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Arts and Crafts Show is Oct. 19 on base

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  • By Airman 1st Class Erica Holbert-Siebert
  • 375th Air Mobility Wing Public Affairs
SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. -- --  If someone is curious to see the creative tendencies of the Scott community, a good opportunity is the Arts and Crafts Show Oct. 19.

The show, put on by the Arts and Crafts Center and hosted at the Library at 6 p.m., is gearing to display around 300 works in nine different categories.

This year's theme is "Military Life," and participants submitted more than 50 pieces of artwork under that theme. They will be competing for the Commander's Theme Award, which recognizes their work as the piece that represents the theme the best.

Age categories are split into ranges 6-12, 13-17, and 18 years old and up. The 6-12 age category goes up for a Show Committee's Choice Award, while the other two age categories are judged for Best of Show, the Commander's Theme Award, and place awards. One People's Choice award will be determined by the voting public on opening night and through Oct. 21.

Becky McDaniel, a submitting artist, said, "I find that I have a sense of accomplishment when I design and create something for the art show. It is truly a delightful feeling to have my work displayed to the public."

McDaniel submitted several of her own pieces and said she looks forward to opening night to also see fellow artists' work.

"I always look forward to opening night because I am able to spend time with the other artists, viewing the pieces that they have put so much time and dedication into."

Wood/metal, fiber/textile, painting, sculpture, pottery/ceramic, drawing, photography, digital graphic art and all others are the categories to be judged this year.

Gary Olds, the Arts and Crafts Center programs coordinator, said this year's judges will be Emily Dunlap and Joanna Hoge. Dunlap is a mixed media sculpture artist with experience in textiles and graphics. She is from Waterloo, Illinois, completed a Bachelor of Fine Art degree from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and a Master of Fine Art from Syracuse University. Hoge, from St. Louis, is a visual artist and illustrator who works primarily in the medium of ink. She holds a Bachelor of Studio Arts degree from Saint Louis University and will receive her Master of Fine Arts degree from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville in May 2016. The theme award judges consist of Scott commanders.

"This year we have received entries in many varied and unique mediums from copper and textile sculptures to seashore dioramas, from traditional two-dimensional paintings to painting on porcelain dolls, many forms of handcrafted clothing, several examples of graphite drawings, hand-thrown ceramics, jewelry, wooden bowls and furniture, photography of images from around the world, stained glass, and much more," Olds said.

Scott usually enters the highest amount of artwork to be placed in the Air Force gallery. A list of award winning entries can be viewed after the show at www.375fss.com/IA/artsandcrafts/show.