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4-H visual arts and general
projects showcase talented youth at Logan County Fair
[August 04, 2026]
The judging of 4-H Non-original
Visual Arts, Visual Arts and general projects at the Logan County
Fair was held Monday, August 3rd.
As usual, there were hundreds of outstanding entries.
Visual arts participants may use various media including paper,
clay, leather, fiber, wood, chalk, carbon/pigment, glass/plastic,
metal, and nature to produce their art. Art can also be 3D or
computer generated.
Original arts are designs created completely by the exhibitor while
non-original arts are created from kits, pre-printed designs, or
pre-molded pieces.
Other projects included animal science, career/leadership, general
entomology, floriculture, horticulture and photography.
Some 4-H members did several projects using various media and
entered both visual and non-visual projects, while others focused on
one or two projects.
Many have been working on their
projects for a few months with others beginning in just the last few
weeks. Participants included those new to 4-H and those who have
been members for several years. For some, 4-H has been a
generational family tradition.
Among those in their first year of
4-H is nine-year-old Davis Lorenz. David did three projects. He
painted a red panda on wood, did a still life of a daisy using
pencil on paper and created a clay pottery bowl.
Coralee Coers is another first year
member of 4-H. Coralee focused on one project: a basket. She was in
Cloverbuds last year and has an older sibling who is also in 4-H.
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Ten-year-old Dani Gray is in her
second year of 4-H and did several projects. Her projects included a
scrapbook about Route 66, making a plushie deer mount, making a clay
pickle, sewing a pair of shorts, a jacket she beaded and a floral
entry.
Veteran Kristy Morrow, in her final
year of 4-H, has entered numerous projects over the years. This
year, she focused on two: authoring a poem for creative writing and
doing visual arts fiber. Morrow said the visual arts project took
her about 30 hours. The flowers in the project are made completely
out of pipe cleaners using special folding techniques and fastening
them with floral tape.
Judges score visual arts entries on correct use of design elements,
principles, expressive elements and technique in addition to
craftsmanship, creativity and inventiveness.
During and after judging, judges make comments explaining to
participants what they did well and how they could improve. Little
details can make a difference.
Creative writing judge Tristan
Sites explain to one entrant, “I like the emotion you are
conveying.” Sites asked participants what prompted them to write
their stories or poems and told them what stood out to him.
Judges look closely at the stitching for sewing entries. Judge
Claire Stanfield asks about their favorite part of the project and
biggest thing they learned from doing it. There were a variety of
entries this year including a costume and beaded jacket.
4-H visual arts and general projects photo slideshow
[Angela Reiners]
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