HHS Art Students Win Awards
by Bob Drews
March 07, 2007
The annual Nebraska State Visual Arts Competition (NSVAC) Awards Ceremony was slated for Saturday, February 24, 2007 at the Teacher Administration Center (TAC), 3215 Cuming in the auditorium on the second floor. The exhibition will run through March 7th. Holdrege High School had 7 artists and 9 works of art accepted.
Over 3,000 high school artworks are submitted from across the state and approximately 300 are chosen for this prestigious exhibition. High School students are subdivided into Level II (grades 9-10) and Level III (grades 11 - 12) entries. The judges, selected from Nebraska Universities and Art Galleries, use a scoring rubric based on technical proficiency, expression, and originality in process, conception and subject matter.
Congratulations to the following Holdrege High School artists who were accepted into the 2007 NSVAC (Nebraska State Visual Arts Competition) hosted by Omaha Public Schools:
Level III:
Matt Allerheiligen - World Hunger, Styrofoam sculpture -
Bronze medal
Audra Hollertz -Four Suits, figure drawing - Gold medal
Samantha Grabast, Matt Allerheiligen, & Sarah Epping -
Dancing Princess, children's book - Gold
Sarah Epping - Heart of the Cathedral, acrylic painting -
Gold
Sarah Epping - A Walk In London, acrylic painting -
Bronze
Sarah Epping - Oblivion of the World, acrylic painting -
Bronze
Blair Englund - Foggy Kentucky Road, pointillism landscape -
Bronze
Level II:
Rachel Beaudette -Broken Hearted Silence, tondo decorative
design in prism color - Bronze
Sarah Staggs - Viola, pointillism still life - Bronze
Congressional Art Awards
Youth Art Month (YAM) in Nebraska is sponsored by Nebraska Art Educators of Nebraska and the Nebraska Department of Education (NDE). Every art educator in Nebraska has the opportunity to submit two student works for this exhibition at the Department of Education in Lincoln, Nebraska during the month of March. Sophomore, Sarah Staggs and senior, Natalie Sutton will be featured from Holdrege High School. High school entrants may choose to submit their works in the Congressional Art Awards Competition as well.
Two works of art are selected from all three Congressional Districts in Nebraska. Sarah Staggs' PhotoShop self-portrait entitled "One Piece at a Time" received second place in the Congressional Third District. She will receive her award at the YAM Celebration in the afternoon of March 10th at the Capitol Rotunda. Beginning this May, her piece will hang in Adrienne Smith's Congressional office in Washington, D.C. for one year.
