STUDENT ART CONTEST 2006
6th Bainbridge Island Student Art Contest: The Winners

Bainbridge Island celebrated a successful tribute to young people’s creativity during the 6th Annual Student Art Contest at the Pavilion on Sunday, October 1st. Dinah Satterwhite, the founder and manager of the Student Art Contest, reports that there were almost 200 entries this year.

For the second year in a row, the judges chose a hand-made book for the Best of Show award. This year’s winning art-book was created by Claire Nitsche who is in 8th grade. It is titled “Book of Life,” and includes some small paintings, magazine clippings, and typed prose by the artist, all creatively arranged.

Claire won $100 in cash, a beautiful achievement certificate, movie passes, a gift certificate to Oil and Water Art Supply, 100 colored pencils, and an ice cream party for 4 at Mora Ice Cream.

Each first place winner received $25 cash, second place winners received $10 cash, and third place winners received $5 cash. Several Honorable Mention certificates were also awarded, and every student who entered the contest received bright orange merit ribbons at the end of the Award Ceremony.

The Best of Show piece and all seven of the first place winners’ art is on display at the Bainbridge Public Library from October 2 through October 20.

THE TOP WINNERS ARE AS FOLLOWS

Category A, Kindergarten and Grades 1 & 2 1st place: Eli Rogers, “Flower Vase,” acrylic

Category B, Grades 3 & 4 1st place: MaryAnn Samson, “Paper People,” paper

Category C, Grades 5 & 6
1st place: Emma Bigongiari, “Zebra,” painting

Category D, Grades 7 & 8 > 1st place: Claire Nitsche, “Book of Life,” hand-made paper book

Category E, High School, Two-dimensional 1st place: Xiomara Lugo, “Know What You’re Made Of,” acrylic

Category F, High School, Three-dimensional 1st place: Ottavia Lezzi, “The Red Dress,” paper mache/wire

Category G, High School, Photography 1st place: Zeph Wadkins, “Ice Caps,” color photo

Best of Show Claire Nitsche, “Book of Life,” hand-made paper book

Many thanks go to the students, volunteers, judges, parents, teachers, public school administration, and local businesses that helped to make this event so successful.

STUDENT ART CONTEST 2005

5th Annual Bainbridge Island Student Art Contest November 6, 2005

The Bainbridge Island Arts Walk celebrated a successful tribute to young people’s creativity at their 5th Annual Student Art Contest at the Pavilion on Sunday, November 6th. 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 grade categories. Dinah Satterwhite, the founder and manager of the Student Art Contest, reports that there were over 240 entries this year, including a greater variety of mediums. Many of the winning art pieces were non-traditional mediums such as a large colorful woven ribbon piece (1st place in Grades 7&8), a tiny detailed bead embellishment (1st place in High School: 3-D), and a towering 8’ tall detailed pencil drawing (1st place in High School: 2-D). Other mediums included ceramics, oil pastel, markers, watercolor, wood, oil, metal sculptures, acrylic, pastel, scratchboard, mixed media, and photography.

“I didn’t envy the judges,” said Ms. Satterwhite. “They were given two hours to look at each of the 240+ pieces, and choose the top 3 winners in each grade category, plus they could choose Honorable Mention winners at their discretion. They all completed their task in time for the results to be tallied and the certificates to be completed in preparation for the Award Ceremony at 5:00 pm.” Over 350 people gathered in the Pavilion as Ms. Satterwhite announced the winners. Each first place winner received $25 cash, second place winners received $10 cash, third place winners received $5 cash, and the Best of Show received $100 in cash along with a few extra prizes including software, art supplies, and movie passes. And very “official” award certificates were given to each winner as their name was announced. Actually, everybody won something this year as bright purple merit ribbons were handed out to every student at the end of the Award Ceremony.

The Best of Show was a little surprise this year, as the winner did not place in their own grade category as has been the case in the four previous years. Caitlin Macgraw was the Best of Show winner with her photo essay “No Longer a Child.” She had entered the High School: Photography category with her book that contained photo/collage pieces combined with heartfelt prose about the hardships that many teenagers face. Some of Ms. Satterwhite’s volunteers pointed out how much courage it must have taken to write the book and collaborate some of the stories, graphic photos, and very personal issues.

The Best of Show piece and many of the first place winners’ art is currently on display at the Kids’ Discovery Museum next to the Pavilion on Madison Avenue on Bainbridge Island. It will stay up until November 21st.

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The judges for this year’s Student Art Contest were Mari Ellingsen, John Adams, Barbara Kowalski, David Warren, and Cheryl Dale. Judges are never repeated from year to year, and Ms. Satterwhite chooses them up to a year in advance, striving for a variety of backgrounds and experience with art and the community and children.

Many thanks go to the students, volunteers, judges, parents, teachers and public school administration who helped to make this event so successful.

THE WINNERS:

Category A,
Kindergarten and Grades 1 & 2
1st place: Jillian Ran, “Bird House with Flowers,” markers
2nd place: Melinda Carr, Bright Lighthouse,” oil pastel
3rd place: Anneke Karreman, “Feebe,” paper mache
Honorable mention: Ann Carr, “Midnight Lighthouse,” oil pastel
Honorable mention: Joshua Clark, “Josh’s Super Toy Crane,” drawing

Category B, Grades 3 & 4
1st place: Morgan Carlson, “Swamp Reflections,” oil painting
2nd place: Emily Rogers, “In the dark there are Flowers in the Window,” paint
3rd place: Bailey Scheffler, “Chinese Lung Dragon,” clay

Category C, Grades 5 & 6
1st place: Laura Hager, “Northwest Native Drum,” deerhide/wood
2nd place: Maggie Miller, Falling Petals,” oil
3rd place: Anthony Jensen, Untitled, 2-D
Honorable mention: Orion Black-Brown, “Egyptian Burial Boat,” clay
Honorable mention: Evan McCloud, “Weather God,” acrylic
Honorable mention: Jeremy Hitchcock, “Sun Shining on Flowers,” poster paint

Category D, Grades 7 & 8
1st place: Tessa Roberts, “Ribbon Dance,” ribbon
2nd place: Ben Kallas, “Fearsome Dragon,” clay
3rd place: Dasha Moore, “Eye of the Sun,” oil on canvas
Honorable mention: Zeph Wadkins, Untitled, metal sculpture
Honorable mention: Wes McClain, Untitled, paint

Category E, High School,
Two-dimensional
1st place: Cody Gromstad, Untitled, pencil
2nd place: Lauren Winkler, Untitled, mixed media
3rd place: Alex Witt, Dancing Flamingos,” acrylic
Honorable mention: Hazel Scott, “Elephant,” scratchboard

Category F, High School,
Three-dimensional
1st place: Michelle Yates, “Goddess of Peace,” bead embellishment
2nd place: Lisa Schmidt, Untitled, pottery/clay mug
3rd place: Sophie Lowell, “Lily of the Valley,” woodwork
Honorable mention: Hazel Scott, “Goblet,” ceramic

Category G, High School,
Photography
1st place: Joel Bombardier, “Blue,” photo
2nd place: Jonathan Hallet, “Pt. Reyes,” photo
3rd place: Beau Green, Untitled, photo
Honorable mention: Geri Griffin, Untitled, hand tinted photo
Honorable mention: Danielle Byron, “Carnival,” black & white photo

Best of Show
Caitlin Magraw, “No Longer a Child,” photo essay

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