Fairbook Now Online

The Art Hall section of the 2014 fairbook can be found on this blog by clicking the fairbook top tab.

The Art Hall allows local artists an opportunity to showcase their work to the general public. The departments are:

Agriculture Products (which also includes vegetables)
Floriculture (plants)
Textiles (sewing and all types of needle work)
Fine Arts (art as well as photography)
Antiques and Collections
Culinary Baking (baking and canning)
Junior Show I (ages 8-12)
Junior Show II (ages 13-19)

Anyone can enter! The classes have been modernized by the new art hall superintendents Tamra Dynes and Eva Dynes, which just happens to be both my mother and sister respectively.

One of the cool new classes is found in the fine arts department under photography is "selfie." So if you or someone you know takes great selfies be sure to enter it in this years fair!

The complete fairbook should be in hard copy soon at local banks and businesses.

The Art Hall

Most people come to the fair and sadly never take time to come the Art Exhibitor’s Hall. It’s too bad because you’ll find everything there: from pencil drawings to canned soup, quilts to radishes, dried flower arrangements to muffins. Best of all, everyone over 8 years old, is welcomed and in fact encouraged to compete. There is a chance you can get a ribbon and a premium!

The Art Hall allows exhibitors to release their inner “Martha.” In all seriousness, the Art Hall has several departments: Agricultural Products, Floriculture, Textiles, Fine Arts, Art and Photography, Antique Collections and Vintage Articles, Culinary, Baking, and two Junior Shows just for ages 8-13 and 13-19.

Then there are classes in each of the departments. Let me clarify.  For example, in 2012 I entered a two crusted Sweet Potato Pie that was exhibited in the Culinary Baking department, in the Two Crusted Pie class. To figure out the department and classes you will want to compete in, I will post each department and class in separate posts at a later time.

The recently appointed Exhibition Hall Superintendents Tamra and Eva Dynes, are trying to update some of the Art Hall portion of the fair. Some of the new classes will be a selfie, potted plants, and the oldest and/or most interesting item before 1930. To figure out the department and classes you will want to compete in, I will post each department and class in separate posts at a later date. The entire fair book should be online at http://www.henrycountyfairil.com/ around April 1st. If you desire a hard copy, the fair book will be available at local banks around Henry County about the same time.