Seekonk Girl a Winner in National Art Contest | News

Brianna Chace's precocious art has won her and her family an Idaho dude ranch vacation.

Brianna and her family will ride the trails at Western Pleasure Guest Ranch in Sandpoint , Idaho. This fourth-generation cattle ranch located in Idaho's scenic panhandle sits on 1100 acres of summer pastures with tall pines and breathtaking views of the Selkirk and Cabinet mountain ranges. In between trail rides, the Chace family will fish, boat and probably play horseshoes after dining on hearty ranch cuisine served in Western Pleasure's log lodge.

As founder of the worldwide, online arts festival, I would like to work with you to ensure that WLNE 6 News viewers enjoy the Publishers-Clearing-House-like moment when Brianna hears the news that she has won a Western Pleasure Guest Ranch vacation for her entire family. Although Brianna has no clue about the award she is about to receive, her parents do. They are working with me to keep the secret from their daughter until television reporters spring the surprise at 11 a.m. this Thursday (May 13) at their home in Seekonk, Mass. Brianna will be home because the Chace children are home schooled.

If you would like to learn more about our worldwide, online festival, please go to www.KidsTalkAboutGod.org and navigate to our festival/dude ranch web pages. To view video and photos from 2009 and 2010 dude ranch vacation winners, click on the Winner's Circle menu item or the following link: www.KidsTalkAboutGod.org/winners. To view Brianna's artwork, visit www.KidsTalkAboutGod.org/brianna.

Please note that Brianna Chace is the first Massachusetts child ever to win a dude ranch family vacation through the Children's International Arts Festival.

Children's International Arts Festival is my attempt to encourage children to answer and illustrate Bible questions related to the Gospel of John. I will publish the best work in the Kids Color Me Bible Gospel of John, a free, downloadable storybook Bible at www.KidsTalkAboutGod.org. The writing and artwork of the previous two years' winners are featured in the first 12 chapters of this online book. Brianna's drawing will be published in this online book.