Success Story2023 Cultural Arts Competition



2023 Cultural Arts Competition

Author: Asa Conkwright

Planning Unit: Grant County CES

Major Program: Kentucky Extension Homemaker Association

Plan of Work: Unrelated to a specified County Plan of Work

Outcome: Intermediate Outcome

 The Homemaker Cultural Arts program area covers a wide and diverse subject that includes heritage fine arts and crafts. Homemakers across the state get busy sewing and crafting items to display their proficiency in heritage skills and to enter them into the cultural arts competition. Counties have their own cultural arts competitions where homemakers can earn a blue ribbon and then that item can then proceed to the area level where they are judged again. Then if they earn a blue ribbon on the area level, their item continues on to be judged at the Homemaker State Meeting. To promote and increase participation in the Cultural arts program the Family and Consumer Science Agent hosted a “Cultural Arts Workshop.” The workshop was an opportunity for homemakers to learn a heritage skill and upon completion of the class, have an item that can be entered into the competition. Skills covered in classes were Wood burning, pottery making and glazing, paper crafting and others. As a result of the workshop, participation increased drastically. The year prior the Grant County Homemakers had five items make it all the way to the state meeting with only one receiving a blue ribbon. This year homemakers had nineteen items make it the state level with seven receiving blue ribbon, more than total entries the year prior. One Homemaker received a purple ribbon meaning it was the best item in that category beating every other blue-ribbon item.







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