For the second year in a row, a talented young artist from Biddeford has edged out other young artists from across the state to win the Maine Junior Duck Stamp art contest. Ariah Lowell, 13, impressed the judges in a field of extremely talented artists with her oil painting of a Wood Duck in flight […]
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Judging Complete for 2022 Junior Duck Stamp Challenge
With more drama than March Madness, the number of tie-breakers today brought the tension high as judges struggled to choose winners from a highly competitive crowd. Forget the NCAA; this is the Maine Junior Duck Stamp Challenge! Five judges gathered at Maine Audubon�s Gilsland Farm center in Falmouth today to choose winners from more than […]
Young artists and teachers, explore wildlife through the Junior Duck Stamp Program
Quack!! The deadline for this year�s Maine Junior Duck Stamp is coming right up, so teachers and young artists, make sure you have all your ducks . . . you know!� Just what is the Maine Junior Duck Stamp? It�s the Maine component of the Federal Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program, which Maine […]
Announcing the 2022 Junior Duck Stamp program!
Announcing the 2022 Federal Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program! Educators, now is the time to get your students prepared to create some innovative and beautiful waterfowl art!� Maine Audubon is collaborating with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for the 28th annual statewide Federal Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program. The program, which […]
Waterfowl Wizardry Runs in the Family for Maine’s Junior Duck Stamp Winner
Some of the nation’s most impressive waterfowl art is created in a single, sunny studio room from a home in Biddeford. There, among the cluttered desks and tables, three women of the Lowell family�mom, Rebekah, and daughters Elektrah, 14, and Ariah, 12�spend their evenings drawing and painting images of nature from their backyard and neighborhood. […]
Announcing the winners of the 2020-21 Junior Duck Stamp Contest!
Congratulations to all the participants and the winners in this year’s Maine Junior Duck Stamp challenge! The young artists impressed the judges, who met on March 26 to review the art submitted by more than 400 Maine students in grades K through 12 taking part in this federal program.� The Junior Duck Stamp program, coordinated […]
Junior Duck Stamp judging complete!
Their ages ranged from five to eighteen, and their waterfowl paintings covered the spectrum, too, but all the entries in this year’s Maine Junior Duck Stamp challenge had one thing in common. They all embodied the spirit of the program�the value of wetland and waterfowl conservation. This federal program encourages students to explore their natural […]
Announcing the winners of the 2019-20 Junior Duck Stamp challenge
Congratulations to all the impressive young artists who entered this year’s Maine Junior Duck Stamp challenge! There were more than 500 entries from students in grades K through 12. The federal program, which was coordinated in Maine by Maine Audubon, US Fish and Wildlife Service, and L.L. Bean, teaches wetland and waterfowl conservation to students […]
And the Winners of the 2019 Maine Junior Duck Stamp Are…
A host of talented young artists gathered at L.L. Bean on Saturday for the announcement of the winners of the 2019 Maine Junior Duck Stamp challenge. Managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) with assistance from Maine Audubon, the Junior Duck Stamp challenge asks young Mainers from Kindergarten through High School to submit […]