Class 66 – Arts & Crafts: Adults
Chairperson: Merrie Day 519-776-8663
Located in the Arts & Crafts Building North Side
All pictures, sec 1-7, 15, 17 must be framed or gallery wrapped and ready to hang.
Cardboard backing on all paper entries.
All articles must be handmade by exhibitor (no prints).
Articles must be new, clean, dry, and any pieces secured.
Articles must never have been exhibited at the Harrow Fair in any prior year.
Limit one entry per artist for any section in class 66, otherwise not accepted.
Due to space restrictions – No article larger than 1 metre (40”) permitted.
We reserve the right to refuse any item deemed not family friendly.
Prizes: 1st $6.00, 2nd $4.00, 3rd $3.00
Art – Amateur
Amateur: A hobby artist who does not show or sell works in galleries or professional art festivals, does not teach art, is not, or was not employed in a commercial art field
1. Acrylic or oil painting – human portrait
2. Acrylic or oil painting – landscape
3. Acrylic or oil painting – any subject not listed
4, Oil pastel picture
5. Watercolour – portrait of life
6. Watercolour – landscape
7. Watercolour – any other subject not listed
8. Chalk pastel and/or charcoal picture
9. Collage / mixed media – please provide description on back of tag
10. Pencil sketch
11. Coloured pencil sketch
12. Pen and ink sketch
13. Sculpture
14. “Paint Night” art
15. Abstract art
16. Computer Graphic Art
Crafts
17. Indigenous craft
18. Miniature item – 12:1 scale
19. Hand molded clay – just one piece
20. Calligraphy
21. Stained glass
22. Garden sign, max 30×60 cm
23. Origami
24. Arrangement of artificial flowers
25. Article made of natural material (nuts, shells, etc)
26. Soap making – handmade
27. Swag or wreath
28. Fairy Garden, max 30x30cm
29. Dream catcher or wind chimes
30. Greeting card – handmade (no computers)
31. Candle making – candle judged not holder
32. Article made from recycled material
33. Scrapbook page
34. Article of papermache
35. Article of jewellery – sets ok
36. Duct tape article
37. Bird House
38. Barn quilt block painted on approximately 60x60cm (24″ x 24″) wood or metal
39. Christmas tree ornament
40. Diamond art, max 18″ x 24″
41. Craft by entrant with and intellectual disability
42. Craft not already listed
Wood
For Sections 43-54: Articles no larger than 60 cm wide, 1 m long. Accepted on first come basis due to space limitations.
43. Woodcarving – relief
44. Woodcarving – chip
45 Woodcarving – in the round
46. Whittling wood carving
47. Wood turning
48. Children’s wooden toy
49. Wood burning
50. Woodcraft – one piece made from kit
51. Best use of recycled wood
52. Intarsia
53. Scroll saw
54. Wood refinishing – max. 60cm
Separate Entries
55. By Homecraft Directors
Decorate a plain purchased gift bag using the fair theme … 1st $6.00, 2nd $4.00, 3rd $3.00
56. By Wanda Buchanan
Best Christmas Wreath … 1st $10
57. By Wanda Buchanan
Best “Paperback” Book Marker … $10
58. By Wanda Buchanan
Best use of used Christmas Cards … $10
59. By Merrie Day & Pat Conrad
Hallowe’en Art or Craft … $10
Specials – Class 66
By Sharon Johnson, Harrow
Best Artwork (not craft) depicting this year’s fair theme … Avon Products Gift Bag
In Memory of Marie Tomek
Best Acrylic or oil painting … Trophy
By Marilyn McLean, Harrow
Best Portrait of Life – Any Media … $50.00
By Marilyn McLean, Harrow
Best Pencil Sketch (overall) … $25
By Harrow News, Harrow
Most Prizes in Class 66
1 yr. subscription
By Tourism Windsor Essex Pelee Island & Essex Pelee Island Coast (EPIC)
Best Art using fair theme (sec 1-16)
1 EPIC Wine tasting Prize value $50 (see page 43)
By Tourism Windsor Essex Pelee Island & Essex Pelee Island Coast (EPIC)
Best craft depicting the fair theme (sec 17-42)
1 EPIC Wine tasting Prize value $50 (see page 43)