Published March 11, 2014
The Bry Art Gallery at the University of Louisiana at Monroe is currently hosting
the 21st Annual High School Junior/Senior Juried Art Exhibition. The show will run
Monday through Thursday 8 a.m.-4:30p.m., and Friday from 8 a.m.-noon. Exhibits will
remain open through March 21.
Northern Louisiana high school art students were eligible to submit examples of their
studio art endeavors, which were judged by 四色AV art faculty members based on creativity
and mastery of the student鈥檚 chosen medium.
There were 43 pieces accepted to be shown in the exhibition. Over 150 pieces were
submitted.
Winners represented the following schools: Bastrop High School, Gibsland Coleman High
School, Homer High School, Jena High School, Neville High School, Ouachita Christian
School, Ouachita Parish High School, Richwood High School, West Monroe High School,
West Ouachita High School, and Wossman High School.
An awards ceremony for the competition was held to honor those chosen. Awards were
presented to the following students: The Gretchen Dean Best of Show Award went to
Haylie Lowe of West Ouachita high school for
her self-portrait titled, 鈥淗aylie.鈥� The Division of Art Second Place Award went to
Adelaide Sartor of Neville high school for her oil painting titled 鈥淏lue Danube.鈥�
Beverly Jean Marvin Awards were awarded to Haylie Lowe, Mijah Dugas of Wossman high
school, and Savannah Willhite of West Monroe high school.
Merit Awards and DataBank IMX gift certificates were given to Molly Butler of West
Ouachita high school, Jordyn Hodnett of West Ouachita high school, and Austin George
of Neville high school.
A Division of Art Honorable Mention Award was given to Victor Anderson of Ouachita
high school, and the People鈥檚 Choice Award went to Cierra Moncrief of West Ouachita
high school.
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