Submissions of original artwork for use on posters for the 2016 Samuel P. Capen Garden Walk are being sought. The poster art contest is being held by the University Heights Arts Association (UHAA), which will jury the competition. It is free to enter your artwork and a prize of $100 will be awarded for first place. Additional prizes will be awarded to the second and third place winners. Anyone may enter. The theme for this year’s competition is “The Beauty in…...
Do you have a garden you would like to show off? We have a page, the Your Photos page, dedicated to sharing photos from local gardeners of Western New York. Email us your photos and let other gardeners know what you have been doing. Some photos you can see are birds building their home, a butterfly relaxing on a flower, quirky finds in the garden and activities of garden clubs. Gardener or not, you are more than welcome to send us your…...
Amazing nature shots from around the world were entered in the Jamestown Audubon Nature Center’s 2015 Nature Photography Contest. All winners received a $100 prize. You can see the winning photos here. The photographs are also on exhibit at the Jamestown Audubon Nature Center, 1600 Riverside Rd., one-quarter mile east of Route 62 between Jamestown, NY, and Warren, PA. The building, with its collection of live animals, interactive exhibits and Blue Heron Gift Shop, is open 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday-Saturday and…...
Painters and other artists can get inspiration from the outdoor flowers during Plein Air Day 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, July 11 at Mischler’s Florist and Greenhouses, 118 South Forest Rd., Williamsville. The event is free and no registration is necessary. “En plein air” is a French expression that means “in the open air” and is used to describe the act of painting outdoors. Artists can set up their easels and draw with natural sunlight on their subjects. Many…...
The deadline is Tuesday, June 30 for submitting photographs to the Audubon Nature Center’s 2015 Nature Photography Contest. You can choose photographs from your collection or shoot new ones. Photographers with any level of experience can enter. All submissions are made online. The Youth Division is for people ages 8-18 or who are still in high school; the Adult Division is for people 18 and over or are post-high school. Youth and Adult winners in the three categories of Landscapes,…...
Tuesday, June 30 is the deadline to enter the 2015 Nature Photography Contest held by the Audubon Nature Center in Jamestown. “If you don’t have a photo you’ve already taken that you want to enter, there is plenty of time to get outdoors and do some shooting,” said Jennifer Schlick, Audubon Nature Center program director. “Part of our mission is to connect people with nature. The photo contest helps us fulfill that mission in two ways: The photographer connects with nature while…...
A competition will be held to select original artwork to use on the 2015 posters for the Samuel P. Capen Garden Walk. It is free to enter your artwork and a prize of $100 will be awarded. Anyone may enter. The University Heights Arts Association (UHAA ) will jury the competition. The theme for this year’s competition, “The Beauty in our Backyard,” invites interpretation of anything from a single flower to an entire backyard. Painting, photography, illustration, mixed media and…...
by Connie Oswald Stofko Tourists as well as Western New York gardeners love to take photos at the various events of the National Garden Festival and at the Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens. Rick Brightman of Norwich, NY, was in our area for the Fourth of July weekend and took this photo at the Botanical Gardens. You can find “beauty from a mile away to millimeters away and everywhere in between, no matter where you look,” Brightman said. You…...
Winners in the Jamestown Audubon’s 2014 Nature Photography Contest came from as near as a few miles from the Audubon Center & Sanctuary to as far away as the other side of the globe. “In the six-year history of the photo contest, we’ve had a number of international entries, but this is the first time we’ve had international winners,” said Jennifer Schlick, Audubon program director and contest coordinator. The purpose of the contest is to fulfill Jamestown Audubon’s mission to…...
If you like gardening, you might like taking photos of gardens and nature. And if you’ve got some lovely shots, why not enter them into a photo contest? The deadline for the Jamestown Audubon contest is coming up quickly– June 30– but you have until Dec. 31 to get shots for the Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens contest. Jamestown Audubon Society Anyone from beginners and professionals can enter their images in the fourth annual Nature Photography Contest held by…...
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