MISS MARTHA WINS FIRST PLACE!!

This week Miss Martha received word that she had won a national artisan competition sponsored by the Image Factory Art Foundation in Belize City. The objective of the competition was to stimulate creativity and to encourage artists in Belize to explore all avenues in the art world. There were a total of 30 competitors in categories of painting, sculpture, mixed media, photography, and textile/fabric. Miss Martha took first prize in the textile/fabric category with a piece called “Flour Bag.” Miss Martha has been designing and making backpacks, tote bags, and even laptop bags out of cloth and old rice and flour sacks for almost a year. Many students and staff members have purchased bags and some of her clothing from her and last year her work was featured in a micro-finance presentation at a development conference held at Messiah College. We are very excited that Miss Martha won this competition and honored to know one of the up and coming artists in Belize! She won $500 and her work may start being sold at the Image Factory store in Belize City.