BRODHEAD - Eleven seventh- and eighth-grade artists were awarded 12 cash prizes at an April 16 awards ceremony for the inaugural Youth Art Show sponsored by the Driftless Area Artists and McGowan Architecture of Madison.
The show awarded a total of $275 in prize money for 12 works of art selected from a field of 43 submissions. Five middle schools, including Albany, Brodhead, Juda, Monticello and New Glarus participated in the show. The works of art were judged by Kathy King, a well-known local artist and Monroe High School art teacher, Gigi Mullen, an artist from Durand, and Patrick McGowan, architect and owner of McGowan Architecture.
Best of Show, a $50 award, was given to Lorelei Pagett of Juda for her work "Garden Bee," done with copic markers. All of the judges were impressed that this work had been executed by a middle-school artist. The confidence in the line work and the quality of the rendering were impeccable.
The Driftless Prize and Artist's Prize, both $35 awards, were given to Camden Pryce of Albany and Ben Lukszys of New Glarus, respectively. Pryce's work is a mixed-media piece with a graphic novel called "Sword and Comic Book." This piece showed a very creative and active imagination at work. Lukszys' piece, "Self Portrait" is an acrylic painting. It is a finely drawn and painted self-portrait, executed with a bold color combination that is a true reflection of the artist.
Three Judge's Choice Awards, each a $20 award, were given to Abigail Hennessey of Albany, Dylan Fritz of New Glarus and Salynne Pendergrass and Sam Patchen, both of Albany. Hennessey was recognized for "Rising Sun," an abstract painting using both acrylic and spray paint. The judges admired the artist's willingness to step into the world of abstract work. Fritz was awarded for his mixed-media sculpture titled "Smaug, The Impenetrable." This work is a finely crafted piece created with found objects assembled to create a fierce dragon. Pendergrass and Patchen were recognized for their colored pencil and marker piece titled "Beauty," a wonderfully drawn and rendered portrait of a tranquil, beautiful young girl.
A People's Choice Award was also given as part of the show, awarded to the artist who received the most public votes. When the 53 votes were counted, it was Onnikah Oliver of Brodhead who was awarded the People's Choice Award for her work titled "Self Portrait #2." The work is a wonderful value study, executed in acrylic paint that really reflects the character of the artist who created it.
Five Honor Awards, each a $15 award, were also given as part of the show. Each Honor Award recipient exhibited characteristics that appealed to the judges. Hennessey won a second award in the show for a mixed-media sculpture titled "The Universe is More Than Just One Thing." Patchen also won a second award in the show for a tempera painting titled "Cloud Colors." The third Honor Award went to Mataya Mordhorst of Brodhead for her transformational sculpture titled "The Fox + The Paint." This piece used one form, a cast of Mordhorst's hand, to represent another form, that of a fox.
Nichole Lehr of Monticello was the winner of the fourth Honor Award for her acrylic painting "Daisy," which used both abstract and representational styles to portray a flower. The final Honor Award was given to Maddie Deegan of New Glarus for "Under the Sea," an origami piece that used an abstract geometric and kaleidoscopic composition to represent a colorful undersea world.
The awards ceremony was well attended by over 50 people, including artists, family and friends of the artists, the art teachers from the schools involved, the judges and members of the Driftless Area Artists.
The show at the Brodhead Public Library ran until April 30.
The show awarded a total of $275 in prize money for 12 works of art selected from a field of 43 submissions. Five middle schools, including Albany, Brodhead, Juda, Monticello and New Glarus participated in the show. The works of art were judged by Kathy King, a well-known local artist and Monroe High School art teacher, Gigi Mullen, an artist from Durand, and Patrick McGowan, architect and owner of McGowan Architecture.
Best of Show, a $50 award, was given to Lorelei Pagett of Juda for her work "Garden Bee," done with copic markers. All of the judges were impressed that this work had been executed by a middle-school artist. The confidence in the line work and the quality of the rendering were impeccable.
The Driftless Prize and Artist's Prize, both $35 awards, were given to Camden Pryce of Albany and Ben Lukszys of New Glarus, respectively. Pryce's work is a mixed-media piece with a graphic novel called "Sword and Comic Book." This piece showed a very creative and active imagination at work. Lukszys' piece, "Self Portrait" is an acrylic painting. It is a finely drawn and painted self-portrait, executed with a bold color combination that is a true reflection of the artist.
Three Judge's Choice Awards, each a $20 award, were given to Abigail Hennessey of Albany, Dylan Fritz of New Glarus and Salynne Pendergrass and Sam Patchen, both of Albany. Hennessey was recognized for "Rising Sun," an abstract painting using both acrylic and spray paint. The judges admired the artist's willingness to step into the world of abstract work. Fritz was awarded for his mixed-media sculpture titled "Smaug, The Impenetrable." This work is a finely crafted piece created with found objects assembled to create a fierce dragon. Pendergrass and Patchen were recognized for their colored pencil and marker piece titled "Beauty," a wonderfully drawn and rendered portrait of a tranquil, beautiful young girl.
A People's Choice Award was also given as part of the show, awarded to the artist who received the most public votes. When the 53 votes were counted, it was Onnikah Oliver of Brodhead who was awarded the People's Choice Award for her work titled "Self Portrait #2." The work is a wonderful value study, executed in acrylic paint that really reflects the character of the artist who created it.
Five Honor Awards, each a $15 award, were also given as part of the show. Each Honor Award recipient exhibited characteristics that appealed to the judges. Hennessey won a second award in the show for a mixed-media sculpture titled "The Universe is More Than Just One Thing." Patchen also won a second award in the show for a tempera painting titled "Cloud Colors." The third Honor Award went to Mataya Mordhorst of Brodhead for her transformational sculpture titled "The Fox + The Paint." This piece used one form, a cast of Mordhorst's hand, to represent another form, that of a fox.
Nichole Lehr of Monticello was the winner of the fourth Honor Award for her acrylic painting "Daisy," which used both abstract and representational styles to portray a flower. The final Honor Award was given to Maddie Deegan of New Glarus for "Under the Sea," an origami piece that used an abstract geometric and kaleidoscopic composition to represent a colorful undersea world.
The awards ceremony was well attended by over 50 people, including artists, family and friends of the artists, the art teachers from the schools involved, the judges and members of the Driftless Area Artists.
The show at the Brodhead Public Library ran until April 30.
