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MARCH 9�16, 2022
THE ARTS AROUND
EASTERN OREGON
High school art students honored at EOU
Show is on display
through March 15
Go! staff
L
A GRANDE — The East-
ern Oregon Regional High
School Art Exhibition featuring
nearly 300 works by students
from 12 high schools opened
Friday, Feb. 25, at Eastern Or-
egon University’s Nightingale
Gallery.
Nathan Lowe, dean of EOU’s
College of Arts, Humanities
& Social Sciences, gave a
brief welcome to visitors and
Nightingale Gallery Director
Cory Peeke presented awards
for exemplary work by the
students.
All Best of Show winners
received an award certificate,
a $50 Blick Art Materials gift
card and a sketchbook from
the EOU Art Department as
well as an EOU T-shirt and tote
bag compliments of the Of-
fice of Admissions. Honorable
Mention recipients received a
certificate of award.
Best of Show, 12th grade: “I” by Julia Zang Caldera, Elgin High School
BEST OF SHOW:
• 12th grade: Julia Zang Cal-
dera (Elgin High), graphite
drawing “I”
• 11th grade: Oliver St. Cyr
(Baker High), acrylic triptych
painting “The Dichotomy of
Self and Collective”
• 10th grade: Marielle Graf-
funder (Union High), acrylic
painting “Glasses”
• 9th grade: Amber George
(Elgin High), graphite drawing
“Portrait”
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Best of Show, 11th grade: “The Dichotomy of Self and Collective” by Oliver St.
Cyr, Baker High School