Here Are The Best 11 Photos Of 2019 Texas SandFest And Facepalming Lincoln Is The Winner
Each year Texas SandFest gathers massive crowds to the beach in Port Aransas. The biggest event of the year invites thousands of people to gaze at extraordinary sand art situated along the coast. This year, 20 sculptors from around the world decided to show off their incredible skills for the competition. The event was filled with creative sand artists who choose to create sea turtles, detailed designed sand castles and even elephants.
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1st Place – Liberty Crumbling, Damon Langlois
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One sculpture at this event stood out the most. Damon Langlois was awarded the first place for his sculpture portraying what’s seems to be a facepalming Lincoln, called “Liberty Crumbling”.
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The Canadian sculptor was praised for the skillfully made visual representation of the 16th president of the United States. The sculpture began raising questions online with people speculating if the idea behind the artwork is related to the current political situation in the United States.
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Some people said they believe that the creation perfectly represents how Lincoln would feel about the country today.
2nd Place – Keep it Together, Joris Kivits
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3rd Place & People’s Choice – Sofia, Remy Hoggard
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The Texas SandFest’s Master Sculptor Coordinator, Suzanne Altamare, revealed how the sculptures are judged. “Sand sculptures are judged on originality, degree of difficulty, proper proportions, cleanliness of finished surfaces and the WOW factor,” she said.
She’s a Little Bit City and a Little Bit Country, Delayne Corbett
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Save the Elephants, Paul Hoggard
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Attendees have the opportunity to vote for their favorites too. The sculpture with the most votes from visitors gains People’s Choice Award.
Carl Jara
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Out of Sight, Out of Mind, Todd Pangborn
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The Texas Sand Fest Began in 1997. It only took a couple of years for the event to develop into a 3-day family friendly festival. Today the event brings ten of thousands of people and is scheduled when there the least amount of tourists in the area.
Continental Drip, Jeff Strong
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Master Duo Competitors: 1st Place – Opposites Attract, Laura Cimador-Gowdy & John Gowdy
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Apart from checking out the sand art, attendees have the opportunity to enjoy great food, attend concerts and other festivities. Texas SandFest is a non-profit event, all the collected funds are donated to Port Aransas Community Theatre.
Master Duo Competitors: 2nd Place – Party in Your Plants, Morgan Rudluff & Abe Waterman
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Master Duo Competitors: 3rd Place – Man in Motion, Ted Siebert & Fred Dobbs
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Here’s how people reacted to the winning sculpture
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Share on FacebookI liked "Continental Drip" the best. It was different and the most imaginative to me. Making sand castles is definitely an art I'm not capable of, much props to the creators.
Everyone else: Sculpts amazing sand art with intricate details Me: Can barely make sand stick together.
These are stunning. I can’t imagine how much patience this would require! And some are so detailed!
These are amazing and I really like them. But, I also have an urge to run into them with a mini- dozer. Sorry.
I get that, I live on the beach and whenever there's a sand sculpture event I keep my eye out for when you can demolish them. It's fun to look at and fun to dive into.
Load More Replies...HOW? How do you even keep them from falling apart? What happens when the sand gets too dry?
I love how pseudo-intellectual progressives insist on taking every shallow opportunity to expose their ill-informed ignorance. Lincoln was probably more likely to face-palm over the Democrat KKK than a movement to uphold the Constitution.
Abraham Lincoln must surely be turning in his grave about how the quality of the persons becoming President has disintegrated
Good work, but that's the first time I've seen the throne from the Lincoln Memorial metaphorically referred to as Liberty. A better metaphor would have been Washington standing in front of a cracking Constitution. Given the imagery used, maybe a better metaphor would be referencing the Republican Party.
Yep...policies such as ALL Americans having equal rights. Women being treated as equals and not treated as sexual objects to the leader of our country. African-Americans being granted equal justice and opportunity. Freedom of Religion being honored for ALL, not just self-identifying "Christians" who hate anyone who is not them. Yeah...those radical liberal policies upon which our once great nation was built. The same policies that our current batch of "leaders" are working to destroy.
Load More Replies...I liked "Continental Drip" the best. It was different and the most imaginative to me. Making sand castles is definitely an art I'm not capable of, much props to the creators.
Everyone else: Sculpts amazing sand art with intricate details Me: Can barely make sand stick together.
These are stunning. I can’t imagine how much patience this would require! And some are so detailed!
These are amazing and I really like them. But, I also have an urge to run into them with a mini- dozer. Sorry.
I get that, I live on the beach and whenever there's a sand sculpture event I keep my eye out for when you can demolish them. It's fun to look at and fun to dive into.
Load More Replies...HOW? How do you even keep them from falling apart? What happens when the sand gets too dry?
I love how pseudo-intellectual progressives insist on taking every shallow opportunity to expose their ill-informed ignorance. Lincoln was probably more likely to face-palm over the Democrat KKK than a movement to uphold the Constitution.
Abraham Lincoln must surely be turning in his grave about how the quality of the persons becoming President has disintegrated
Good work, but that's the first time I've seen the throne from the Lincoln Memorial metaphorically referred to as Liberty. A better metaphor would have been Washington standing in front of a cracking Constitution. Given the imagery used, maybe a better metaphor would be referencing the Republican Party.
Yep...policies such as ALL Americans having equal rights. Women being treated as equals and not treated as sexual objects to the leader of our country. African-Americans being granted equal justice and opportunity. Freedom of Religion being honored for ALL, not just self-identifying "Christians" who hate anyone who is not them. Yeah...those radical liberal policies upon which our once great nation was built. The same policies that our current batch of "leaders" are working to destroy.
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