Mayor Lois Jackson and Delta council recently recognized the winners of Delta’s 2016 Heritage Banner Design Contest.
Special congratulations were extended to Victoria Heryet, winner of the South Delta category and overall grand prize winner, Cathey Tyler, winner of the North Delta category, and Sena Kholmatov, winner of the child/youth category.
Heryet’s banner, titled Sentinels, shows off the noble bald eagles that hunt and feed along the Fraser delta. Her banner design has a diverse palate and provides an empowering perspective of these striking birds. As the grand prize winner, Sentinels will be displayed throughout the community through May.
Tyler’s Three Grande Ladies is an incredibly detailed representation of Delta’s architectural heritage. The three pristinely drawn houses are Burrvilla, which was built on River Road in 1906, Kirkland House, which was built in 1911, and Cammidge House, which was completed in 1914.
Kholmatov’s The Beauty of our Heritage includes three vital aspects of Delta’s heritage: farming, fishing/dependence on the water and the First Nations community.
Each winner received a $350 honorarium and a street banner with their design.
Initiated in the spring of 2014 by the Heritage Advisory Commission, the Heritage Banner Design Contest is a street banner design competition created to raise awareness of Delta’s heritage, showcase local artists and engage the community.
A panel of volunteer judges from Watershed Artworks, South Delta Artists Guild and the Heritage Advisory Commission reviewed all entries and selected a winner from each of three categories (South Delta, North Delta and child/youth) and one overall grand prize winner.
Winning entries were considered based on creativity, heritage value, visual appeal, and elements of art and design.
