Middle, high school winners awarded
Awards for the Middle and High School Art Show were handed out at an opening reception Friday at The Art Center.
Awards were given for first, second, and third places in six art categories along with several honorable mentions.
Best of Show went to Meghan Pisarcik from Mars High School for “Flower.”
Isabella Olmstead and Emily Weaver were the winners of Slippery Rock University scholarships for incoming students planning to study art.
The six categories and the winning entries are:
Photography/digitalRichard Rude from Mars School District, first for “Don't Take Me”Jack Reynolds from Seneca Valley School District, second for “Ennui”Jordan Bezaire from Mars, third for “Barefoot”Adia Taimuty-Loomis from Mars, honorable mention for “People's Market House”
Mixed media/collageNicole Petrilena from Mars, first for “Little Homes”Maggie Stokes from Mars, second for “Fingerprints”Sierra Wisinski from Mars, third for “Splinters”
Fiber art, sculpture, ceramicsNick DeLeone from Mars, first for “Your voice may not shake the Earth but my heart still trembles”Mallory Brown from Deer Lakes School District, second for “Burnt Marshmallow”Isabella Olmstead from Mars, honorable mention for “I Promised you forever but I think I lied about that too”Rose Burger from Butler School District, honorable mention for “Tree of Life”
PrintmakingAdriana Mazzottas from Mars, first for “Methmouth”Natalie Petrini from Mars, second for “Iceberg Ahead”Sydney Edwards from Mars, third for “Time”
Oil, acrylic and watercolor paintingJessica Schultheis from Mars, first for “Unblinding Love”Nick Deleone from Mars, second for “Uninhibited Overflow”Heather White from Deer Lakes, third for “Nightmare Passage”Emily Weaver from Mars, honorable mention for “Lost”Morgan Keys from Mars, honorable mention for “Brain Scans”
Pencil and pen & ink drawingMonica Swaney from Knoch High School, first for “The Eye of the Storm”Maggie Stokes from Mars, second for “You're Just a Number”Claire Staresinic from Mars, third for “Untitled”Meghan Pisarick from Mars, honorable mention for “Color Cups”Michael Lubatti from Deer Lakes, honorable mention for “Mick Jagger.”
