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The Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art has
announced the winners in “An Artistic Discovery: The 26th
Annual Congressional High School Art Competition.”
First launched in 1982, the annual
Congressional High School Art Competition is coordinated by members
of the U.S. Congress and by Congressman Gus M. Bilirakis locally. A
national exhibition of the winning art is in Washington, D.C. and
represents Congressional Districts across the country. To date,
more than 650,000 high school students have competed in about 4,000
local contests.
The exhibition at the Leepa-Rattner Museum
of Art displayed work from art students in grades 9-12 from the 9th
Congressional District. The artwork winning Best of Show will
travel to Washington, D.C. to be displayed with other congressional
district winners for one year in the Cannon Tunnel leading to the
U.S. Capitol.
Melissa Miller Nece, colored pencil artist
and signature member of the Colored Pencil Society of America and
art instructor at the Dunedin Fine Art Center judged this
year’s competition.
Cash awards for the exhibition winners
were provided by ArtistsRegistry.com, Sonja and Gus Stefanadis and
the Florida Watercolor Society. Framing for the Best of Show was
done by Carole Rosefelt Studios; Southwest Airlines is providing
two tickets for the Best of Show winner and a guardian to attend
the ribbon cutting ceremony at the Cannon Tunnel on June 26; and
Tropical Breeze was the media sponsor.
The following is a list of the 2007 award
winners including the artwork title, the high school the artist
attends and the high school art teacher.
Best of Show — $250 and ribbon
to:
• Dustin Brown for Bosker, Graphite
Pencil, East Lake High School, Grade 12; Art Teacher: Patricia A.
Priscoe.
Award of Merit — $100 each and
ribbon to:
• Julia Heinke for Andrew and the
Egg, Acrylic, Palm Harbor University High; Art Teacher: Kerri
Silvernell.
• Christina Sebold for Bizzy Town,
Monoprint , Lakeside Christian High School, Grade 10; Art Teacher:
Amy Dayton.
• Mary Vretas for Legs, Prisma
Pencil/Chalk, East Lake High School, Grade 11; Art Teacher:
Patricia A. Priscoe.
Honorable Mention — $50 each and
ribbon to:
• Tiffany Clarins for Ghost Activity,
Photograph, Clearwater High School, Grade 11; Art Teacher: Clayton
W. Burkey.
• Valeria Garcia for The Ancients,
Myth & Stone, Pen & Ink, Clearwater High School, Grade 11;
Art Teacher: Clayton W. Burkey.
• Joshuah Howard for Tribute to
Teahouse, Mixed Media/Linoleum Print, Bloomingdale High School,
Grade 10; Art Teacher: Karen Marcos.
• Allie Marone for Car Ride,
Photograph, J. W. Mitchell High School, Grade 12; Art Teacher:
Donna Fulton.
• Victoria Potter for Ducks on a
Pond, Watercolor, East Lake High School, Grade 12; Art Teacher:
Patricia A. Priscoe.
Watermedia Awards were presented by the
Florida Watercolor Society. The judges were Taylor Ikin, watermedia
artist and past president of the Florida Watercolor Society and
Susan Hess, watermedia artist and future president of the Florida
Watercolor Society.
• 1st Place — $200 and ribbon
to: Sarah Paquin for Window to My Dreams, Tempera, Bloomingdale
High School, Grade 12; Art Teacher: Karen Marcos.
• 2nd Place — $150 and ribbon
to: Ashley Brewer for Truth, Acrylic, J. W. Mitchell High School,
Grade 10; Art Teacher: Donna Fulton.
• 3rd Place — $50 and ribbon
to: Natalie Hall for Koi, Watercolor/Colored Pencil, Clearwater
High School, Grade 12; Art Teacher: Clayton W. Burkey.
• Art Teacher Award – Presented
to the art teacher of the first place winner to purchase supplies
to further watermedia art — $100, to Karen Marcos,
Bloomingdale High School.
The Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art is located
just west of Highway 19, 600 Klosterman Road, Tarpon Springs on the
Tarpon Springs Campus of St Petersburg College. Museum hours are 10
a.m.-5 p.m., Tues.-Sat.; 5-9 p.m. Thurs.; 1-5 p.m. Sun. Admission
is $5 for adults, $4 for seniors and free to children and students
with ID. Sunday admission is free to all and docent tours are
offered at 2 p.m. The Museum is closed on major holidays. For
information or directions please contact the Museum,
727-712-5762.
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