Brooke Pottery’s annual Holiday Ornament Art Contest is open to kids in grades K -12. The winning design will be featured on Brooke Pottery’s 2010 Holiday Ornament, a round pottery ornament handcrafted by The Potters. The ornament debuts Thanksgiving weekend during Brooke Pottery’s parade of ornaments and is for sale throughout the winter holidays.

The young artists behind the top three designs will be awarded savings bonds – $100 bond for first place, $50 bond for second, and $25 bond for third. Winning designs will be announced and awards presented on First Friday September 3, 2010 at 7 PM in the shop.

Pick up entry forms at Brooke Pottery or download a form here. Line art is strongly encouraged since the design will be reproduced in clay. A watercolor drawing for example, while beautiful, would not translate well. Deadline: Hard copies of entries must be submitted to the shop by Friday, August 13, 2010.

Our 2009 Holiday Ornament was designed by Emeline Boehringer in fourth grade at Addison Mizner Elementary. Emeline’s drawing featured a Christmas stocking decorated with Lakeland’s city mascot the swan. What will you create?