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Tenth Annual Bainbridge Island Student Art Contest
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Bainbridge Island celebrated a successful tribute to young people's creativity during the Tenth Annual Student Art Contest at the Bainbridge Pavilion on Sunday, March 7. Bainbridge Island's young residents and students ranging in age from kindergarten through high school competed for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place awards in seven different categories. Over 200 entries were received, in a wonderful variety of mediums and styles.
The judges were unanimous in their decision for the Best of Show prize. It was awarded to 6th grader Mariel Gale, for her piece "Guitar Hero." This three-dimensional piece is very unique and creative - so much so that it even has its own medium. Mariel calls it a "debris sculpture." Mariel attends the Bainbridge Island Home School Support program, and won $150 in cash, a certificate of achievement, and a prize package from Oil & Water Arts, Sound Reprographics, Cafe at the Pavilion, Penelope's, SuBI Japanese Cuisine, Casa Rojas, Spice Route of India, Flowering Around Espresso, Calico Cat, Andante, and Bon Bon.
Each category had 1st place winners that received $40 in cash, 2nd place winners that received $20 in cash, and
3rd place winners that received $10 in cash. Twelve honorable mention certificates were also awarded. Every student who entered the contest received a ribbon for participating.
The Best of Show piece and each of the 1st place winners' art is on display at Oil and Water Arts, upstairs in the Winslow Mall, through the end of March, National Student Art Month.
Category A: Kindergarten, Grades 1 & 2
1st Place: Henry Vandersluis, Machines, mixed media
2nd Place: Caroline Muma, Butterfly Fly Away, pastel
3rd Place: Kyra Coupland, Seasons, acrylic
Honorable Mention: Harrison Wilkinson Bennett, The Sea Picture, watercolor
Honorable Mention: Cordelia Janow, The Parallel World - Campsite & Castle, recycled materials
Category B: Grades 3 & 4
1st Place: Olivia Stocker, A Long Time Ago, mixed media
2nd Place: Emerson Van Dyk, Birch Trees, watercolor
3rd Place: Liam Hatakenaka, Fruit Passion, ink and colored pencil
Honorable Mention: Bayla Rosenkutz, Dresses by Bayla, colored marker
Honorable Mention: Nina Davis, The Mighty Lion, pastel
Category C: Grades 5 & 6
1st Place: Mariel Gale, Guitar Hero, debris sculpture
2nd Place: Anna Stearns, Bowls & Glasses, pencil
3rd Place: Mira Rosenkutz, Sap Sucker, photo
Honorable Mention: Emma Rose, Bunnyliokangazoofly, oil painting
Category D: Grades 7 & 8
1st Place: Bryndley Stephenson, My Secret Garden, hand-cut collage
2nd Place: Kristen Franzer-Odyssey, Hibiscus Bud, watercolor
3rd Place: Anna Teiche, Larry the Teapot, clay sculpture
Honorable Mention: Emily Velasquez, Blessed Moment, mixed media
Honorable Mention: Mary Ann Samson, The Three Little Pigs, paper
Category E: High School - Two-dimensional
1st Place: Natasha Forrier, Art in the Sun, graphite
2nd Place: Kelly Oslick, Forest Falls, colored pencil & acrylic
3rd Place: Maggie Murphy, Puppy Love, graphite
Honorable Mention: Muhammad Ardiyansyah, Random Objects, pastel
Category F: High School - Three-dimensional
1st Place: Ali Holmes, Breaking Through, soapstone
2nd Place: Alexis Krueger, Sova, clay
3rd Place: Joli Holmes, Untitled, wire/recycled earrings
Honorable Mention: Kinsey Lowe, One of 1, screen print
Category G: High School - Photography
1st Place: Sean Willerford, Half Nautilus on Glass, digital photo
2nd Place: William Drewry, Vertical Graphiti, photo/slide
3rd Place: Beau Donnan, Headlights, digital photo
Honorable Mention: Karya Schanilec, Camera Obscura, photo
Honorble Mention: Hailey Willman, Trees, black & white photo
Best of Show
Mariel Gale, Guitar Hero, debris sculpture
Many thanks go to the students, volunteers, judges, parents, teachers, the Bainbridge Island School District, and local businesses that helped to make this event so successul.
Next year's contest will be held on Sunday, March 6, 2011. Bainbridge Island students and residents aged kindergarten through high school can enter up to three pieces per student, as long as teh art was created within one year prior to the contest. For more information or to volunteer, please contact Student Art Program Manager Dinah Satterwhite at bistudentart@earthlink.net or 206.842.0504. The Student Art Contest is a program of the Bainbridge Island Art and Humanities Council. All donations made online to BIAHC during the month of March will go to support the Student Art Contest. Please visit the BIAHC homepage to donate.
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Congratulations to Sawyer Besser and Hallie Swan, winners of the Student Art Contest Logo Design Contest. Sawyer, age 10, is a fifth grader at Sakai Intermediate School and hand-painted the brush frame. Hallie, age 17, is a senior at Bainbridge High School and developed the bold text lay-out in the center. Both girls will share the $100 prize.
Best of Show winner Mariel Gale with her sculpture Guitar Hero
Student Art Contest Program Manager Dinah Satterwhite with High School Photography winner Sean Willerford and his piece Half Nautilus on Glass
Bryndley Stephenson, Grades 7 & 8 winner, with her hand-cut collage My Secret Garden
Over its ten year history, the Student Art Contest has nurtured numerous young artists, encouraging them in their artistic pursuits and celebrating their talents. For many young people, the Student Art Contest is the first public recognition of their artistic talents and hard work. Several winners and participants have gone on to future study and careers in the arts. Photographer Jonathan Hallet won the 2009 Amy Award after high school, and has had his work shown in several Bainbridge Arts and Crafts exhibitions. Bonnie Mills participated in the 2007 and 2008 Student Art Contests. She recently won scholarship awards and recognition from the Young Photographers Alliance, based in New York, and Youth in Focus, based in Seattle. Bonnie currently attends the Academy of Art University in San Francisco and credits the Student Art Contest with helping provide her with the confidence and ambition to further her studies and pursue her passion for photography.
Neon Lot, by Bonnie Mills
The Student Art Contest is a program of the Bainbridge Island Arts & Humanities Council. All donations made online to BIAHC during the month of March will go toward the support of the Student Art Contest. Please visit the homepage to donate.
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