Artists encouraged to fuel conservation through quail and turkey stamp competition and exhibition

CANEHILL – The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, Arkansas Game and Fish Foundation and Historic Cane Hill have issued a nationwide call to artists for art to be featured on the 2025 Arkansas Northern Bobwhite Conservation Stamp and Eastern Wild Turkey Conservation Stamp.

Since their inception, these voluntary stamps have helped raise more than $2.2 million worth of habitat work for quail and turkey through 54 projects, all on public land in Arkansas.

The competition is open to all United States residents 18 or older. The deadline for completed artwork is Jan. 25, 2025. Artists can find the full prospectus, entry guidelines, and a link to submit their work at https://historiccanehillar.org/quailturkey2025.

A panel of jurors composed of both artists and wildlife management professionals will judge the quality of each piece in addition to its accuracy in depicting the northern bobwhite quail and eastern wild turkey species in traditional Arkansas habitats.

The Historic Cane Hill Gallery in northwest Arkansas will hold a public exhibition March 25, 2025, to host work from competition winners and all accepted artwork from each category. During the opening ceremony, the winners will be announced. In addition to their artwork being featured on each stamp, winners will also earn a cash prize of $2,500 each. Second-place winners will each receive $500, and third-place winners will each earn $250.

The exhibition will be on display in the gallery for public viewing March 15-April 26.

The AGFC combines the proceeds from voluntary quail and turkey stamp purchases to rehabilitate and enhance upland habitat in Arkansas that benefits northern bobwhite, eastern wild turkey and a host of other ground-nesting birds and grassland wildlife species. Visit www.agfc.com for more information on quail and turkey habitat projects the agency is leading on both public and private land in The Natural State.

Historic Cane Hill, Inc., is a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation of the historically significant structures of Canehill, Arkansas, as well as western Washington County. This includes the many small communities around present-day Canehill.

For more information on this event and to keep up with this partnership in the future, visit www.historiccanehillar.org or contact Amanda Cothren at amanda@historiccanehillar.org.

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CUTLINES:

QUAIL STAMP
The 2023 Arkansas Northern Bobwhite Stamp was created by Sheridan artist Chris Goins.

TURKEY STAMP
Sheridan artist Chris Goins kept his winning streak alive with the artwork featured on the 2024 Arkansas Turkey Stamp amid national competition.