2010 Tennessee Federal Junior Duck Stamp art competition

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Student from Jackson Once Again Wins 2010
Tennessee Federal Junior Duck Stamp Contest

University School of Jackson student Olivia Hughes has won top honors in the 2010 Tennessee Federal Junior Duck Stamp art competition held March 31st at the Reelfoot National Wildlife Refuge. The “Best of Show” entry of a pair of wood ducks entitled “Out on a Limb” was designed in colored pencils and acrylic. Olivia, age 16 was also the best of show winner in the 2009 Tennessee contest. Olivia has entered the contest each year since she was in kindergarten and has often won awards for her talent. Her art teacher, DeAnn McDowell from Dyersburg has participated in the Jr. Duck Stamp program since the program began and each year has had many students placing well.

Also entered in Tennessee’s sixteenth Junior Duck Stamp Contest were over 583 individuals in four different age group categories. The other eleven finalists and first place winners in their category included, Emily McKee and Ally Hawkins of Dyersburg; Joanna Rush of Chattanooga; Avery Smith of Ooltewah; Eleni Pisinos and Bailey Roberts of Tullahoma; Ruth Schuiling of Cleveland; Samuel Kitts of LaFollette; Karis Feezell of Hixson; Joshua Cox of Dickson and Brooke Briffith of Knoxville.

Judging this year’s competition were Patrick Lemons of Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency; Steve Seibert of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service; Frank Baggett a Professional Wildlife Artist; Stephen Schoech from the University of Memphis; and Jerry Hall of Reelfoot Lake State Park

Ribbons, plaques, and other prizes were given to the top 100 winning students. For the first time in sixteen years, the awards ceremony was cancelled due to flooding situations in Nashville. Ms. Hughes however did receive the $1,000 Jeanette Rudy college scholarship provided by the Tennessee Wildlife Federation along with other prizes including a framed 2009 Federal Duck Stamp and Print. Her artwork will also be made into the 2010 Waterfowl Series stamp produced by Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency.

The contest is sponsored by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and administered by the staff of Tennessee National Wildlife Refuge. Partners in the program include the Tennessee Wildlife Federation, and the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency. A special thanks are extended to staff at the Reelfoot National Wildlife Refuge for their efforts in the program this year.

On April 23rd Olivia’s artwork competed at the national competition held at the Science Museum of Minnesota. A stunning hooded merganser with autumn foliage was chosen for the 2010-2011Federal Junior Duck Stamp. Eighteen year old, Columbus, Ohio student, Rui Huang took first place. Olivia’s artwork did well in the national competition, out of all the best of show winners from the other 50 states, Olivia took fourth place. Her original artwork will travel along with the other winners on display in galleries and wildlife museums throughout the country for one year.

In Tennessee the 36 First, Second and Third place winners will also display at locations round the state throughout the following year. For more information about this program, display locations or to purchase a Federal Junior Duck Stamp, see the refuge website at www.fws.gov/TennesseeRefuge , or call the Tennessee National Wildlife Refuge at 731-642-2091.

The Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program is a dynamic educational program designed to teach wetland habitat and waterfowl conservation to students in kindergarten through high school. Using scientific and wildlife observation principles, the program helps students communicate visually what they have learned by creating an entry for the Junior Duck Stamp art contest. This non-traditional pairing of subjects brings new interest to both science and the arts. It crosses cultural, ethnic, social and geographic boundaries to teach greater awareness of our Nation’s natural resources. The Junior Duck Stamp Program is based on the Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp commonly known as the “Duck Stamp”.

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