Celebrating Youth Art Month, the Sioux City Art Center is featuring its 27th Annual Juried Youth Art Exhibition: High School from February
13 – April 10, 2016. The opening reception was held Sunday,
February 14, from 1:30 to 3 p.m. Mayor Bob Scott, Art Center Director Al
Harris-Fernandez, Education Coordinator Debra Marqusee, and Sioux City
Community Schools Arts & Community Engagement Program Coordinator
Pat Toben presented awards.
Twenty-one high school art teachers from
fifteen schools in the tristate area submitted 440 entries. Sixty-one
pieces of art were selected by juror, John Bowitz, Professor Emeritus of
the Art Department of Morningside College, and Art Center Director, Al
Harris-Fernandez. The artworks were judged on originality, creativity,
personal expression and technique.
The Youth Art Month awards and exhibition
are made possible again this year in part by Pinnacle Bank, Aalfs
Family Foundation, and a grant from the Iowa Arts Council. The Art
Center supports and encourages young artists to express and explore
their individual creativity through the art-making process. Through
their art, these students are provided an opportunity to demonstrate
ambitious efforts resulting in success that can help open doors to
endless possibilities in all areas of their lives.
Congratulations to the following Sioux City Community School District Award Winners:
Ninth Grade
1st Place Joe Huerta Sioux City West
Tenth Grade
2nd Place Daisy Siemans Sioux City North
3rd Place Kaitlyn Hoopingarner Sioux City West
Honorable Mention Jacob Buckholtz Sioux City North
Honorable Mention Gracie McCloud Sioux City North
Eleventh Grade
1st Place Ireland Arroyo Sioux City West
2nd Place Terry Do Sioux City West
Director's Award Yojani Rojas Sioux City West
Twelfth Grade
Director's Award Duncan Feiges Sioux City North
