Children's Art Show

 

Children's Art Show 

Saturday, April 15, 2023 from 10am to 4 pm
Sunday, April 16, 2023 from 2pm to 6pm

Collier County public and private schools K-5th grade art was on display at the Pavilion in Area 5. Prizes and People's Choice Awards!
For more information please contact: David Baniak, Park Services Specialist David.Baniak@FloridaDEP.gov

The Eighth Annual Children?s Art Show hosted by the Friends of Delnor-Wiggins Pass State Park on February 26-27 found hundreds of people viewing the incredible artwork of the young artists from Collier County public and non-public schools, grades K ? 5.? Over 150 paintings and drawings including flowers, trees, fish, animals, birds, natural Florida scenes, native Americans and were hooked on netting that spanned the outdoor pavilion spaces.? Three judges who are artists and art educators worked for an hour to select first, second, third, and honorable mention in grade categories K-2 and 3-5.? When the show opened, visitors were asked to vote for their favorite piece and at the end of the day over 250 ballots were counted, and People?s Choice awards were determined for each grade category.? Throughout the day, park rangers came to cast their vote for the Rangers? Pick award in each grade category.? By the end of the day, all seven schools had received at least one of the twelve awards.

The most redeeming feature of our show was to see the smile on the faces of the children as they proudly identified their artwork for parents and grandparents. The kids beamed!

 

Thank you art teachers!

The event is FREE with park entrance fee: pedestrians and cyclists are $2 each, auto with one person is $4 and auto with passengers $6.

Beach BusThe Beach Bus will be available for use from Conner Park for the event!