Wakefield and Panther Creek high school students finished second and third in the NC State Fair’s Farm Animal Frenzy competition this year.
The two were among 15 high school art classes seeking to win $1,000 for the school arts programs shaping recycled or recyclable materials to look like a farm animal.
Wakefield High School won second place and $750 for its unnamed sheep made of wood, five-gallon paint buckets, and fur made of electrical chords, clothes lines and various other wires. The face is made of telephones, hair curlers, light bulbs, computer mice and other materials.
Panther Creek High School’s “Moona Lisa” was awarded third place and $500. The cow was made of plastic milk containers.
Southeast Raleigh Magnet High School and Fuquay-Varina High School both took home honorable mentions for their sheep creations. Southeast Raleigh created “Kelsey’s Sweater,” which was made of wood and recycled yarn. Fuquay-Varina’s “Sleepy Sheepy” was made of five-gallon buckets, a soccer ball, sand bucket, plastic buckets and plastic bottle caps.
Click here to see photos of all the animals.
While your are at the fair, visit the Kerr Scott Building to see the student artwork and on the other side of the fair grounds look for student garden designs.