{"id":239,"date":"2023-06-20T16:04:41","date_gmt":"2023-06-20T16:04:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/southwestvirginia\/?p=239"},"modified":"2023-06-20T16:10:24","modified_gmt":"2023-06-20T16:10:24","slug":"recap-2023-art-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/southwestvirginia\/2023\/06\/20\/recap-2023-art-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"Recap: 2023 Art Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"239\" class=\"elementor elementor-239\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-769546e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"769546e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ff12110\" data-id=\"ff12110\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f26534f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f26534f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Southwest Virginia section sponsored their 2nd annual art contest for high school students. The Grand Prize of a Fronius Transteel 2200 was presented to a team from Burton Center for Arts and Technology. First Prize of a $1,000.00 Arc3 Scholarship went to a student from Botetourt Technical. The Peoples Choice award weld to another student from Burton.<\/p><p>A reception\/awards presentation was held at the Taubman. Local TV station WDBJ-7 covered the event. Students, instructors, families and AWS Section members enjoyed an evening of fellowship and beautiful art.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e0f5fdd elementor-widget elementor-widget-gallery\" data-id=\"e0f5fdd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;aspect_ratio&quot;:&quot;1:1&quot;,&quot;lazyload&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;gallery_layout&quot;:&quot;grid&quot;,&quot;columns&quot;:4,&quot;columns_tablet&quot;:2,&quot;columns_mobile&quot;:1,&quot;gap&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;gap_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;gap_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;link_to&quot;:&quot;file&quot;,&quot;overlay_background&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;content_hover_animation&quot;:&quot;fade-in&quot;}\" 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The Grand Prize of a Fronius Transteel 2200 was presented to a team from Burton Center for Arts and Technology. First Prize of a $1,000.00 Arc3 Scholarship went to a student from Botetourt Technical. The Peoples Choice award weld to another student&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/southwestvirginia\/2023\/06\/20\/recap-2023-art-contest\/\"><span>Read More<\/span><i>&#43;<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,9],"tags":[],"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"agomez","author_link":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/southwestvirginia\/author\/agomez\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/southwestvirginia\/category\/announcement\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Announcement<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/southwestvirginia\/category\/event-report\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Event Report<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"Southwest Virginia section sponsored their 2nd annual art contest for high school students. The Grand Prize of a Fronius Transteel 2200 was presented to a team from Burton Center for Arts and Technology. First Prize of a $1,000.00 Arc3 Scholarship went to a student from Botetourt Technical. 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