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, 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.
Prizes: 1st $6.00, 2nd $4.00, 3rd $3.00
PLEASE NOTE: Additional sections – section numbers have changed.
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 – still life
3. Acrylic or oil painting – landscape
4. Acrylic or oil painting – any subject not listed
5. Watercolour – portrait of life
6. Watercolour – landscape
7. Watercolour – any other subject not listed
8. Tole Painting
9. Collage / mixed media
10. Pencil sketch
11. Coloured pencil sketch
12. Pen and ink sketch
13. Charcoal sketch
14. Sculpture
15. “Paint Night” art
16. Abstract art
Crafts
17. Indigenous craft
18. Stenciling
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. Decorated 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. Handmade basket
38. Barn quilt block painted on approximately 60x60cm (24″ x 24″) wood
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 43-55: 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 – small, less than 30 cm
49. Children’s wooden toy – large, 30 cm – 1 m
50. Wood burning
51. Woodcraft – one piece made from kit
52. Best use of recycled wood
53. Intarsia
54. Scroll saw
55. Wood refinishing – max. 60cm
Separate Entries
56. By Homecraft Directors
Decorate a plain purchased gift bag using the fair theme … 1st $6.00, 2nd $4.00, 3rd $3.00
57. By Wanda Buchanan
Best Christmas Wreath … 1st $10.00
58. By Wanda Buchanan
Best “Paperback” book marker … 1st $10.00
Specials – Class 66
By Sharon Johnson, Harrow
Best Artwork (not craft) depicting this year’s fair theme … Avon Products Gift Bag
By Merrie Day & Pat Conrad
Best Halloween Art … $10.00
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 (sec 10 & 11) … $25
By Harrow News, Harrow
Most Prizes in Class 66
1 yr. subscription
By Tourism Windsor Essex Pelee Island & Essex Pelee Island Coast (EPIC)
Most prizes in Class 66
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 17-40)
1 EPIC Wine tasting Prize value $50 (see page 43)