EHS students’ artwork chosen for competition
Nancy Horst, Special to the Gazette
Friday, February 6, 2009
Nine Emporia High School art students had pieces selected for the National Scholastic Regional Art Exhibition Competition in Wichita this month. EHS students collectively have 11 pieces in the show.
Gold Key Awards will be presented to Madeline Davis for sculpture and Brian Leeds for ceramics/glass. Their work will be entered in the national competition in New York City.
The Gold Key is the highest award in the show followed by the Silver Key, honorable mention and general award. The Gold Key award ceremony will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday.
Silver Key awards were won by Laci Biggs for ceramics/glass and Michael Lauppe for sculpture. Nic Kuhn received honorable mention awards for two jewelry pieces.
Other entries in the show include: Melissa Heinitz, jewelry; Blanca Herrada, painting; Kuhn, jewelry; Leeds, ceramics/glass; and Natasha Smith, painting.
They are students of Alan Keck, David Mai, Joshua Pavlik and Jan Spade.
The Scholastic Art Awards Exhibition is at the Wichita Center for the Arts through Feb. 22. The Center is open from 1 to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday and admission is free.
The national judging will take place in the spring. The national awards ceremony and national student exhibition will be in New York City in June.
The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards is a national program administered by the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers. The most outstanding works of art from each of the affiliate programs are forwarded to New York City to be assessed on a national level.