"Blue": the results of our latest #toadartchallenge
Our prompt- from the mind of regular contributor Rachel Cabral- was simply, “BLUE”.
This creative challenge drew out one of the most diverse sets of submissions we’ve seen- 2 songs, one animation, one painting, one photo, one cyanotype, one cake, two poems, one video. Here’s the entries!
FIRST PLACE: Brock o’cull
Brock’s song “Everything Blue” really captivated us with this atmospheric, haunting-yet-hopeful ballad dedicated to his brother. Brock’s brother became disabled some years back after a devastating brain injury from a head-on collision. Brock put a lot of his heart into this one and we thought it was a beautiful processing of grief & helping each other through tragedy- and just an all around solid piece of music. You can find Brock & several great ways to hear his music here…
Click the below to hear the winning song!
2ND PLACE: Rachel Cabral
Rachel was not only our 2nd place winner, but also the originator of this challenge’s theme. Her painting is entitled, “Feeling Blue.” Excellent work as always, Rachel!
painting by Rachel Cabral, “Feeling Blue”
3RD PLACE: TIE between Juleah Miller & Caleb Miller
Yes, it’s a tie for third place… bc we’re not great at honorable mentions, and we really wanted to feature both of these works.
You might assume that our third place winners are related, given the last name… but in one of life’s nonsensical coincidences, they are not related and just happen to have the same last name.
Here’s Caleb’s original song, “Blues”: hear more from Caleb by looking up “Vagabond Grove” on your fave music platform, or keep an eye on the local calendars to see when they’ll be playing!
Juleah has given us a wide range of submissions in different mediums over the past couple years- here’s the animation “Ancient Toad Cave Loom” that earned her third place this time!
OTHER ENTRIES
Take a look at some other submissions… such a fun range of work!
Miranda Sampson- cake
Guys, to the best of our knowledge and (sometimes faulty) memory, this is our first edible submission!
Blue
by Rebecca Haines
Jade Henning- cyanotype
Another first for our submissions! We love seeing new or lesser known mediums like this.
Steve Holmes- photograph
Blues of Life
Alshaad Kara
Desiree Dixon- video, “blueish”
WANT TO BE PART OF THE NEXT ONE?
Our next Toad Art Challenge just opened; the theme is “Spooky.” Send your submission to: joplintoad [a t] gmail.com by midnight, October 17th to be considered for the $25 gift card grand prize!
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