Ames Community School District: Ames High Students Earn Octagon Center For The Arts Awards

Ames IA

12 May, 2022

3:34 PM

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Press release from the Ames Community School District: May 10, 2022 Ames High School students participated in the Octagon Center for the Arts annual student show. This show highlights artwork by local elementary, middle, and high school students. In a reception held on Thursday, May 5, 2022, three of the six awards were given to student artists from AHS. Congratulations to: Lorna Schuckert for winning the Jeffrey L. Brown Best of Show Award for her "Ancestry Nesting Dolls." Derek Peng for earning the Jeffrey L. Brown Memorial Photography Award for his photo "Cue." Emma Brockman for earning a Juror Choice award sponsored by Ames Silversmithing for her photo "Beautiful Wonders." The following AHS students participated in this event: The following AHS students participated in this event: Brianna Ledvina Carleigh Evans Franny Burke-Vens Paige Flory Emily Kaminsky Emma Tuttle Julia Sillman Niki Morningstar-Shaw Lincoln Gartin Tate Bernard Dakota Lewin Lucy Brekke Kendra Goodwin Katie Risselman J.T. Matusiak Trey Nesbitt Rocky Dunkin Marley Turk Emileth Valdivia Barajas Kent Sta Maria Wenjun Liu Claire Galvin Sydney Bray The show is up thru May 14th, so hope you get a chance to check out these great pieces and lots of other wonderful work there yet from more Ames High Art Students and other students in the area! See the High School Show in the Octagon's Community Gallery through May 14. This press release was produced by the Ames Community School District. The views expressed here are the author's own.