{"id":14849,"date":"2020-02-17T19:27:30","date_gmt":"2020-02-17T19:27:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/?p=14849"},"modified":"2020-02-28T21:53:09","modified_gmt":"2020-02-28T21:53:09","slug":"idaho-division-of-aeronautics-invites-kids-to-help-illustrate-flight-through-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/idaho\/idaho-division-of-aeronautics-invites-kids-to-help-illustrate-flight-through-history\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Idaho Division of Aeronautics Invites Kids To Help Illustrate \u201cFlight Through History\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Kids age 5-18 are invited to participate in the Idaho\nDivision of Aeronautics\u2019 annual Aviation Art Contest through April 1<sup>st<\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIdaho has a rich aviation history, and this year we\nencourage our young artists to find their inspiration by exploring that\nhistory,\u201d explained Tim Steffen, Safety Education Manager with the Idaho\nDivision of Aeronautics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn about the exciting days of flying the mail, while\nnavigating via light towers and concrete arrows. Find out how Boise\u2019s Varney\nAirlines grew into a company you recognize today. What was Charles Lindberg\u2019s\nconnection to Idaho? Did we really build a nuclear- powered airplane? In\naddition to these fun facts, aviation over the years has opened-up the\nbackcountry and wilderness areas of Idaho to business and recreation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There will be five different age categories in the contest.\nContestants must submit original artwork on 11\u201d x 17\u201d paper. The artwork must\nhave been created using watercolor, acrylic or oil, colored pencil, felt-tip\nmarker, ballpoint pen, pen and ink, or crayon. No pencil, charcoal, collage,\ndigital or clip art will be accepted. Each student\u2019s artwork must also have a\ncompleted Certificate of Authenticity, which is provided in the PDF above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First-place winners in each group will be invited to ride\nin a plane and will have their artwork signed by Idaho Gov. Brad Little and get\na framed congratulatory letter. Second-place winners will receive $25 in art\nsupplies and a congratulatory letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are the age categories:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>5-6 years old<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>7-9 years old<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>10-12 years old<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>13-15 years old<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>16-18 years old\n\n\n\nFor more information: Aviation Art Contest PDF: <a href=\"https:\/\/itd.idaho.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Poster-Application-2020-Art-Contest.pdf\">https:\/\/itd.idaho.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Poster-Application-2020-Art-Contest.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kids age 5-18 are invited to participate in the Idaho Division of Aeronautics\u2019 annual Aviation Art Contest through April 1st. \u201cIdaho has a rich aviation history, and this year we encourage our young artists to find their inspiration by exploring that history,\u201d explained Tim Steffen, Safety Education Manager with the Idaho Division of Aeronautics. Learn [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[98,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aviation-education","category-idaho"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14849"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14849\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14850,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14849\/revisions\/14850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}