The Art Community is not only alive and well but thriving as recently proven by the talents of local area students.
Barton Community College’s Shafer Gallery sponsored the Central Prairie League Art Day April 28, featuring the works of student artists from 10 area high schools.
The high schools represented were St. John, Macksville, Claflin, Kinsley/Offerle, La Crosse, Ness City, Otis-Bison, Quivira Heights, Victoria, and Western Plains (Bazine/Ransom).
Hosted by Macksville and exhibited at the Shafer Gallery, Darlene Behnke, Art Director at St. John High, took 15 students to the exhibition.
“These students are very talented and were excited to be a part of this”, she said.
St. John and Macksville students, exhibited work from different medias such as water colors, digital, 3D, sculpture and more.
Stafford County students placed as follows:
Best of Show 3D: Destiny Wendland, St. John
Acrylic and Oil: Fourth Place, Kaylee Rose, St. John
Watercolor: First Place, Destiny Wendland, St. John;Second, IsabelDelgadillo, Macksville;Third and Fourth, Pam Watson, St. John
Computer Generated Art: Fourth, Brenda Ramirez, St. John
Mixed Media: Second, Destiny Wendland, St. John; Third, Javy Ortiz, Macksville; Fourth, Eddy Ibarra, Macksville
Design (color): First, Destiny Wendland, St. John
Ceramics: First, Beau Weber, St. John; Second, Kaylee Rose, St. John; Third, Megan Welch, Macksville; Fourth, Alexis Whipple, Macksville
Sculpture: First, Derrick Duncan, St. John
The students were honored with a reception and awards ceremony on the day of the exhibit.
All Shafer Gallery exhibits are presented in part by the Kansas Arts Commission, a state agency, and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.
