Student art competition award winners announced

The Arts Council welcomed children and families to the opening reception for the Annual Student Art Competition on April 20. It’s always exciting to have student artwork in our gallery! Every year we are amazed at the wonderful talent of the young artists in our county. Congratulations to all the student artists.

Thank you for your time, talent, and creativity to bring us an outstanding student art show.

Eleven Kings Mountain students were recognized: Khobran Hetland, 12th grade, Honorable MentionDrawing; Brody Martin, 11th grade, 3rd Place - Print Making; Andrew Fussel, 11th grade, Honorable Mention - Print Making; Kinley Putnam, 10th grade, 2nd Place – Mixed Media; Lisa Welborn, 11th grade, Honorable Mention – Mixed Media; Chloe Thrower, 8th grade,

3rd Place – Drawing; Kadence Rockhold, 8th grade, 1st Place – Print Making; Samiyah Dunnah, 8th grade, 3rd Place – Print Making; Jonatan Castillo Sanchez, 7th grade, 1st Place – 3-D; Alana McDaniel, 7th grade, 2nd Place – 3-D; and Addie Riviere, 7th grade, 1st Place – UpCycled – Recycled.

“We thank the teachers for their dedication and helping their students see the importance of art,” commented Shearra Miller, President of the Cleveland County Arts Council. “The students have done a wonderful job again this year. Their creativity, skill and dedication continue to amaze and inspire us.”

Students in grades kindergarten through 12th who live in Cleveland County were eligible to enter the exhibit and competition. The artwork will remain on exhibit at the Arts Council, 111 S. Washington St., through May 13. The Arts Council is open Monday – Friday from 9:00 – 4:00 and Saturday 10:00 – 2:00.

The recipient of the Best of Show award was Katence Tallent, a 12th grader at Burns High School for her untitled Upcycled/Recycled piece. The other winners are listed below. The judge this year was Lacey Dellinger, Art Teacher at Cherryville High School.

Awards are given to high school students in the categories of painting, drawing, print making, photography, new media, mixed media, 3 dimensional, and upcycled/ recycled. Middle school stu-

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Schools Superintendent Dr. Stephen Fisher also selected several pieces as winners to be recognized at a future Board of Education meeting.

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Photographs of the pieces of art are on our website, www.ccartscouncil.org and https://www. facebook.com/ClevelandCountyArtsCouncil