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Hood River News, Saturday, February 28, 2015
HRVHS artists, writers win awards
Y OUNG A CTOR
‘Keys to Talent:’
students excel
in creative works
BY TRISHA WALKER
News staff writer
Hood River Valley High
School honored artists and
writers on Friday with an all-
school Fine Arts assembly.
Students were recognized
for their winning entries in
the Scholastic Art and Writ-
ing awards. Awards were
given in first (Gold Key), sec-
ond (Silver Key) and honor-
able mention categories.
The competition is open to
students throughout the Unit-
ed States and at American
schools overseas, said HRVHS
art teacher Amirra Malak.
Awards were given at the re-
gional level, with those earn-
ing Gold Keys going on to
compete at the national level.
“The competition opens
students up to scholarship op-
portunities and is a nationally
recognized competition,”
Malak said.
According to the Scholastic
Art and Writing awards web-
site
(artandwrit-
ing.org/about-us), 255,000
original works were submit-
ted during the 2014 program
year. Awards alumni include
artist Andy Warhol, writers
Sylvia Plath and Joyce Carol
Oates, and filmmaker Ken
Burns.
Winners of the Scholastic
Art and Writing awards in the
category of art:
■ Tess Johnson, Silver Key,
“Unlocked”
■ Megan Dayley, Honorable
Mention, “Dreaming of Star-
dust;” Gold Key, “Journey to
the Light”
■ Paulina Le, Silver Key,
“Perspective Priorities”
■ Bayley Stevens, Honor-
able Mention, “Body Flow;”
Honorable Mention, “Man
Made Nature”
■ Makena Zeller, Gold Key,
“Flow”
■ Brynn Searcy, Gold Key,
“Disparity”
■ Andrew McCarthy, Hon-
orable Mention, “The Rebel-
lious Sea”
■ Cayla Sacre, Silver Key,
“Faceless;” Honorable men-
tion, “Unpotted Plant”
Photo by Kirby Neumann-Rea
■ Veronica Marquez, Hon-
orable Mention, “Beautiful
Form”
■ Emily Mason, Silver Key,
“Fairy Land Forest”
■ Amy Griffin, Honorable
Mention, “Reflection”
■ Callie Crumpacker, Gold
Key, “Wrinkles”
■ Emma Casey, Honorable
Mention, “Visage”
■ Savanna Brentlinger, Sil-
ver Key, “Tangled Apart”
■ Summer Bogard, Silver
Key, “The Shallow Sea”
■ Olivia Acosta, Honorable
Mention, “Only Soil”
Winners of the Scholastic
Art and Writing awards in the
category of writing:
■ Lindsey Hegemann: Hon-
orable Mention, Science Fic-
tion/Fantasy, “Do You Dream
of the End”
■ Olivia Newcomb: Honor-
able Mention, Short Story, “A
Rose by Any Other Name”
■ Cayla Sacre: Honorable
Mention, Poetry, “All For
You;” Silver Key, Dramatic
Script, “The Middle Ground”
A handful of students were
additionally honored for their
entries in the Oregon College
of Art and Craft’s 2015 Juried
High School Art Show. A rep-
resentative from the college
selected pieces from the fol-
lowing high school artists: An-
drew McCarthy, Fenn Paider,
Rianna Piatt, America Flores,
Wendy Garcia, Brynn Searcy,
Amy Griffin, Jamarah Wil-
son, Savannah Boersma and
Summer Bogard.
All entries will be on dis-
play in the Hoffman Gallery at
Oregon College of Art and
Craft through March 4.
Sixth-grader Ren Tappert made his CAST debut this month in
“The Full Monty,” which closes Feb. 28. Ren portrays
Nathan, the son of Larry (Ari Bloodgood, left), an unem-
ployed steelworker. Ren, 11, the son of Peter and Jayce Tap-
pert, attends Hood River Middle School. In the musical, Ren
holds his own as the only youth in the cast, as Nathan gets
more than one wise and/or funny line to help his father learn
a lesson or two.
Submitted photos
STUDENT WORKS, clockwise from top:
Fenn Paider’s winning OCAC piece;
Makenna Zeller, “Flow;” Summer Boga-
rd, “The Shallow Sea;” Tess Johnson,
“Unlocked;” and Brynn Searcy’s SAWA-
winning and OCAC photographs, “Dis-
parity” and “Abstract Body.” Paider, a ju-
nior, was the only student who placed in
the OCAC competition with an honor-
able mention.
■
More student artwork can be found on-
line at hoodrivernews.com.
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