Hutch High artwork highly rated in Scholastic competition

HUTCHINSON, Kan. — When the annual Eastern Kansas Scholastic Art Awards Exhibition opens Feb. 1, Hutchinson High School will be well represented.

(Left to Right) Allison Hatcher, Taylon Mendenhall, Sage Collum, Betsy Hernandez, Marisa Eldredge, Alexis Hoffman, Audrey Craig, Sydnee Foster. Not pictured: Emily Hunter, Jayden Manche and Brook Greene.

There will be a total of 14 HHS works in the exhibition. Of those 14, eight received Gold Key finishes in competition. In all, jurors picked 152 pieces as Gold Key winners.

The regional Gold Key works are submitted for the national judging process. Any artists with pieces selected as Gold Key at nationals will have their artwork displayed in New York City for the summer show.

An additional six Silver Key winners are from Salthawk artists and will be featured in the Mark Arts exhibit as well. The exhibition is Feb. 1 through March 23 at Mark Arts in Wichita. Altogether, there were 166 Silver Key winners in the show.

There are also 13 pieces from HHS that were listed as honorable mention. In total, there were 309 honorable mention pieces selected by the jurors.

Overall, there were 2,400 entries for the Eastern Kansas Scholastics competition.

There will be an exhibition opening for award recipients and their families from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Feb. 1 at Mark Arts and an open house/awards ceremony on March 23. The open house is from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. on March 23 with the Gold Key and Cash Awards ceremony set for 3 p.m. Mark Arts is located at 1307 N. Rock Road in Wichita.

Below is a list of the HHS students and their awards:

Sage Collum, Painting, “Nerves”, student of Darren Morawitz

Marisa Eldredge, Ceramics, “Furless Feline”, student of Debra C. Ringler

Sydnee Foster, Ceramics, Vessel No. 7, student of Debra C. Ringler

Sydnee Foster, Ceramics, Vessel No. 16, student of Debra C. Ringler

Sydnee Foster, Ceramics, 8 Item Art Portfolio, student of Debra C. Ringler

Allison Hatcher, Painting, “A few moments of Owen Wilsher”, student of Darren Morawitz

Betsy Hernandez, Jewelry, Pierced Nickel/Handmade Chain, student of Debra C. Ringler

Taylon Mendenhall, Painting, “The Abnormalities”, student of Darren Morawitz

Silver Key
Sydnee Foster, Ceramics, Vessel No. 4, student of Debra C. Ringler

Sydnee Foster, Ceramics, Vessel No. 6, student of Debra C. Ringler

Sydnee Foster, Ceramics, Vessel No. 15, student of Debra C. Ringler

Sydnee Foster, Ceramics, Vessel No. 12, student of Debra C. Ringler

Brooke Greene, Ceramics, “It’s A Secret”, student of Debra C. Ringler

Jaiden Manche, Painting, “Cleansing”, student of Darren Morawitz

Honorable Mention

Audrey Craig, Ceramics, “Mystic Ocean Creature’, student of Debra C. Ringler

Sydnee Foster, Ceramics, Vessel No. 1, student of Debra C. Ringler

Sydnee Foster, Ceramics, Vessel No. 2, student of Debra C. Ringler

Sydnee Foster, Ceramics, Vessel No. 3, student of Debra C. Ringler

Sydnee Foster, Ceramics, Vessel No. 8, student of Debra C. Ringler

Sydnee Foster, Ceramics, Vessel No. 9, student of Debra C. Ringler

Sydnee Foster, Ceramics, Vessel No. 13, student of Debra C. Ringler

Sydnee Foster, Ceramics, Vessel No. 19, student of Debra C. Ringler

Sydnee Foster, Ceramics, Eight Item Art Portfolio, student of Debra C. Ringler

Betsy Hernandez, Ceramics, “Papillon”, student of Debra C. Ringler

Alexis Hoffman, Sculpture, “Decayed But Wise”, student of Debra C. Ringler

Emily Hunter, Painting, “Eye-Opener”, student of Julia Johnson

Jaiden Manche, Painting, “Self Portrait 736”, student of Darren Morawitz