Audubon
The Arkansas Federation of Garden Clubs has an art competition for school-age children each year.
The Bella Vista Garden Club joins with the Arkansas Federation of Garden Clubs (AFGC) by encouraging children in area schools or the Boys and Girl's Clubs to be aware of nature and their environment by reaching out to them and enabling them to enter the AFGC's competition. The Audubon Committee informs children of the competition and cheers them on to participate in a chosen project such as drawing Bird Posters or another art assignment. The Audubon Committee then enters the finished works of art in the AFGC's competition. The winners are announced at a Garden Club meeting and often the winners and their parents attend the meeting.
Bird Poster Contest Artwork
One year a Gallery Show and reception honoring the Art Students was held. A video is now on Youtube showing many of the students' works of art. Marion Heath, Bella Vista Garden Club’s Audubon Committee Chairman at the time, describes the Bird Poster Art Contest and interviews some of the students.
Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.
Henry Van Dyke