Logan County Arts League awards 2026 fair project scholarships
Logan County students will bring art projects to the fair with help from local scholarships that cover supplies and celebrate their work in public.
The Logan County Arts League has awarded its 2026 fair project scholarships, putting local dollars behind the art, craft and creative entries that will line the Logan County Fair this summer.
The sponsorships are designed for art-related projects entered in the 2026 Logan County Fair, and the league asks applicants to submit a 2- to 5-minute video explaining how the arts have affected them, what their project will cost and how the money will be used. Applications were due April 15, and recipients and their guardians agree to appear in LOCAL promotional materials and display a sponsorship plaque beside the exhibit at the fair.
That structure turns the scholarship into more than a simple cash award. It connects family support, youth participation and public recognition inside one of Logan County’s most visible traditions, where students from Sterling, Crook, Fleming and Iliff show work alongside the fair’s livestock and entertainment draws. For families, that can mean help paying for supplies, framing, materials and other costs that sometimes keep a young artist from entering at all.
LOCAL says it is a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) nonprofit based in Sterling with a mission to embrace and promote human creativity and culture in Logan County and enhance rural communities through the arts. The group says it was originally established as the Sterling Arts Council on May 11, 1971, and later registered with the Colorado Secretary of State on June 22, 1990, giving the program roots that stretch across generations of county life.
The league’s 2026 board includes President Mike Galindo, Vice President Richard Ontiveros, Secretary-Treasurer Jane DeSanti, Sterling Creative District program director Mandy Ritter and youth representative Jaylin Collins, along with Melissa Craddock, Brenda Harms, Sandy Hicks, Kaitlin Mentzel, Karen Ramey-Torres, Jennifer Tennant, Peter Youngers and Sarah Davis. LOCAL also describes itself as the not-for-profit umbrella agency for the Sterling Creative District, which was certified in December 2019.
The fair ties into a broader summer calendar for the arts league as well. LOCAL says it assists with the Fine Art Division at the Logan County Fair July 12-18, 2026, and its July Jamz concert series, now in its 22nd season, includes a fair-week performance on July 31, 2026.
Sterling-area tourism materials call the Logan County Fair and Rodeo one of the premier county fairs in Colorado, a claim that fits the role these scholarships play in the county’s creative pipeline. They help make sure the fair is not only a place for competition and spectacle, but also a place where young artists can show work, take pride in it and see their projects presented as part of Logan County’s summer identity.
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