2021 WWA and Wicoff Museum Art Contest
Presented by the Historic Wicoff House Museum and West Windsor Arts
Use any art medium to recreate one of the historical artifacts from the museum down below! You must draw the artifact with a background of your choice. The artifact should be the focal point of your piece of art. Every contestant can only choose one artifact to recreate and submit, and the deadline is Thursday, September 2nd, 2021. Good luck, and remember to have fun!
Here is the link to the Google Form which each contestant is required to fill out when submitting their art: https://forms.gle/g31NP1149C8akfBZ7
If you have any questions, you can send an email to sagarcd22@gmail.com or knolan@plainsboronj.com
Contest Winners
The results are out! Thank you for participating in the 2021 Wicoff House Museum and West Windsor Arts art competition! Congratulations to all the winners! We hope that you had fun! We would like to thank judges Gunjan Gogia, Zakia Ahmed, Carol Schepps, and Ivia Yavelow from West Windsor Arts for evaluating all of the pieces of art! Prizes will be available for pick up on September 26th. More information about that has been sent out to the winners. The Wicoff Museum is also holding an event called AutumnFest on September 26th from 2-4 P.M. We would love for you to come to it! Thanks again for participating, and we hope that you participate in more of our upcoming events!
CATEGORY: AGES 4-7
1st Place
Aadhya Nair – Fun Camp!
2nd Place
Sanjay Palaniappan – Permaguard on Wooden Wall
3rd Place
Sai Saketh Samudrala – The Trike
CATEGORY: AGES 8-12
1st Place
Eleonora Ruiz – Barn Lantern at Night
2nd Place
Keyuri Wangikar – Sunset Dream
3rd Place
Ashwin Thillai – Business Sign
CATEGORY: AGES 13-18
1st Place
Ashira Agarwal – The Surge Bucket Milker
2nd Place
Smitha Hamsala – Surge Bucket Milker
3rd Place
Divya Thillai – Tricycle
Historical Objects at the Wicoff House Museum
Potato Cutter. The Aspinwall Manufacturing Company made potato cutters and other potato processing machines from 1891 to the early 1920s
Surge Bucket Milker. The Surge Bucket Milker was invented in 1922 by Herbert McCormack while working for the Babson Brothers Company of Chicago Illinois
Barn Lantern. Lanterns have been used functionally for light rather than decoration since antiquity. Originally, animal horns were used to create a translucent window around the lantern
Antifreeze Thermometer. This was a way to test the level of antifreeze in a car. Antifreeze is liquid that prevents icing on a cars windshield
Barn Lantern. Lanterns may be used for giving signals or as general light sources for camping. These barn lanterns were most likely used to illuminate houses barns roads and more
Business Sign. Originally known as the Quaker Stores, the Lapidus Market provided local produce and other supplies through much of the 20th century
Portrait of JVB Wicoff. John Van Buren Wicoff was born in the Wicoff House in 1878. He served as Chairman of the Board of Education from 1919 to 1950
