Box Elder, Cache high school artists honored

Box Elder, Cache high school artists honored

Story - Apr 17 2012 - 12:13am
First-place winners in the Two-County High School Art Competition include “Standing Static” (oil painting category) by Jill Johnson of Sky View High.
First-place winners in the Two-County High School Art Competition include “Square Vase and Handles” (three-dimensional category) by Kimber Hess of Bear River High.
"Snapshot of a Generation" by Maranda Haderlie, second place (watercolor category) of Sky View High School.
"Isaac" by Milanna Barnes, second place (oil category) of Mountain Crest High School.
First-place winners in the Two-County High School Art Competition include “Finding Home” (drawing category) by Annalee Brewer of Sky View High.

BRIGHAM CITY -- Winning art in this year's Two-County High School Art Competition runs the gamut, from a drawing of a man with a shopping cart to a square vase.

Kimber Hess, of Bear River High School, took first place in the three-dimensional art category with the square vase. Sky View High School's Annalee Brewer earned first place in the drawing category, with the image of a poor man and his shopping cart, titled "Finding Home."

Jill Johnson, of Sky View High, was named first-place winner in the oil painting category for a painting of legs in red stockings, called "Standing Static." Fellow Sky View High student Emily Peterson took first in the watercolor category with "The Morning Snarl." Hyrum Siebert, from Mountain Crest High School, claimed first place in photography for "Empty Cartridges."

The Two-County High School Art Competition opened March 30 in the Brigham City Museum-Gallery, and remains on display through May 5. The works of art by students from Cache and Box Elder counties includes printmaking, in addition to paintings, photography, drawings and three-dimensional work.

The competition was judged by artist Steve Hansen of Brigham City. Students will be honored at a reception from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, April 19.

The Brigham City Museum-Gallery, at 24 N. 300 West, is open 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays. Admission is free.

For information call 435-226-1439, or see the website at www.brighamcitymuseum.org.

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