Find out who won prizes at the Gaston County Schools Annual Art Show
Gaston County Schools’ Annual Art Show is currently on display on the first floor of Loray Mill, located at 300 S. Firestone St. in Gastonia.
This year’s theme, Through an Artist’s Eyes, brought in submissions from 38 Gaston County schools including elementary, middle and high school students.
Students were awarded in 12 categories, and one high school junior walked away with the Pinnix Prize, a $1,000 scholarship.
The Pinnix Prize was founded in 2003 to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Pinnix, Inc. General Contractors, though it went away for some time before being reinstated for this year.
“We are thrilled that Pinnix has chosen the Gaston County Museum to carry on the legacy of the Pinnix Prize for our high school students. The scholarship is a significant and generous award that is meant to help a junior year student build their portfolio and apply for colleges,” Gaston County Museum Director Ali Pizza said in a press release.
This year’s Pinnix Prize winner was Ellory Lamp of Stuart Cramer High School, who submitted “Self-Portrait.”
Winners in other categories include:
BEST IN SHOW – Isabella Caicedo “Tea 4 Two” Stuart Cramer
DIRECTOR’S CHOICE – Carmen Elizabeth Mercado “Self Sabotage” North Gaston
JAMES C BIGGERS AWARD – Danny Zarate Castillo “Self-Portrait” North Gaston
High School B&W Drawing
1st – Ava Odugba “Beabadoobee” Stuart Cramer
2nd – Layla Pless “Wild Flowers” Stuart Cramer
3rd – Ellory Lamp “Self Portrait” Stuart Cramer
HM – Ava Odugba “Still Life” Stuart Cramer
Hight School Ceramics
1st – Isabella Caicedo “Tea 4 Two” Stuart Cramer
2nd – Zoey Cartrette “Kandi the Clown” Hunter Huss
3rd – Cassidy Parter “The Cassidy” Hunter Huss
High School Color Drawing
1st – Travis Gray “Strawberry Milk” Hunter Huss
2nd – Ant’tajie Cooper “We Bare Bears” North Gaston
3rd – Victoria Battles “Bright Kitty” Bessemer High
HM – Amy McPherson “The Hand of the Guardian” Stuart Cramer
High School Comic Art
1st – Matthias Harris “How did you raise me?...” Cherryville
2nd – Ciara Flowers “Fresh Out of Water” Hunter Huss
3rd – Lilly Knight “Estella Blind Princess Portrait” Bessemer City
High School Crafts
1st – Stella Gutierrez “Seal Point Blues” Stuart Cramer
2nd – AJ Paredes “Untitled” Cherryville
3rd – Josephine Odugba “Jelly” Stuart Cramer
HM – Mia Morton “Rest in the Woods” Stuart Cramer
High School Digital Art
1st – Della Graham “To Err is to Human” Hunter Huss
2nd – Mila Ranucci “Greed’s Corruption” Stuart Cramer
3rd – Tyler Fuentes “A Photo from Home” Hunter Huss
HM – Brooklyn Stewart “Reborn” East Gaston
High School Fiber
1st – Ryleigh Hall “Hai Hai” Cherryville
2nd – Ada Hendrix “Untitled” East Gaston
High School Mixed Media
1st – Amaiya Endsley “Dorothy Asleep in Poppies” Bessemer
2nd – Alaina Peavy “Rainbow Mandala Scratchart” Hunter Huss
3rd – Kylie Cribb “Elemental” Bessemer
HM – Ellory Lamp “Night Growth” Stuart Cramer
High School Painting
1st – Anna Broome “Hold On” Stuart Cramer
2nd – Mila Ranucci “Trail Life” Stuart Cramer
3rd – Evelyn Gonzalez “Lashing Out” North Gaston
HM – Anna Broome “Distraction” Stuart Cramer
High School Photography
1st – Benjamin Krontz “Griggs” Cherryville
2nd – Andrew Shreffler “Dawn” Stuart Cramer
3rd – Andrew Shreffler “Friends” Stuart Cramer
HM – Samantha Mitchell “Roses Red” Cherryville
High School Printmaking
1st – Samantha Franke “Heaven and Sea” East Gaston
2nd – Samantha Franke “The Dead Sea” East Gaston
3rd – Madalyn Bryant “I Saw My Reflection Blink” North Gaston
High School Sculpture
1st – Peytann Bradley “Tortue Trash” Hunter Huss
Middle School B&W Drawing
1st – Bayleigh Calvert “Agony” Stanley
2nd – Lincoln Morgan “Vroom Vroom” Belmont
3rd – Emma McGennie “Bamboozled” Belmont
HM – Donavan Chesser “Fruit of the Predator” Cramerton
Middle School Ceramics
1st – Laura Forstinger “Resting Giraffe” Cramerton
2nd – Valentine Gomez “Florero” Cramerton
3rd – Joyce Zhu “Cameleonized Chameleon” Cramerton
HM – Harley Tuttle “Roly-Poly” Cramerton
Middle School Color Drawing
1st – Bayleigh Calvert “Still Life” Stanley
2nd – Alice Carter “Lioness” John Chavis
3rd – Frankie Venegas Martinez “The Hawk” John Chavis
HM – Hazel Ritter “What Victory in War Looks Like” Cramerton
Middle School Comic Art
1st – Kenleigh Biller “Mystical Curiosities” Belmont
2nd – Avery Price “As the Seasons Go By” Stanley
Middle School Crafts
1st – Maecyn Waugh “Sea Turtle” Stanley
Middle School Digital Art
1st – Sanaa Swain “Glazing Over What Doesn’t Afflict You” Cramerton
2nd – Sanaa Swain “Warm Static” Cramerton
3rd – Alaksandra Kisseleva “Cherry Blossoms” Belmont
HM – Amelia Boheler “Heartfelt” Southwest
Middle School Fiber
1st – Kyndal Hardiman “Fast Food Chicken Nuggets” Belmont
2nd – Kamyrn Chavez “Pink Turtle” Belmont
3rd – Makenzie Hollingsworth “Colorful Expression” Southwest
Middle School Mixed Media
1st – Jordynn Hindman “Pieces of Me” Southwest
2nd – Tori Little “Kaleidoscope” John Chavis
3rd – Emily Oliver “Hummingbird” Belmont
HM – Ruby Angeles “Kaleidoscope” Southwest
Middle School Painting
1st – Ashlynn Shuford “Untitled” Belmont
2nd – William Bluhm “Parking Lot Meadow” Cramerton
3rd – Ashtyn Wise “Utah Rising” Belmont
HM – Taryn Waddell “Over the Mountain
Middle School Photography
1st – Ana Plavocos “Into the Never Ending Sea” Belmont
2nd – Riley Doran “Delia’s Goodbye” Belmont
3rd – Ashlynn Shuford “I Will Love You Until the Last Petal Falls” Belmont
HM – Ava Peloso “Spring Sniffles” Belmont
Middle School Sculpture
1st – Abaigail Hernandez “A Rainbow of Fruit Colors”
2nd – Madilyn Gray “ Rotary Phone” Belmont
3rd – Clara Skamarock “Taste the Rainbow” John Chavis
HM – Rylee Anderson “Oh Snap!” John Chavis
Middle School Printmaking
1st - Diara Vasquez Gonzalez “Something to Crow About” at Southwest
“Exhibiting our talented Gaston County students is a joy,” Alicyn Wiedrich, curator of the Gaston County Museum of Art & History said in the release. “We truly love working with the teachers and are excited to display all submissions this year at Loray Mill.”
The entire gallery will be on display at Loray Mill from 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. Tuesday - Friday and 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. on Saturdays until May 4.
For the second year, 1st place and special award winners will be on display over the summer at Central Piedmont Community College’s Overcash Gallery, in uptown Charlotte, the release said.
This article originally appeared on The Gaston Gazette: Find out who won prizes at the Gaston County Schools Annual Art Show
