May Early Art Show winners announced

Moorhead Cultural Center

May Early Art Show Winners selected

Pam Cates from Missouri Valley was the honorary judge at the “Up & Coming Artists” Art Show at the Moorhead Cultural Center.

Pam attended graphic arts training at Studio Academy in Omaha after High School and went on to work at the University of Nebraska Medical Center Graphic Arts Department and Boys Town Research Hospital Graphic Arts Department. She earned her bachelor’s degree with art as her major.  Pam has been a successful watercolor artist, earning awards and participating in various art shows over the years and belonged to many art groups.

The young school artists entries in the contest were split into 3 separate age groups. The Western Iowa Youth entries came from the following: Boyer Valley, Charter Oak-Ute, West Monona, and West Harrison Community Schools.

Cate's selections were as follows:

Kindergarten through 4^th Grades:

1^st) Briggs Maach, 2^nd Grade, Charter Oak-Ute, first place, “Cattle Trailer” art piece.

2^nd) Charles Lavender, 4^th Grade, Charter Oak-Ute, “Art” piece.  

3^rd) Emmerie Meade, 3^rd Grade, Charter Oak-Ute, “Pumpkin Cat”.

5^th through 8^th Grades

1^st) Ayvalynn Nygaard, 8^th Grade, West Monona, “Conflict Among the Cosmos”.

2^nd) Hannah Peitsch, 7^th Grade, Charter Oak-Ute, “Jellyfish”.  “

3^rd) Juliette Roy, 8^th Grade, West Harrison, “Shoe”

High School

1^st) Ciana Johnson, 11^th grade, West Monona, “Daffodils”.

2^nd) Manah Nichols, 10^th grade, West Monona, “Westeria Vine”.

3^rd) AF Leach, 10^th Grade, West Monona, “Fox”.

Judges Choice

1^st) Erin Lewis, 12^th grade, West Harrison, “Portrait”.

A judges comment sheet was completed for all 42 entrants by Judge Pam Cates which will be given to the students. Cates stated “All entries had such good positive qualities with a great variety of mediums of the students choice. The art teachers from these schools need to be recognized for their instructions to these art students”.

Area residents may view these and the other entries at the Cultural Center in Moorhead, May 14 through June 14, from 1 – 4 p.m., or by appointment by calling Diann Iversen at 712 880-1185.