Open Fine Arts and Craft Show

Posted on April 25, 2010

Do you have a special recipe that friends keep telling you its great? How about projects in the closet that are just gathering dust? Dig them out, finish them and enter in the Bremer County Fair Fine Arts and Craft Show. Ribbons and prizes will be awarded! Entries need to be submitted on Monday August 2nd from 3:00-6:00pm. Contact Renee Neil 319 276-4740 or 319 404-8264 if you have additional questions

 

Renee Neil - Superintendent

Entry Monday, August 2nd between 3:00-6:00pm

Judging Monday, August 3rd from 6:00-9:00pm

Release of Exhibits: Sunday August 8th from 7:00- 9:00am

Exhibits should arrive at the east door of the (blue) 4-H building at the fairgrounds between 3:00-6:00pm on Monday, August 2nd, 2010. NO LATER! A No pre-entry is required.

Classes in this division are open to anyone who wishes to exhibit with one exception, 4-H’ers cannot enter the same exhibit in both 4-H classes and open classes. Example: if a 4-H’er enters a plate of cookies in the 4-H food class, he or she cannot enter a plate of the same in the open class division. Entries will be accepted from residents of Bremer County and its school district area.

There will be a .50 per item entry fee, which goes toward the purchase of prizes and ribbons.There is not a separate division for children under 13 years of age.

No more than 2 articles in a class, please. Exhibits entered in previous years are not eligible for exhibit: also items must have been made with in the last 5 years.

Class 1 – Fine Arts

  1. Oil Painting
  2. Acrylic Painting
  3. Water Color Painting
  4. Fabric Painting
  5. Drawings (charcoal, pencil and colored pencil) please limit the size of these items
  6. Creative Writing
  7. Scrap booking (must have a page protector, no more than 2 pages per entry)
  8. Holiday novelties
  9. Wreaths
  10. Silk or dried floral arrangements
  11. Ceramics
  12. Small creative items (such as beading)
  13. Other

Class 2 – Photography

Entries must be at least 5”x 7” in size and mounted or framed.

No more than 2 per class. Must indicate if picture is 35 mm or digital

  1. Color
  2. Black and White
  3. Digitally Enhanced

Class 3 - Woodworking

Class 4 – Textiles and Clothing

            A. Pillows/Pillowcases

            B. Afghan

C. Tablecloths/Runners

D. Embroidery

E. Counted Cross Stitch Embroidery

F. Needlework

G. Needlepoint

H. Quilts

I. Quilt Squares/Quilted items

J. Holiday Sewing

K. Knitting/Crocheting/Tatting

L. Weaving

M. Fabric crafts

N. Serger sewing

O. Rugs

P. Other

Class 5 – Clothing

  1. Toddlers
  2. Children
  3. Men’s
  4. Women’s

Open Horticulture Exhibits

Class 6 - Vegetable Classes

All exhibits must be brought on a sturdy paper plate or cardboard and covered with a plastic bag. Limit of one exhibit of each kind of vegetable.

Apples – 3 specimens

Dried Onions – 3 specimens

Melon – 1 specimen 

Green Onions–3 tied together

Asparagus – 10 spears

Okra – 3

Snap Beans – 6 pods

Parsley–5 sprigs/clear bottle

Beets – 3 specimens

Parsnips – 3

Broccoli – 3” head

Peas – 6 pods

Cabbage – 1 head

Peppers – 2 specimens

Carrots – 3 specimens

Potatoes – 3

Cauliflower – 1 head

Pumpkin – 1 or 3 mini

Celery – 1 bunch

Rhubarb – 3 stalks, ends cut

Cucumber – 5 pickling or 3 slicing

Spinach – 1 plant

Dill – 2 heads tied together

Squash – 1 plant

Eggplant – 1 specimen 

Squash – 2 summer

Fruit – Cherries, raspberries, strawberries  - exhibit 1 Cup

Squash – 1 winter

Garlic – 3 specimens

Sweet corn – 2 ears

Herbs – 3 different kinds, 1 sprig of each in a clear bottle

Tomatoes– 3 or 10 cherries

Kohlrabi – 2 specimens

Turnips – 3 specimens

Leafy Greens – 1 plant in clear bottle 

Watermelon – 1

Leeks – 2 specimens

Lettuce – 1 plant                                                                       

 Class 7 - Vegetable basket display

It must include 5 or more vegetables attractively displayed in a basket not larger than one-half bushel size.

Class 8 – Fresh Flowers and Flower Arrangements

Garden flower specimen – Use a glass vase, no plastic.

  1. Spike
  2. Stem
  3. Spray

D. Kitchen Sunshine- Any kind of fresh flowers in a kitchen container.

E. House plants

F. Patio Plants

G. Home grown dried arrangement

H. Other

Open Home and Family Exhibits

Each item of baked goods will be judged on taste, texture, and presentation. After judging, the items will be displayed and onlookers may have a chance to taste items.

All jars must be displayed without rings. No Cream Cheese.

Class 9 – Foods

Ingredients, recipe must be included with the entry

  1. Yeast bread – 1 loaf/ rolls – sponsored in part by Red Star Yeast Company
  2. Quick breads/fruit and nut breads – 1 loaf, muffins – plate of 7
  3. Cookies a plate of 7
  4. Candy, 3 or more to be displayed nicely on small plate
  5. Jams/Jellies (1 clear sealed jar, not paraffin, labeled with method)
  6. Canned Vegetables/fruits (1 clear sealed jar, labeled with method
  7. Canned pickles/Relishes (1 clear sealed jar, with method)
  8. Pie
  9. Cakes/Cupcakes (1 cake or 4 cupcakes)
  10. Themed Cakes – “Rockin” Your Nights! or  135 Years Bremer County 2010

No limits or requirements.

 

 

 

 

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