Numerous students earned awards in Mars Area High School’s 2018 Coffeehouse Gallery Art Showcase, held April 27. Winners are as follows:

Photography:

First Place — Isabella Sekely, senior, “Statue”
Second Place — Ian Nath, junior, “Gypsy”
Third Place — Samantha Ridgeway, senior, “Stieglitz”
Honorable Mention — Jessica Schultheis, senior, “Adonis”

Fundamentals:

Drawing:
First Place — Ariana Volkar, freshman, “Snake Eye”
Second Place — Emma Werling, sophomore, “Sea Turtle”
Third Place — Ashley Edwards, sophomore, “Butterfly”

Mixed Media:
First Place — Colby Eldredge, senior, “Shapes"
Second Place — Delaney Maitland, sophomore, “Desert Scape”
Third Place — Kaylee Ebbert, senior, “Flower”
Honorable Mention — Jenna Protho, junior, “Eclipse”\ 

Painting:
First Place — Ariana Volkar, freshman, “Jellyfish Lament”
Second Place — Elizabeth Hall, senior, “Lady Lock”
Third Place — Andrew Ivory, senior, “Atlantis”

Sculpture:
First Place — Ritchie Kaminski, senior, “Bagheera”
Second Place — Kaylee Ebbert, senior, “I love you”
Third Place — Moriah Hixon, freshman, “Jamming to the 1880s”

Advanced Art:

Drawing:
First Place — Julia McCarty, sophomore, “Indefatigable”
Second Place — Emma Voelker, junior, “Pigments of Imagination”
Third Place — Veronica Shaffer, junior, “The Farm”
Honorable Mention — Taylor Lewis, sophomore, “Callous”

Mixed Media:
First Place — Mykayla Smith, senior, “Breath of Sea”
Second Place — Haylea Rieger, junior, “Map”
Third Place — Veronica Shaffer, junior, “Quotable”

Painting:
First Place — Madison Ceasar, junior, “Space Boy”
Second Place — Celene Kollinger, senior, “Venice”
Third Place — Taylor Lewis, sophomore, “Butterfly”
Honorable Mention — Isabella Sekely, senior, “Untitled”

Printmaking:
First Place — Angus Elder, junior, “Cats in Hats”
Second Place — Rebecca Neiser, sophomore, “Jake”
Third Place — Jessica Schultheis, senior, “Frog”

Sculpture:
First Place — Rachel Sauers, senior, “Limbo”
Second Place — Rachel Sauers, senior, “Gluttony”
Third Place — Jessica Schultheis, senior, “Elephant in the Room”
Honorable Mention — Teressa Wesley, junior, “Acid Rain”

Junior Teressa Wesley received Best in Show for her raw wood and moss sculpture, “Mother’s Grievance Wood.” Freshman Ariana Volkar received the Robinson Purchase Prize for her pen and ink drawing, “Snake Eyes,” which will be displayed at Mars Area High School auditorium.

For more information, call (724) 625-1581.