Contact: Tammy Lane • First Posted: Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Cory Cameron of Lafayette High School has won the 2009 Blue Grass Trust for Historic Preservation’s visual arts contest.

The annual competition is open to high school students in Fayette, Jessamine, Clark, Bourbon, Scott and Woodford counties. Each entry must be a representation of a historic structure in one of the participating counties. Students may select any view of, or detail from, the structure of their choice. They also may choose any media for their project.

This year’s award recipients included:

• 1^st place: Cory Cameron, Lafayette High School ($150 prize)
• 3^rd place: Libby Guth, Lafayette High ($75 prize)

Honorable mention awards went to Hayley Hawkins and Dianna Hartman of Lafayette High School; and Yumiko Nishimoto, Dana Rogers, Travis Keene and Sophia Brown, all of Henry Clay High School.

The arts exhibit will be featured March 13-15 at the Blue Grass Trust Antiques & Garden Show in the U.K. HealthCare lecture tent at Keeneland.

The award winners will get two complimentary tickets to the show; participating students and teachers will receive one admission ticket. All will get a complimentary membership to the Blue Grass Trust.

For more information, contact Zanne Jefferies, director of preservation and education programs for the Blue Grass Trust for Historic Preservation.