The Land Conservancy of McHenry County to host amateur nature video contest
Local land trust nonprofit The Land Conservancy of McHenry County is accepting original videos for its inaugural "Art of the Land" amateur video contest.
The contest is open to people who enjoy creating videos and who make less than $2,000 from video work each year.
The Land Conservancy of McHenry County is hosting this contest to highlight the beauty of open spaces and to showcase the themes "The Land Speaks" (a video showing what or how the land communicates without it saying a word) or "The Art of the Land" (a video reflecting or inspired by the local landscape and all that it provides).
Videos do not need to be shot at a Land Conservancy of McHenry County property.
Entrants may submit one video for an entry fee of $10.
Video contest entries can be submitted via the TLC website. All video entries must be received 11:59 p.m. Friday, Oct. 12.
The creator of the winning video will be notified Oct. 29. One cash prize of $100 will be given to creator of the winning video.
For full contest rules and application, visit www.artoftheland.org.
The winning video will be shown at the 10th annual "Art of the Land" art show and fundraiser on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 9-10 at The Starline Factory in Harvard.
Once the home to Hunt-Helm-Ferris & Co., The Starline Factory is now a beautifully renovated space which houses over 20 artist studios, a banquet hall, radio station, newspaper, small businesses and a beautiful art gallery. Owners Orrin and Karen Kinney continue to add new and unique spaces inside this historic building.
TLC is a member-based private nonprofit dedicated to preserving natural, scenic and agricultural land. Visit www.conservemc.org to learn more.
Since 1991, The Land Conservancy has helped protect nearly 2,200 acres of McHenry County's prairies, wetlands and woodlands by working with private landowners, communities and other partners. They do this by accepting donated conservation easements and direct acquisition of property (through purchase or donation).
McHenry County's landscape is richly diversified. Its features range from glacial remnants such as kames, moraines, and outwash plains, to the more recent woodlands, prairies, stream corridors, bogs and fens.
Lifelong residents, as well as new residents, are attracted to McHenry County's special combination of small towns, natural areas, rural character and rural agricultural fields and farmsteads.