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Student from Jackson
Once Again Wins 2010
Tennessee Federal Junior
Duck Stamp Contest
University School of Jackson student Olivia Hughes has won top honors in
the 2010 Tennessee Federal Junior Duck Stamp art competition held March
31st at the Reelfoot National Wildlife Refuge. The “Best of Show” entry
of a pair of wood ducks entitled “Out on a Limb” was designed in
colored pencils and acrylic. Olivia, age 16 was also the best of show
winner in the 2009 Tennessee contest. Olivia has entered the contest
each year since she was in kindergarten and has often won awards for her
talent. Her art teacher, DeAnn McDowell from Dyersburg has participated
in the Jr. Duck Stamp program since the program began and each year has
had many students placing well.
Also entered in Tennessee’s
sixteenth Junior Duck Stamp Contest were over 583 individuals in four
different age group categories. The other eleven finalists and first
place winners in their category included, Emily McKee and Ally Hawkins
of Dyersburg; Joanna Rush of Chattanooga; Avery Smith of Ooltewah; Eleni
Pisinos and Bailey Roberts of Tullahoma; Ruth Schuiling of Cleveland;
Samuel Kitts of LaFollette; Karis Feezell of Hixson; Joshua Cox of
Dickson and Brooke Briffith of Knoxville.
Judging this year’s competition
were Patrick Lemons of Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency; Steve
Seibert of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service; Frank Baggett a
Professional Wildlife Artist; Stephen Schoech from the University of
Memphis; and Jerry Hall of Reelfoot Lake State Park
Ribbons, plaques, and other prizes
were given to the top 100 winning students. For the first time in
sixteen years, the awards ceremony was cancelled due to flooding
situations in Nashville. Ms. Hughes however did receive the $1,000
Jeanette Rudy college scholarship provided by the Tennessee Wildlife
Federation along with other prizes including a framed 2009 Federal Duck
Stamp and Print. Her artwork will also be made into the 2010 Waterfowl
Series stamp produced by Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency.
The contest is sponsored by the
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and administered by the staff of Tennessee
National Wildlife Refuge. Partners in the program include the Tennessee
Wildlife Federation, and the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency. A
special thanks are extended to staff at the Reelfoot National Wildlife
Refuge for their efforts in the program this year.
On April 23rd Olivia’s artwork
competed at the national competition held at the Science Museum of
Minnesota. A stunning hooded merganser with autumn foliage was chosen
for the 2010-2011Federal Junior Duck Stamp. Eighteen year old, Columbus,
Ohio student, Rui Huang took first place.
Olivia’s artwork did well
in the national competition, out of all the best of show winners from
the other 50 states, Olivia took fourth place. Her original artwork will
travel along with the other winners on display in galleries and wildlife
museums throughout the country for one year.
In Tennessee the 36 First, Second
and Third place winners will also display at locations round the state
throughout the following year. For more information about this program,
display locations or to purchase a Federal Junior Duck Stamp, see the
refuge website at
www.fws.gov/TennesseeRefuge , or call the Tennessee National
Wildlife Refuge at 731-642-2091.
The Junior Duck Stamp Conservation
and Design Program is a dynamic educational program designed to teach
wetland habitat and waterfowl conservation to students in kindergarten
through high school. Using scientific and wildlife observation
principles, the program helps students communicate visually what they
have learned by creating an entry for the Junior Duck Stamp art contest.
This non-traditional pairing of subjects brings new interest to both
science and the arts. It crosses cultural, ethnic, social and
geographic boundaries to teach greater awareness of our Nation’s natural
resources. The Junior Duck Stamp Program is based on the Federal
Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp commonly known as the
“Duck Stamp”.
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