Sioux City Community Schools Youth Art Month Exhibition Award Winners - 27th Annual Juried Youth Art Exhibition, Sioux City Art Center

 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