VERO BEACH — The Indian River County Student Juried Exhibition is an annual presentation designed to showcase the exciting work that comes from the county’s middle and high school art education programs at the Vero Beach Museum of Art.
Each art teacher is allowed to submit the works of four different students encouraging them to submit only the best examples and broadest range of their work.
The juried exhibition is open to the students of all art educators teaching middle and high school visual arts in public, charter, independent, and home school settings within the county.
This year, there were a total of 59 entries from 11 participating middle and high schools in the competition.
The awards ceremony took place on Saturday, April 28, honoring every student featured in the exhibition. The 2012 judge for the exhibition was Museum Art School faculty artist Chitra Ramanathan, a full-time artist and educator, who has taught courses and workshops in mixed media, acrylic painting, and drawing at the Indianapolis Art Center before moving here in 2010.
Presenting sponsors for the exhibition are Jim and Alvina Balog.
Special thanks to Frank’s Hang-Up for providing discounted framing services for this exhibition.
The student exhibition will be on view in the Museum’s Patten Community Gallery through May 27.
Middle school division award winners
Best Of Show Middle school:
Destiny Kazery, Storm Grove Middle School, L’Amour de La Mer
Painting:
First Place Kaden Diniz, St. Edward’s Middle School, Forest Frog; Second Place Carson Proctor, St. Edward’s Middle School, Under the Sea; and Third Place Tommy Nelson, St. Edward’s Middle School, Autumn in the Woods.
Drawing/Mixed media:
First Place Anthony Musto, Sebastian River Middle School, Life Drawing of Tamisha; Second Place Kal Liotta, Imagine Schools of South Vero, Incandescent Fire; and Third Place Sierra Coto, Storm Grove Middle School, Grazing.
3-Dimensional:
First Place Natalia Arizpe, Imagine Schools of South Vero, Contemplation; Second Place Catherine Walker, Imagine Schools of South Vero, Panthera Leo; and Third Place Kendrick Mompremier, Imagine Schools of South Vero, Medicine Man #9.
Photography/Digital arts:
First Place Michael Kahn, Storm Grove Middle School, Moonshine.
High school division award winners
Best Of Show for high school:
Sarah Lemley, Indian River County High School, No Photos Please.
Painting:
First Place Derek Verhoeven, Vero Beach High School, The Hands of Time; Second Place Nicole Farrington, Vero Beach High School, Purify; and Third Place Alexis Barth, Sebastian River High School, Canon Zoom Lens.
Drawing/Mixed media:
First Place Morgan McLaughlin, Sebastian River High School, Classic Beauties; Second Place Maria Manzo, Sebastian River High School, Paisley Tree; Third Place Kristie Sales, Sebastian River High School, Untitled.
3-Dimensional:
First Place Gianna Romero, Indian River Charter High School, Chairrow; Second Place Kaleigh Nesbit, Vero Beach High School, Meer Kreature; and Third Place Darlie Desrosiers, Sebastian River High School, As I was Dreaming.
Photography/Digital media:
First Place Becka Arizpe, Master’s Academy, New Beginnings; Second Place Austin Carroll, St. Edward’s Upper School, Portrait with Feather; and Third Place Linn Tunberg, Indian River Charter High School, First of First.
