Kingman Museum’s Designed by Nature Art Contest Winners

On February 2, during Kingman Museum’s five-year anniversary of being open to the public, we held an art contest.  Ninety-one children participated.  The prizes and winners were:

Prizes:

Best of Show $100* & Family membership (worth $50)
First Place Each Division:  Family membership (worth $50)
Second Place Each Division:  Family pass (worth $15)

*Provided by Battle Creek Orthopedics

Judges were Linda Holderbaum and a group of her artist friends from the Art Center of Battle Creek.  A great big thank you to them for helping us out.

Winners:

Best of Show:  “Stegosaurus” by Karina Allen (age 10) of Battle Creek

Age 1 – 4

1st Place:  “Beaver” by Matthew Shaw (age 4) of Battle Creek

2nd Place:  “Muskrat” by Hannah Cummings (age 4) Battle Creek

Age 5 – 8

1st Place:  “untitled” by Nathan Wiley (age 8) of Battle Creek

2nd Place:  “The Stegosaurus” by Jaelle Lampert (age 5) of Battle Creek

Age 9 – 11

1st Place:  “Stegosaurus” by Karina Allen (age 10) of Battle Creek

2nd Place:  “Polar Bear” by Gabriel Weeldreyer (age 9) of Marshall

Age 12 – 14

1st Place:  “Escape to Kingman” by Jordan Teachart (age 14) of Kalamazoo

2nd Place:  “Under the Sea” by Savannah Lawrence (age 13) of Battle Creek