Global Art Contest Deadline Approaching

Entries for ALNC's Global Art Contest are Due Next Wednesday!

Calling all budding artists! Here’s your chance to create a piece of artwork that can be seen around the globe at the Aldo Leopold Nature Center’s free Grand Opening Celebration on Saturday, April 21 from 11 am – 3 pm! To enter, draw, paint or make a collage of your favorite nature spot using the template on the back side of this entry form.  This could be your backyard, a park, ALNC or anywhere else that is special to you! Get creative—your art can include animals and plants or anything else you can imagine! 

Two entries from each age category (3-6, 7-9, 10-13,  and 14-18 years old) will be selected to be transformed into a 6 foot-wide spinning globe during the Aldo Leopold Nature Center’s Grand Opening Celebration onSaturday, April 21 from 11 am - 3 pm which will unveil exciting new interactive exhibits and programs. Winning artists will also receive a free ALNC membership for their family ($50 value).

Click here to find out more or here download anentry form. Entry forms are also available for pick up at the Aldo Leopold Nature Center.

Contest is open for ages 3 to 18 years old. One entry per child.  Winners will be contacted with further instructions. This entry form and artwork must be emailed to devcomm@naturenet.com, mailed, or dropped off at the Aldo Leopold Nature Center (Attn: Globe Contest, Aldo Leopold Nature Center, 330 Femrite Drive, Monona, WI 53716) by Noon on Wednesday, April 4^th 2012.

See Your Art Go Global!

Kids—Your Art Can Be Seen “Around” the Globe at the Aldo Leopold Nature Center’s Grand Opening Celebration on Saturday, April 21 from 11 am – 3 pm!

Calling all budding artists! Here’s your chance to create a piece of artwork that can be seen around the globe at the Aldo Leopold Nature Center’s free Grand Opening Celebration on Saturday, April 21 from 11 am – 3 pm! To enter, draw, paint or make a collage of your favorite nature spot using the template on the back side of this entry form.  This could be your backyard, a park, ALNC or anywhere else that is special to you! Get creative—your art can include animals and plants or anything else you can imagine! 

Two entries from each age category (3-6, 7-9, 10-13,  and 14-18 years old) will be selected to be transformed into a 6 foot-wide spinning globe during the Aldo Leopold Nature Center’s Grand Opening Celebration onSaturday, April 21 from 11 am - 3 pm which will unveil exciting new interactive exhibits and programs. Winning artists will also receive a free ALNC membership for their family ($50 value).

Click here to find out more or here download anentry form. Entry forms are also available for pick up at the Aldo Leopold Nature Center.

Contest is open for ages 3 to 18 years old. One entry per child.  Winners will be contacted with further instructions. This entry form and artwork must be emailed to devcomm@naturenet.com, mailed, or dropped off at the Aldo Leopold Nature Center (Attn: Globe Contest, Aldo Leopold Nature Center, 330 Femrite Drive, Monona, WI 53716) by Noon on Wednesday, April 4^th 2012.

Snow Globe Art Contest!

 

Calling all budding artists! Here's your chance to create a piece of artwork that can be seen around the globe at the Aldo Leopold Nature Center! To enter, draw, paint or color a winter scene using the snow globe template found here. Get creative—your art can depict animals, trees, animal tracks and anything else you see outdoors in winter! Click here to see a video of the snow globe in action!

One entry from each age category (3-6, 7-9, 10-13, and 14-18 years old) will be selected to be transformed into a 6 foot-wide spinning snow globe during a special sneak preview of new exhibits and programs at the Aldo Leopold Nature Center on Thursday, December 29th from noon to 7 pm. Winning artists will receive free admission for themselves and their immediate family to the sneak preview.

Click here to find out more and download an entry form. An activity station to complete entry forms will also be available our Winter Solstice Celebration on Friday, December 16, from 6:30-8 pm.