Thursday, April 16, 2015

WAMAC Art Show Recap

Congratulations to the WaMaC Art Show participants from Benton Community! Along with the other seven school in the WaMaC West, there were over one hundred pieces of very exceptional artwork. Benton Community students performed extremely well in the competition. Of the twenty pieces of artwork submitted, fourteen of them place, with seven of those being first place!

The winners are as follows:

1st Place Ceramics/ Sculptural, Tiffany Wilson 
(She also won Best of Show 3-D with the same artwork)
2nd Place Ceramics/ Sculptural, Kam Korsmo
1st Place Ceramics Utilitarian, Tiffany Wilson
3rd Place Commercial Graphic Design, Luke Pailthorpe
1st Place Digital Imaging, Luke Pailthorpe
3rd Place Traditional Photography, Karly Miner
2nd Place Traditional Photography, Kourtney Metz
1st Place Traditional Photography, Lizzie Boyles
1st Place Digital Photography, Kourtney Metz
1st Place Watercolor Painting, Tiffany Wilson
3rd Place Mixed Media Drawing, Kenna Germann
2nd Place Pencil Drawing, Kenna Germann
1st Place Ink Drawing, Tiffany Wilson
2nd Place Charcoal/ Pastel Drawing, Kenna Germann


All the entries can be viewed in the display case, next to the Art Room at the MS/HS, or by following the Benton Art Department on Instagram @bentonartdepartment

Also, a big thanks to the Art/ Art Club students, who helped prepare, run and clean up after the show. It was a very successful competition, with many positive comments from the competing students and staff from the other WAMAC schools. You all represented Benton Community extremely well!