Numerous students earned awards in Mars Area School District’s 2024 Spring Art Show, held April 26 at Mars Area High School. Winners are as follows:
Intermediate/Advanced
Drawing:
First Place — sophomore Sydney Denk, “Innate”
Second Place — junior Ava Herbolich, “Taylor”
Third Place — junior Alyssa Hipsky, “Natural Phenomenon”
Honorable Mention — senior Bunny Behr, “Bunny”
Painting:
First Place — junior Maggie Lyker, “Layin’”
Second Place — junior Madalynn Balfour, “Anticipation”
Third Place — junior Alyssa Hipsky, “Intensity”
Honorable Mention — senior Vivian Frank, “What it Takes”
Honorable Mention — junior Lyra Whitcroft, “Wired”
Printmaking:
First Place — junior Vivien Miller, “Innominate”
Second Place — sophomore Sydney Denk, “Reflections of Vivien”
Third Place — senior Bunny Behr, “Hopping Circles”
Honorable Mention — junior Camille Bird, “At the End of the Day”
Honorable Mention — junior Alyssa Hipsky, “Ache”
Honorable Mention — junior Gianna Mannella, “Bloom in Color”
Mixed Media:
First Place — junior Vivien Miller, “Triad”
Second Place — junior Maverick Hart, “Halloween Crab”
Third Place — sophomore Hannah Wood, “Blue Rick”
Honorable Mention — senior Kaitlyn Metzger, “Huckleberry in Pursuit”
Honorable Mention — junior Niina Takeuchi, “Shinen”
3D:
First Place — senior Gian DePretis, “The Meat Grinder”
Second Place — senior Meredith Mycka, “Mark the Pig”
Third Place — sophomore Olivia Miller, “Off White X Nike”
Exploratory/Fundamentals
Drawing:
First Place — senior El Hahn, “Black Rabbit”
Second Place — sophomore Rylee Wooldridge, “Breakfast at Tiffany’s”
Third Place — freshman Brooke Bender, “Christmas on Paper”
Honorable Mention — freshman Madisyn McAfee, “Safe Space”
Honorable Mention — freshman Ethan Bergdahl, “Sock Puppet”
Painting:
First Place — freshman Ashlyn Varner, “Morning Reflection”
Second Place — junior Jackson Garr, “Joyous”
Third Place — junior Jordan Kemigisa, “Pink”
Honorable Mention — freshman Cami Hoffman, “Puddle”
Mixed Media:
First Place — freshman Brooke Bender, “Leafs Cut”
Second Place — junior Emily Bowie, “New Heights”
Third Place —junior Jordan Kemigisa, “At Sunset”
3D/Print:
First Place — sophomores Riley Rodgers, “Bendy Lines”
Second Place — freshman Samantha Kozesky, “Twilight Summer”
Third Place — sophomore Stevie Oberhofer, “Sunday Morning”
All Levels
Digital Art & Illustration:
First Place — junior Vivien Miller, “The Modern Ophelia”
Second Place — junior Hannah Hodak, “Peering Orb”
Third Place — junior Alyssa Hipsky, “Neveah”
Honorable Mention — junior Niina Takeuchi, “Out of Remote”
Photography:
First Place — senior Gian DePretis, “Forgotten Toys”
Second Place — senior Gian DePretis, “Untitled”
Third Place — junior Maggie Lyker, “Cage”
Honorable Mention — senior Jamie Fletcher, “Self Reflection”
Honorable Mention — senior Gian DePretis, “Untitled”
Junior Ava Herbolich received the Best in Show Award for her piece, “In the Orange;” and senior Gian DePretis was selected for the Robinson Purchase Prize for her work, “?”. Slippery Rock University art students served as judges for the show.
For more information, call (724) 625-1581.