WINNING IMAGE: Artist Laura Warne is the winner of this year’s Hopewell Harvest Fair Cover Art Contest for her work depicting Hopewell Elementary School in autumn.

The board of trustees of the Hopewell Harvest Fair has announced the winner of its annual Cover Art Contest — Laura Warne is the recipient of the $250 prize for her quilted depiction of Hopewell Elementary School in autumn.

A Titusville-based painter and textile artist trained at Carnegie Mellon and the School of Visual Arts in New York, Warne recently moved to Hopewell Valley and has quickly embraced its art community. Her work draws on a longtime fascination with quilts and historical textiles as records of the often-forgotten women who made them, and her winning piece incorporates an antique lace doily passed down through her family. See more of her work at laurawarne.com/art.

Her winning image will be featured on the cover of the Hopewell Harvest Fair Almanac, which will be available locally.

The Harvest Fair returns to the grounds of Hopewell Elementary School on Saturday, September 19, from 9:45 a.m. to 4 p.m. It’s a local tradition, attracting fairgoers from all over the area to enjoy a day of old-fashioned fun, while raising funds for local nonprofits.

The Hopewell Harvest Fair Community Grant Program has dispersed more than $234,000 to local nonprofits, including Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, local school PTOs, HomeFront, Younity, The Chubby’s Project, Sourland Conservancy, and many others.

For more information about the fair, the people behind it, how to join the crew of volunteers, its sponsors, and more, visit hopewellharvestfair.org or email info@hopewellharvestfair.org. Follow the fair on Facebook and Instagram at @hopewellharvestfair.