Governor's Student Art Competition for Manufacturing Appreciation Week

Jesup, GA - Altamaha Technical College is encouraging all area elementary, middle and high school art instructors and their students to participate in the 15th annual Manufacturing Appreciation Week (MAW) student design competition. Winners have the opportunity to win cash awards and attend the Manufacturing Appreciation Week luncheon in Atlanta with the Governor.

Students from across Georgia are encouraged to submit artwork depicting the importance of manufacturing to their lives and communities as part of Manufacturing Appreciation Week (MAW). MAW was developed by the Georgia Department of Technical and Adult Education and the Georgia
Department of Industry, Trade and Tourism.

The deadline to enter the Student Design Competition is February 11th and all entries should be submitted to Altamaha Technical College, Attention, Melinda Laager, Director of Institutional Advancement , 1777
West Cherry Street, Jesup, GA 31545.

Prizes are awarded in the elementary, middle and high school categories. The top three (3) are selected based on creativity, skill/quality of the artwork and the students' grasp of manufacturing. Nine (9) scholarships are awarded to students creating the winning entries and they are invited to attend the MAW Luncheon to receive their awards.

Elementary School students participate in the placemat designs, middle school students in the poster designs, and high school students in the t-shirt design competition.

Manufacturing is the process of creating physical objects that will be used by someone or used to build something else. Students should consider products made in their hometowns, counties or statewide to
include Georgia products in their designs.

On the back of all artwork, include: the student's name, the school's name, the school's phone number, and Altamaha Technical College in the upper-right hand corner on the back of each submitted entry.
 
Art may be created with paint, watercolors, pencils, markers, crayons, charcoal, etc. All artwork must be flat. The size of the artwork must be as follows: elementary school placemat designs must be 11" X 17"; middle school poster designs must be on 22" X 28" poster boards and high school entrants' t-shirt designs must fit in a 12" square.
 
For more information about the contest or Manufacturing Appreciation Week, visit the website at: www.georgiamaw.org.

 Students from elementary, middle and high schools in Jeff Davis, Appling, Long, Wayne, McIntosh, Glynn and Camden are eligible to participate.

For more information contact: Melinda Laager, at Altamaha Technical College at 912.424.3209 or This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .