High school art winners announced

The top 24 award winners in the 13th Annual Metro High School Visual Arts Competition were announced Dec. 3 during the opening night reception at the Irene B. French Community Center Gallery of Art, 5701 Merriam Drive, Merriam.

A total of 635 works were submitted by 357 students from 22 metro-area high schools and 147 works were accepted to show in the gallery. Johnson County winners are:

• Three-Dimensional

Second place – Fragmented Hand w/Shadow by Crystal Bell, De Soto

Third place – Three Brown Bottles by Jack Wallace, Shawnee Mission North

Honorable Mention – Cup by Chris Burke, Olathe North

• Computer-Generated

First place – Industrial Wasteland by Dalton Thompson, De Soto

Third place – Restoring Light by Maggie McLandsborough, Olathe East

Honorable Mention – Leaving Autumn by Hillary Schneider, Olathe East; and Where Do I Begin and End by Johanna Laughrey, Kansas School for the Deaf

• Photography

Second place – Venetian Decay by Haley Mills, De Soto

Honorable Mention – Shuttlecock Push by Mary Rodebaugh, Shawnee Mission North; Pigmented Water Study by Tyler Dutton, De Soto; and Infinity Bridge by Katie Rempala, Olathe North

• Two-Dimensional

First place – Thought & Dreams by Anna Strickland, Olathe North

The artwork will be on display until Dec. 26. The gallery is free to the public. To view the work or for more information, visit www.
merriam.org/park/gallery.

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