Arts & Culture Community Service Program
Carole Brinkman, Chairwoman
All the programs are described in this PDF. Click here.
Latest Newsletter from GFWC International Chairwoman
Helen Farnsworth Mears Art Contest - Shirley Brabender Mattox, Chairwoman
Implemented at the GFWC-WI club, district, and state levels, this annual juried art contest for 7th and 8th grade public, private, and home-schooled students is unique to GFWC-WI. The contest was begun in 1927 to honor the memory of this great Oshkosh born sculptor to encourage artistic talent, and to recognized the achievement of student artists.
Helen Farnsworth Mears Contest Rules & Forms
Member Arts & Crafts Contest-Vickie Richardson, Chairwoman
Inventory List - At the State Convention, every entry (art, photo, or special contest entry) needs an inventory list filled out including who is dropping off and picking up the entries. Only one (1) inventory list is needed if multiple entries are being dropped off and picked up by the same person(s).
Members Arts & Crafts Contest Rules
Members Arts & Crafts Entry Form
List of 2023 GFWC-WI Members Arts & Crafts & Photography Contest Winners
Member Photography Contest - Vickie Richardson, Chairwoman
Members Photography Entry Form
GFWC Photography Contest Guidelines and Fillable Creative Waiver Form Updated February 2024
Creative Arts Waiver ONLY Updated February 2024
💥Each Photography entry must have an Entry Form and a Creative Waiver Form.💥
Congratulations to o Jeannine Guttormsson of GFWC Woman’s Club of West Allis for winning first place in Our World Up Close for “Dependency” (Left) and second place in Reflection for “Seeing Double” (right) at the International Convention.
Turning Stones into Art
Contest & Silent Auction
With the 127th State Convention fast approaching make sure every member knows about the Turning Stones into Art Contest and Silent Auction with all proceeds going towards Heifer International, "send a girl to school" project.
All the information for this contest will be found here. Keep scrolling down a little farther and you will find the link to the guidelines and rules and the silent auction sheet.
Keep in mind we are defining the term stone very loosely, a stone could be stones in a piece of handmade jewelry, a framed diamond painting, it could mean rock as in painted or sculpted rocks or photographed or painted a river scene with water flowing over stones. All of these apply.
Please pass this information along to all your members and if you have any questions, please reach out.
Turning Stones into Art Contest Rules & Guidelines
Turning Stone into Art Silent Auction Bidder Sheet
Turning Stone into Art Examples
2022 Art Contest Entries
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2022 Art Contest Entries 〰️
Member Short Story and Poetry Contest - Alexandra Lerch-Gaggl, Chairwoman
Member Short Story and Poetry contests are open to any dues paying club member of GFWC-WI who creatively write as a hobby and makes less than $500.00 annually on manuscripts.
Every member of GFWC-WI is encouraged to submit a short story and/or poem directly to the Wisconsin State Writing Contest Chair. There is no need to have a club or district contest. Submissions go directly to the state. The entries will be judged and the winner in each category is submitted to the International GFWC Writing Contest Chairman for competition. GFWC-WI will submit one poem and one story to GFWC. Entries are due by the middle of February (see specific date in the Contest instructions) and can either be mailed via USPS or emailed as a Word attachment to the State Contest Chair. The stories and poems must have been written in the year before you submit them. Only one entry per member per category is allowed.
All entries must include a signed GFWC Creative Arts Waiver found on the last page of the contest instructions!
Click here for the PDF version of the 2022-2024 Contest instructions.
Youth Short Story and Poetry Contest - Alexandra Lerch-Gaggl, Chairwoman
The Short Story and Poetry contests are open to youth in grades 1-12 who creatively write as a hobby and make less than $500.00 annually on manuscripts.
All GFWC-WI member clubs are invited to sponsor a youth writing contest in their area. The club can do it by contacting schools (public, private, online, home) in the club’s area or by simply publishing the contest in the local paper. Each club should then send in the winner in each category/age group to the State Contest Chair, Alexandra Lerch-Gaggl. There is no need for a district competition. There could be up to 8 submissions from each club. Submissions must be made by the middle of February (see specific date in the Contest instructions) and can be mailed via USPS or emailed as a Word document to the State Contest Chair. The stories and poems must have been written in the year before they are submitted. Only one entry per child per category is allowed.
Every entry must have a signed GFWC Creative Arts Waiver included as found on the last page of the Contest instructions!
Click here for the PDF version of the 2022-2024 Contest instructions.