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Thursday, May 6, 2021
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Josephy Center announces winners of
Wallowa Valley Youth Arts Festival
■ The annual show ran from April 10-17 at Joseph art center
JOSEPH — Winners of the 2021
Wallowa Valley Youth Arts Festi-
val for students from Enterprise,
Joseph, Troy, Wallowa and Alter-
native-Ed schools were announced
last week.
The festival opened Saturday,
April 10, at the Josephy Center for
Arts and Culture in Joseph and
concluded April 17.
Youth in grades K-12 showed one
piece of personal artwork in the ex-
hibit. The event featured a display
of artwork, many awards ribbons,
hands-on activities and musical
performances by area students.
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Joseph junior Piper Larison won
the People’s Choice Award and
the Past Director’s Choice Award
for her ceramic scene of drag-
ons eating macaroons.
Contributed photo/Josephy Center
Fifth-grader Caleb Beachy, from
Joseph, won fi rst place in the
2021 Youth Art Festival.
JUDGE’S CHOICE
McKenzie Keffer, a sophomore
from Joseph, won the Judge’s
Choice Award for her drawn self-
portrait.
HONORABLE MENTION
Second-grader Emery Rose
Duquette, of Enterprise, won the
Director’s Honorable Mention for
her colored drawing “Chasing the
Moon.”
Second: 1. Emery Rose Duquette
of Enterprise, 2. Tate Zacharias of
Joseph, 3. Zola Kurtz of Joseph.
Third: 1. Rowdy Croghan of En-
terprise, 2. Mike Alexis of Wallowa,
3: Eva Junkins of Joseph.
Sixth: 1. Case Melville of
Enterprise, 2. Jamie Clinchy of
Enterprise, 3. Celina Roberge of
Enterprise.
Seventh: 1. Abigail Dundas of
Joseph, 2. Camdyn Weer of Joseph,
3. Mya Faulds of Troy.
Fourth: 1. Kallie Michaelson of
Joseph, 2. Joseph Birkmaier of
Enterprise, 3. Malia Mayhew of
Enterprise.
Eighth: 1. Isabella Guillory of
Wallowa, 2. Aureyonna Wilks of
Wallowa, 3. Bailey Blades of Troy.
Fifth: 1. Caleb Beachy of Joseph,
2: Kade Hook of Joseph, 3. Katie
Hellinger of Joseph.
Ninth: 1: Jessup Orr of Joseph, 2.
Bella Snyder of Joseph, 3. Cassidy
Wiedeman of Enterprise
PEOPLE’S CHOICE
Joseph junior Piper Larison won
the People’s Choice Award and the
Past Director’s Choice Award for
her ceramic scene of dragon’s eat-
ing macaroons.
OTHER WINNERS BY GRADE
AND ORDER OF PLACE:
Kindergarten: 1. Kathy Sichan-
thavong of Enterprise, 2. Opal
Stowell of Enterprise, 3. Scarlet
Shetler of Joseph.
First: 1. Brooklyn Gladden of
Joseph, 2. Leif Stewart of Joseph, 3.
Amelia Park of Enterprise.
FIRE STORIES
The Josephy Center is cur-
rently showing “Fire Stories”
featuring the work of John
Marshall. It explores wildfi re
in Northwest landscapes.
To view a virtual tour of the
exhibit, go to josephy.org/
event/fi re-stories
Contributed photo/Josephy Center
Sixth-grader Jamie Clinchy,
from Enterprise, won second
place in the 2021 Youth Art
Festival.
Tenth: 1. McKenzie Keffer of
Joseph, 2. Tanner Kesecker of En-
terprise, 3. Mary Thiel of Joseph
Eleventh: 1. Piper Larison of
Joseph, 2. Claire Webb of Joseph, 3.
Trinity Ruth (Alternative-Ed.
Twelfth: 1. Gabriel Hawkins-
Connolly of Joseph, 2. Jessica John-
son of Wallowa, 3. Layla Snyder of
Joseph.
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