Alyssa Shields won Best in Show for her painting “All The Crawly Things.” She also took home second for her senior display.
The Arts
Negative Space Drawing:
1: Claudia De La Garza, “Leaves”; 2: Aaron Johanneson, “Gone Fishing”; 3: Marissa Wymore, “Felt Pen”
Contour Drawing:
1: Lauren Kordas, “Shadows and Texture”; 2: Ludmilla Ageyev, “Digging Deep”; 3: Kaylee McPhail, “Black to Light”
Graphite:
1: Lauren Kordas, “Looking Glass”; 2: Tabitha Hiners, “The Shadows Inside”; 3: Ludmilla Ageyev, “Flourishing Crystal”
Charcoal/Pastel
1: Alyssa Shields, “All the Crawly Things”; 2: Claudia De La Garza, “Untitled”; 3: Makayah Veliz, “Duck Season”
Painting:
1: Alyssa Shields, “In the Big Big Blue”; 2: Samuel Welch, “Untitled Watercolor”; 3: Steven Magellen, “California Nights”
Portraiture:
1: Lauren Kordas, “Mirror Image”; 2: Daryl Kawasaki, “Supposed To Be One Guy But He Left”; 3: Nathan Quesada, “Nathan”
Still Life:
Ludmila Ageyev won first place for her senior display.
1: Ben Koebel, “Can You Grasp”; 2: Alex Gehringer, “Four Eggs in a Bowl”; 3: Nathan Quesada, “Untitled”
Collage:
1: William Hughes; 2: Ian Macarthur; 3: William Hughes
Printmaking:
1: Navjit Sekhon, “2X Man”; 2: Daryl Kawasaki, “Sea of Mountains”; 3: Julianna Contreras, “Collage of My Life”
Ceramics/Sculpture:
1: Alyssa Shields, “Wrapped”; 2: Steven Magellen, “A Hempted Convergence”; 3: Lila Faulhaber, “Heart of the Land”
Ceramics/Pottery:
1: Sam Welch, “Turquoise Bowl, Black and White Decoration”; 2: Tia Mitchell, “Gravity Falls Forest”; 3: Lauren Kordas, “Untitled (Tea Pot)”
Glazing:
Natasha Hanson took home third place for her senior display.
1: Tia Mitchell, “Jellyfish Night”; 2: Natasha Hanson, “My Mom Doesn’t Like This”; 3: Jocelyn Wagner, “Batman’s Starry Night In Seattle”
Raku:
1: Ludmilla Ageyev, “Scorched and Pierced”; 2: Lauren Kordas, “Alligator Skin”; 3: Lila Faulhaber, “Scrape and Scars”
Jurors’ Choice:
Dan Delong: Tia Mitchell, “Time and Space”; Georgia Donovan: Nathan Quesada, “Nathan” ; Tony Gonzalez: Alyssa Shields, “Personality”; Sarah Ulis: Alyssa Shields, “Floating Jellies”
Senior Displays:
1: Ludmilla Ageyev; 2: Alyssa Shields; 3: Natasha Hanson
Best of Show: Alyssa Shields, “All of the Crawly Things”
Teacher’s Choice: Rebecca Stephens, “Pottery”
Blaine Fine Arts Association: Claudia De La Garza
Most Inspirational: Lauren Kordas
Blaine High School Band
Wind ensemble director’s award: Chad Reimer
Wind ensemble inspirational award: Veronica Hughes and Matt Kelly
Senior Matt Kelly plays a solo,
Concert band director’s award: Alexandria Szabo
Concert band inspirational award: Patrick Merrifield and Grace Wilkowski
Blaine High School
Chamber Choir
Most inspirational: Cassie Givens
Outstanding male soloist: Nathan Smith
Outstanding female soloist: Madison Larsen
Director’s award: Irena Ageyev
Blaine High School
Concert Choir
Most Inspirational: Aaron McInnis
Outstanding male soloist: Aaron McInnis
Outstanding female soloist: Alyssa Lopez
Co-director’s award: Jordan Bridges-Thomas and Abigail Toten
