Numerous students earned awards in Mars Area School District’s 2023 Spring Art Show, held April 28 at Mars Area High School.

Winners are as follows:

Drawing:

First Place — sophomore Madalynn Balfour, “Getting a Better View”
Second Place — senior Dakota Gamble, “Where can I go?”
Third Place — senior Katie Ames, “Vroom Vroom”
Honorable Mention — junior Andra Rata, “Fairy”
Honorable Mention — junior Ryan Nesbitt, “Eternal”

Painting:

First Place — sophomore Alyssa Hipsky, “Sunburst”
Second Place — junior Ryan Nesbitt, “Wither”
Third Place — sophomore Maggie Lyker, “Falvo Exspiravit”
Honorable Mention — senior Kaylen Lindenberg, “Colors of the Soul”
Honorable Mention — senior Katie Ames, “A Friend”

Printmaking:

First Place — senior Hazel Whitcroft, “Motionless”
Second Place — junior Trevin Hammerbeck, “Milton Has a Snack”
Third Place — sophomore Alyssa Hipsky, “Even After”
Honorable Mention — senior Isabella Bennett, “Saguaro Dessert”
Honorable Mention — senior Hayley Goerl, “Coral Reef”

Mixed Media/3-D:

First Place — senior Effie Frank, “Clues in the Study”
Second Place — senior Blythe McClure, “Creature”
Third Place — junior Ryan Nesbitt, “Downpour”
Honorable Mention — senior Katie Ames, “A Memory of Books”
Honorable Mention — senior Hayley Goerl, “Garden of Oddities” 

Exploratory/Fundamentals

Drawing:

First Place — freshman Milana Starostina, “Comfort in Confusion”
Second Place — freshman Sydney Denk, “Esperanza”
Third Place — senior Shane Cannon, “Brown Eyed Girl”
Honorable Mention — freshman Audrey Stephenson, “Eye”
Honorable Mention — sophomore Ava Herbolich, “Arachnophobia” 

Painting:

First Place — junior Kaitlyn Metzger, “Bucky”
Second Place — freshman Sydney Denk, “Grace”
Third Place — junior Kaitlyn Metzger, “Somewhere in Wonderland”
Honorable Mention — freshman Elizabeth Kelly, “Tucker the Joyful Dog”
Honorable Mention — freshman Samantha Knieriem, “The Moon”

Printmaking:

First Place — senior Chaya Devanney-Nance, “Snail and Mushroom”
Second Place — sophomore Grace Zatezalo, “Ladybug”
Third Place — senior Talia Lamm, “Starfish”
Honorable Mention — junior Bryn Wilson, “Sea Turtle Print”

All Levels

Digital Art & Illustration:

First Place — senior Katie Ames, “Chickens and Pillars”
Second Place — sophomore Vivien Miller, “See You At The Diner At 11”
Third Place — sophomore Alyssa Hipsky, “Liquid Gold”
Honorable Mention junior Ryan Nesbitt, “Inferno”
Honorable Mention senior Athena DePaoli, “Beach”

Photography:

First Place — sophomore Lyra Whitcroft, “From Depths of Green”
Second Place — senior Dakota Gamble, “Deliciosa”
Third Place — senior Victoria Rojas, “Maybe the World Isn’t so small”
Honorable Mention — senior Chaya Devanney-Nance, “Bulbous Lights”
Honorable Mention — senior Victoria Rojas, “Last Blinking Sign”

Sophomore Alyssa Hipsky received the Best in Show Award for her acrylic on board, “On the Path.” Slippery Rock Art Society members served as judges for the show.

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