Silver Arts

Silver Arts is a program to keep senior adults healthy, active, and involved by providing a forum for showcasing creative talents in visual, heritage, literary, and performing arts. If you like to paint, quilt, crochet, sing, or write, consider sharing your talent while you meet new people and enjoy friendly competition. For more information, please contact Elaine Williams at 659-4315.

AVAILABLE CATEGORIES

Literary Arts

Poems
-40 lines maximum

Short Stories, Essays & Life Experiences
-Eight pages maximum

*My Favorite Memory
-500 words maximum

Performing Arts

Performances may be in the form of comedy/drama, dance, instrumental, line dance, and vocal. Acts can be a small group, 2-4 members, and a large group of 5 or more members. Performances are a maximum of three minutes in length.

Heritage Arts

The following categories are allowable Heritage entries. Entries outside of these categories will not be accepted.

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Seniors

-Basket weaving	-China painting
-Crocheting	-Rugs Hooked, Braided or Woven
-Old-fashioned jewelry	-Knitting
-Needlework	-Pottery - hand built or thrown
-Quilting - pieced or appliqued	-Stained Glass
-Tatting & Needle lace	-Tole/Decorative Painting
-Weaving	-Wood Carving
-Woodworking	-*Wall Hangings

Visual Arts

The following categories are allowable Visual entries. Entries outside of these categories will not be accepted.

-Acrylics	-Pastels
-Drawing	-Photography
-Mixed Media	-Sculpture
-Oil	-Watercolor

*Recognized by Piedmont Plus Senior Games. Items in these categories will not advance to state competition.