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2024 Student Art Show Results
The Mountain Artists believe in promoting, encouraging, and supporting the visual arts in our community. In line with our goals, we have been sponsoring the Teller County Student Art Show for many years. We are proud to have done it again in 2024. The show is open to all middle school, high school, private schools and home schooled students in all of Teller County. Ribbons, Certificates, and Cash awards in excess of $1400 were awarded to students that participated in 2024.
The categories include: Oils, Acrylic, Watercolor, Drawing, Mixed Media, Digital Design, 3-D and new for 2024 - Photography.
Our judge Chris Alvarez has had art as his calling from a young age growing up in New Mexico. He didn’t take a direct route to making it his full time vocation, but now he has the Alvarez Gallery and Art School in downtown Colorado Springs where he teaches drawing and painting to adults and children. He graduated with distinction from UCCS in 2001 with a BA in Fine Art. His work has won several awards and he was featured in the October/November issue of Southwest Art Magazine as Artists to Watch. His website is www.alvarezschool.com.
Here is a list of the award winners for middle school and high school by category, with “HM” signifying Honorable Mention. Middle & High School student awards were presented to:
MIDDLE SCHOOL
1st Shea Braham “Trees & Birds” Acrylic
2nd Raphael Fillion “Camping” Acrylic
3rd Kate Farris “Volv Bowl” 3-D
HM Phoebe Merl “Self Portrait” Drawing
HM Dakota Parks “2 Watermelons” Watercolor
HM Lincoln Williams “Hills” Mixed Media
HM Kalista Gardner “Naptime” Photography
HM Avie McGarrah “Mama & Baby Kangaroo” 3-D
HIGH SCHOOL
Oil (no entries for 2024)
Acrylic
1st Rianna McCafferty “Light”
2nd Sawyer Kettler “Desert Sunset”
3rd Charlee Gee “Paradise Valley”
HM Sophia Mijares “Henry”
Watercolor
1st Brooke Gardner “Wolves”
2nd Zady Morgan “Ari”
Drawing
1st Gwynneth Vollaro “John”
2nd Brooke Gardner “Say Hi!”
3rd Brooke Gabaldon “Lady and the Tramp”
HM Milo Ritchie “An Endless Gaze”
Mixed Media
1st Acianna Henderson “Eyes”
2nd Sophia Mijares “Howie”
3rd Brooke Gardner “Bob Cat”
HM Milo Ritchie “Even a God Cannot Stop the Hands of Death”
3-D (no entries for 2024)
Digital Design
1st Sophie Neese “Standing on the Edge”
2nd Zady Morgan “Iggy”
3rd Finnie Luedecke “Travel”
Photography
1st Avery Stewart “Twilight”
2nd Brooke Gardner “Great Horned Owl”
3rd Lillian Preston “Reflection”
Best of Show
Rianna McCafferty “Light”
We want to thank the Rampart Library for hosting our annual Teller County Student Art Show.
The Library also participated in our ceremony by giving the Library Staff Choice Award – High School to Rianna McCafferty for her acrylic work “Light”. The Library Staff Choice Award – Middle School went to Sarah Walma for her drawing “Eye”.
We wish to thank all of the Art Teachers: Lindsay Orellana, Carolyn Pulley, Jennifer Stevenson, Amanda Wahl, Markyda VenRooy and Melanie Havnaer for investing in the futures of their students by sharing their art knowledge and talents. Art education is so important in our schools.
Many thanks go to all the parents supporting their students in pursuing the arts. We also thank the Art Students for all of their hard work and dedication that they contributed to the art culture in our community.