WHAT & WHO: Black & white photographs - all ages; color photographs - adults (age 16 and over); and color photographs - youth (age 15 and under); altered images – all ages
PRIZES: Best of Show: $150 Bedford Camera & Video gift certificate; one (1)-year family membership to the Little Rock Zoo & to the Arkansas Outdoor Photographers Club. …[more]
During the mid-90’s the Ozark Heritage Center and Museum in Leslie created a series of videotaped oral histories of the Ozarks, based on interviews with nearly two dozen area residents. “Live, From the Ozarks” presents the stories of Ozark life in the past.Screenings of those original, unedited oral histories will be held the 2nd and 4th Friday of the month. For more information, please contact the Ozark Heritage Arts Center…[more]
Hidden Glen Arts Festival – 20th Anniversary Saturday, September 20 – Sunday, September 21, 2008 The Hidden Glen Arts Festival at Cedar Creek, Olathe, Kansas, is a celebration of fine arts in a stunning natural setting. Nestled among the waterfalls, lakes and dramatic vistas of Cedar Creek, one of…[more]
...if you take the time to look! Even on overcast days, in the bitter cold, nature’s beauty shines through! Captured some footage today in the woods near my house. A video by ben.
If you missed last week’s lunar eclipse, don’t worry. We have a film by Yves Boisjoly, who recorded the event by shooting 29 pictures every 5 minutes during the February 20, 2008 event. By the way, Yves used a Canon EOS Digital Rebel to make this film.
Snow Motion is a short subject video piece by Steven Dempsey. In Dempsey’s words, “the music, slow camera movement and subject make for this moody piece. I love snow and I love slow cinematic camera moves. This is a marriage of both.” We hope you will enjoy:
Missouri youngsters can draw top honors in the Wildlife Forever State-Fish Art Contest with artworks depicting the channel catfish.
The State-Fish Art Project is an interdisciplinary conservation education program that uses art to spark the imagination of students and foster a sense of discovery of the natural world. It teaches valuable lessons about fish and the need for conservation of aquatic resources. [more]
Abby Nolan has had an interest in art as far back as she can remember. Using the knowledge of writing and medieval studies she honed in college, Abby is pursuing her creative bent.
“Rather than follow a specific career path, I chose subjects I was drawn to,” Abby said. The 23-year old recently graduated from Drury University with a degree in English, Writing and French along with strong…[more]
The 2008-2009 Oklahoma Waterfowl Stamp design competition results are in, and first place goes to Russ Duerksen of Sioux Falls, S.D. His winning art, displaying mallards in flight as a Labrador retriever watches from a boat, will be featured on the 2008-09 Oklahoma Waterfowl Stamp.
The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation is accepting entries for the Oklahoma Waterfowl Stamp design competition. The deadline to submit art is 4:30 p.m., Sept. 7.
The mallard will be featured on the 2008-09 stamp, and the winning art will be printed on the 2008-09 Oklahoma Waterfowl Stamp.
“There are going to be two big changes to this year’s waterfowl stamp design competition,” said Micah Holmes,…[more]
PUXICO, Mo. - If you missed the opportunity to enter the Mingo Swamp Flora and Fauna Photography Contest last year, now is your second chance.
The 21,676-acre Mingo National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) in Wayne and Stoddard counties is the only substantial remnant of the cypress-tupelo swamp that once covered hundreds of thousands of acres in southeastern Missouri. Drainage and logging converted most of the low-lying Bootheel region into…[more]