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About The Observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1968-current | View Entire Issue (March 10, 2022)
MIXED MEDIUM THE ARTS AROUND EASTERN OREGON CONTINUED FROM PAGE 4 HONORABLE MENTIONS: • Baker City: Marlowe Hellberg, 11th grade, charcoal drawing “Clean Up — Image Is What Counts” • Elgin: Adell Burnside, 11th grade, graphite drawing “Guardian Angels” • Joseph: Gavin Russell, 9th grade, clay sculpture “Refridg- eration Unit” • La Grande: Daniel Corsini, 11th grade, untitled ceramic and mixed media mask; Nora Crews, 11th grade, acrylic painting “Terwilliger Blues”; Layne Scott, 11th grade, acrylic painting “Andro 1” • Pendleton: Jack Hess, 12th grade, yarn and canvas sculp- ture “Warmth”; Perrie Schuh, 11th grade, acrylic painting “Miniscule Stripes” • Powder Valley: Maddox Baldwin, 11th grade, weaving and found object sculpture Best of Show, 10th grade: “Glasses” by Marielle Graff under, Union High School “Spatial Nebulas”; Bug Burke, 9th grade, pen and watercolor drawing “Crow Tattoo Design”; Novalee Shoemaker, 12th grade, mosaic “Sage” • Union: Karah Hutchings, 9th grade, mixed media sculpture “Calla Lily Pinwheel”; Kara Johnson, 10th grade, two oil paintings “Miscalculation” and “Brothers”; Larkin Sanders, 9th grade, acrylic painting “A Place Protected from Time” In addition, for the 14th year, the La Grande Arts Commis- sion presented two awards to students from La Grande High Best of Show, 9th grade: “Portrait” by Amber George, Elgin High School School. Their Young Artist Award went to Alyssa Moy for her acrylic painting “Vitality and Peace.” Their honorable mention award went to Nora Crews for her charcoal and graphite draw- ing “Self Control.” The LGAC award winners were selected by La Grande Arts Commissioner Amber Scroggins and presented by Cory Peeke. The Young Artist Award comes with a gift basket worth more than $100 and the honorable mention was given a gift basket worth more than $50. Other special awards were presented by four regional art centers. Art Center East presented an “Excellence in the Arts-Union County” award to Marielle Graff under, a 10th grader from Union High, for her acrylic paint- ing “Glasses,” and an “Excel- lence in the Arts-Grant County” award to Carson Weaver from Grant Union High for her fused glass piece “Intersection.” Each award comes with a $50 Blick gift card. Baker County’s Crossroads Carnegie Art Center awarded a $50 award. Their “Outstand- ing Baker High School Artist” award went to Dana Luster for her watercolor “Eastern Oregon Repair.” Pendleton Center for the Arts presented a $100 “PCA Promise Award” to Yareli Perez for her colored pencil drawing 13 MARCH 9�16, 2022 “The Lonely Christmas.” PCA also presented two $50 PCA Director’s Awards, one to Olivia Booker for her digital print “Bos- ton” and the other to Cameron Skinner for his metal sculpture “King Cobra.” The Josephy Center for Arts and Culture presented the Wallowa County High School Art Merit Award in the form of a $150 Blick gift card to McKenzie Keff er of Joseph Charter School for her graphite drawing “Per- spective of Mind.” The winning artists’ works are posted on the Nightingale’s Instagram account. “On behalf of the EOU Art Department and the Night- ingale Gallery I would like to congratulate the winners and all the students with work on view,” Peeke said. “And I would also like to congratulate the art teachers who go above and beyond to help students create works of such a high caliber.” DP HOME ENTERTAINMENT 137 E. Main Street, John Day 541-575-1637 March 25th Live at Churchill Custom frame shop dedicated to great customer service, design, and quality products. Jenny Don’t & the Spurs Royal Artisan Doors at 6pm $10 advanced tickets $12 at the doors 1912 Main St. Baker City, OR 97814 541.465.4547 katephill843@gmail.com Tickets & Info at www.ChurchillBaker.com 120 E Main St. John Day 541-575-0629 Lenspharmacy.com