RiverLink's
6th Annual Voices of the River Contest concluded with an outstanding turnout
of participants, proud families, and friends honoring exhibited K -12th
graders at the awards reception and ceremony on Saturday, April 13th at AB
Tech's Holly Library. The contest focused on giving students in the
French Broad River watershed a voice to explore and appreciate the French
Broad River and its tributaries through 2D art, 3D art, or poetry. If
you missed reception and opening day of the exhibit, you can still visit
Holly Library and view the displayed work through the month of April, as all
of the entries will remain up until April 29th.
Holly Library times
include:
Mon.-Thurs., 7:30
a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Friday, 7:30 a.m. -
5:00 p.m.
Saturday, 9 a.m. - 1
p.m.
Library phone:
828-398-7301
Award recipients of
the contest were entered into a raffle and great prizes were distributed from
our sponsors including the Asheville Outdoor Center, Malaprops Bookstore,
Carolina Cinemas, Mellow Mushroom, Blue Heron Whitewater, and Eagle's Nest
Outfitters.
Sponsors
for this event include Self Help Credit Union, Roots Hummus, and City Bakery
Café. Thank you all for providing delicious snacks and refreshments for
the reception. Thank you to AB Tech for hosting the contest at Holly
Library.
Another
many thanks to our wonderful judges: Cleaster Cotton, Maryanne Pappano, Kevin
Klein, and Jolene Mechanic for volunteering to score all of the entries.
We
incorporated a new component to the event this year: The Fundred Dollar Bill
Project, a cooperative art project backed by renowned local artist, Mel
Chin. The Fundred mission is to connect and collect 3 million creative
voices from across the country. Fundred is drawing attention to
lead-contamination that is compromising the health and learning abilities of
children. Participants created their own Fundred Dollar Bill-an
original, hand-drawn interpretation of a US $100 bill - to demonstrate and
celebrate the power of human expression to make a difference. We
collectively created over 400 Fundred Dollar Bills to contribute to the cause!
To view
some of the local talent included in the art and poetry contest, visit http://www.riverlink.org/earthdaycontest.asp,
or stop by Holly Library for the complete display of over 200 submissions.
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Thursday, April 18, 2013
Students show their love of the French Broad
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