PEA RIDGE — Nine Pea Ridge Primary and Intermediate school students were honored with awards at the “Celebrate Art” annual art exhibition/competition at the Arts Center of the Ozarks,Springdale.
Open to all students in Benton, Washington, Madison and Carroll counties, the annual art show attracted a record number of entrants from schools across the fourcounty area. Pea Ridges’ nine awards were the most won by any school participating in the event.
“This is our second year in this particular competition and the kids competed well,” John McGee, Pea Ridge art teacher, said.
“Of course, I think we had several more student artists’ work that was worthy of an award. All the kids’ entries drew a lot ofpraise from the exhibition visitors and I am thankful for venues like the ACO that provide outlets for student artists to be able to display their talents.”
Kindergarten student Braxton Taylor was a first place winner with his drawing “Owl.”
Fifth-grader Joyce Glover and second-grader Dillon Brouse won second place awards. Glover’s art was a pen and water drawing of a wildcat with Brouse rendering a dog engaged in a duck hunt in crayons and tempera.
Third places were won by first-grader Elijah Austin and third-grader Nathaniel Ferguson. Austin painted a flock of geese over a pond with Ferguson doing a western picture in pen and water.
Fourth places were won by kindergartener Sarah Messer for her castledrawing, second-grader Blake Hockenberry for his eagle painting, thirdgrader Mazon Harris for his crayon and tempera racoon, and fifth-grader Catherine Hooten for her painting of a wolf.
Other students making the finals of the art competition and who will have their art on display at the Arts Center of the Ozarks for the remainder of April include: kindergarten students - Andrew LaGrone, Treyzon Milne-Jones, Shaylee Fox and Tanner Grant; first grade-students - Isabella Smith and Mary Hargiss;
second-grade students - Heather Cato, Gracelyn Hissong, Rebecca Trammel and Ana Martinez;
third-grade students - Lorena Razuri, Jasten Lothes, Kevin Vasquez, Shae Gilbertson and Alexia Whitehead;
fourthgrade students - Jacob Kiggins, Clayton Bass, 5th grade; Gabby Schwierking, Kaitlyn Hall and Alayna Brown; and fifthgrade students - Darrien Smith, Donavan Reyes, Amber Earley and Parker Revelle.
McGee had a 10th student win an award in the competition, his firstgrade granddaughter Ava Little. Little’s tempera dog won first place in the first grade division as well as receiving the second place overall award for all art in all grades from kindergarten through eighth grade.
The “Celebrate Art” display will run through April at the Arts Center of the Ozarks main gallery in downtown Springdale, two blocks south of Emma Street on Main. Anyone wishing to view the art online can log onto: www.artsonia.com/pearidge2.
School, Pages 11 on 04/13/2011