpring Nature Festival: This youth art contest is part of New River Gorge Wildflower Weekend\, April 28   30\, 2017. This  annual spring event celebrates this region's amazing ecology and is hosted by staff and volunteers of New River Gorge National River\, Tamarack\, and several southern West Virginia State Parks.\n\n \n\nSo kids\, let your creative nature flow as you prepare your art entry. Join in on this celebration of ecology through art with Youth Arts in the Parks!
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<span style="color:black\;"><span style="font-family:npsrawlinsonot\;"><span style="font-size:11pt\;">Nature can be a great inspiration! Now is the time for l</span></span></span><span style="font-family:npsrawlinsonot\;"><span style="font-size:11pt\;">ocal students to celebrate nature and use their creativity to craft an entry for the Youth Arts in the Parks 2017 Appalachian Spring Wildflower Art Contest. The contest entry deadline is almost here.</span></span><br />\n<strong><span style="font-family:npsrawlinsonot\;"><span style="font-size:11pt\;">Contest Rules:&nbsp\;</span></span></strong><span style="font-family:npsrawlinsonot\;"><span style="font-size:11pt\;">This art contest is open to all K &ndash\; 12 grade students of Fayette\, Nicholas\, Raleigh\, and Summers Counties. Youth can enter art through their school or independently. Complete contest rules\, list of accepted wildflower species\, entry form\, and several species reference photos are available online at<a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&amp\;q=http://www.nps.gov/neri/youth-arts-in-the-parks.htm&amp\;source=gmail&amp\;ust=1485352304494000&amp\;usg=AFQjCNGJgDyNLm61mQDJHLVcPnGMtgjI2Q" href="http://www.nps.gov/neri/youth-arts-in-the-parks.htm" style="color:rgb(17\, 85\, 204)\;" target="_blank">http</a><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&amp\;q=http://www.nps.gov/neri/youth-arts-in-the-parks.htm&amp\;source=gmail&amp\;ust=1485352304494000&amp\;usg=AFQjCNGJgDyNLm61mQDJHLVcPnGMtgjI2Q" href="http://www.nps.gov/neri/youth-arts-in-the-parks.htm" style="color:rgb(17\, 85\, 204)\;" target="_blank">://www.nps.gov/neri/youth-<wbr />arts-in-the-parks.htm</a>.</span></span><br />\n<strong><span style="font-family:npsrawlinsonot\;"><span style="font-size:11pt\;">Entry Time and Awards:&nbsp\;</span></span></strong><span style="font-family:npsrawlinsonot\;"><span style="font-size:11pt\;">Entries must be hand delivered to a contest art receiving station between February 1 &ndash\; 7\, 2017. Entries juried into this exhibit will be showcased at an April 2017 art display at Tamarack in Beckley and online. Contest winners will receive art supply awards at a special ceremony.</span></span><br />\n<strong><u><span style="font-family:npsrawlinsonot\;"><span style="font-size:11pt\;">Contest art receiving stations (entries accepted&nbsp\;<span data-term="goog_1995892780" style="border-bottom:1px dashed rgb(204\, 204\, 204)\;position:relative\;top:-2px\;z-index:0\;" tabindex="0"><span style="position:relative\;top:2px\;z-index:-1\;">February 1 - 7\, 2017</span></span>&nbsp\;ONLY):</span></span></u></strong>\n<ul>\n	<li style="margin:0px 0px 0px 15px\;"><span style="font-family:npsrawlinsonot\;"><span style="font-size:11pt\;">Divide Elementary School (weekdays only during regular school hours)\, Attn: Christy Gill\, Propps Ridge Rd.\, Lookout</span></span></li>\n	<li style="margin:0px 0px 0px 15px\;"><span style="font-family:npsrawlinsonot\;"><span style="font-size:11pt\;">Liberty High School (weekdays only during regular school hours)\, Attn: Tonja Raines\, 1700 Coal River Rd.\, Glen Daniels</span></span></li>\n	<li style="margin:0px 0px 0px 15px\;"><span style="font-family:npsrawlinsonot\;"><span style="font-size:11pt\;">Woodrow Wilson High School (weekdays only during regular school hours)\, Attn: Sandi Shaw\, 400 Stanaford Rd.\, Beckley</span></span></li>\n	<li style="margin:0px 0px 0px 15px\;"><span style="font-family:npsrawlinsonot\;"><span style="font-size:11pt\;">Nicholas County High School (weekdays only during regular school hours)\, Attn: Pam Cox\, 30 Grizzly Rd.\, Summersville</span></span></li>\n	<li style="margin:0px 0px 0px 15px\;"><span style="font-family:npsrawlinsonot\;"><span style="font-size:11pt\;">National Park Service &ndash\; Canyon Rim Visitor Center (open daily&nbsp\;<span data-term="goog_1995892781" style="border-bottom:1px dashed rgb(204\, 204\, 204)\;position:relative\;top:-2px\;z-index:0\;" tabindex="0"><span style="position:relative\;top:2px\;z-index:-1\;">9:00-5:00</span></span>)\, Attn: Jodi French-Burr\, Fayette Mine Rd.\, Lansing</span></span></li>\n	<li style="margin:0px 0px 0px 15px\;"><span style="font-family:npsrawlinsonot\;"><span style="font-size:11pt\;">National Park Service &ndash\; Sandstone Visitor Center (open daily&nbsp\;<span data-term="goog_1995892782" style="border-bottom:1px dashed rgb(204\, 204\, 204)\;position:relative\;top:-2px\;z-index:0\;" tabindex="0"><span style="position:relative\;top:2px\;z-index:-1\;">9:00-5:00</span></span>)\, Attn: Dave Bieri\, Meadow Creek Rd.\, Sandstone</span></span></li>\n</ul>\n<br />\n<br />\n<strong><span style="font-family:npsrawlinsonot\;"><span style="font-size:11pt\;">Spring Nature Festival:&nbsp\;</span></span></strong><span style="font-family:npsrawlinsonot\;"><span style="font-size:11pt\;">This youth art contest&nbsp\;is part of New River Gorge Wildflower Weekend\, April 28 &ndash\; 30\, 2017. This&nbsp\; annual spring event celebrates this region&rsquo\;s amazing ecology and is hosted by staff and volunteers of New River Gorge National River\, Tamarack\, and several southern West Virginia State Parks.</span></span><br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<span style="font-family:npsrawlinsonot\;"><span style="font-size:11pt\;">So kids\, let your creative nature flow as you prepare your art entry. Join in on this celebration of ecology through art with&nbsp\;<em>Youth Arts in the Parks</em>!</span></span><br />\n&nbsp\;
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