Eleven talented young artists were presented awards from the Rock Springs Woman’s Club at a reception on May 11 at the Community Fine Arts Center. Honorees included, kneeling in front, Aurora Lindsay and Kaitlyne Willey; and back, Emily Bae, Jorge Olivas, Isabella Purdum, Dempsey Cross, Hayden Cutler, Joshua Harris, Emma Roark and Daniel Yang.
Richa Cherney, a third-grade student at Desert View Elementary School, accepted an art award from the Woman’s Club of Rock Springs for her watercolor flower painting.
Eleven talented young artists were presented awards from the Rock Springs Woman’s Club at a reception on May 11 at the Community Fine Arts Center. Honorees included, kneeling in front, Aurora Lindsay and Kaitlyne Willey; and back, Emily Bae, Jorge Olivas, Isabella Purdum, Dempsey Cross, Hayden Cutler, Joshua Harris, Emma Roark and Daniel Yang.
Richa Cherney, a third-grade student at Desert View Elementary School, accepted an art award from the Woman’s Club of Rock Springs for her watercolor flower painting.
ROCK SPRINGS — A group of promising young artists were recognized for their talents at a presentation and reception on May 11 at the Community Fine Arts Center. The Woman’s Club of Rock Springs hosted the reception and presented awards to the elementary and junior high students.
The annual statewide convention for the General Federation of Women’s Clubs of Wyoming took place in April in Laramie with several local club members in attendance. Each year the women honor the youth of Wyoming by with an art competition, bringing art from local schools to the state convention. Independent judges rank the students’ artwork giving first-, second- and third-place ribbons to the winners.
Eleven pieces of artwork were taken to the convention by the local club. When the Youth Arts Month displays are exhibited each year at the CFAC, club members pick their award winners. All 11 students received a certificate of merit as well as a monetary award from the Rock Springs Woman’s Club. Club President Edna Larsen and Leslie Jo Gatti, former club and state president, presented the awards. Other club members in attendance were Marcia Volner, Maggie Choate and Cindy Moore.
The two Sage Elementary School students who received awards were third-grader Isabelle Purdum with “Mosaic Tree” and fourth-grader Aurora Lindsay with her collage “Orange Cat.” Richa Cherney from Desert View and Daniel Yang from Westridge, who are both in the third grade, were awarded for their colorful marker and watercolor florals. Third-grade student Dempsey Cross from Northpark Elementary School was honored for her collage “Colorful Elephant.”
Hayden Cutler, a fifth-grade student from Eastside Elementary School, won an award for his “Fall Pumpkins” colored pencil. Kaitlyne Willey, a fifth-grader at Pilot Butte Elementary, won her award with her “Red Mandala.” Sixth grade student Joshua Harris, also from Pilot Butte, won recognition with a colored pencil design “Striped Ripples.”
Rock Springs Junior High student Jorge Olivas, a seventh-grader, had his painting “Games” selected. Emily Bae’s painting of a raven and Emma Roark’s “Delicate Pear” pencil drawing earned the eighth-graders awards.
In addition to all the students being local winners, four students received awards at the statewide convention in their grade levels. Bae and Cutler earned first-place ribbons and Harris and Roark took home second-place honors.
Sweetwater County School District No. 1 art teachers who have encouraged these students include Olivia Benz, Jacob Harkins, Nanci Rollins, Abbie Showecker, and Halli Riskus.
“These young artists put their best effort into their work and we are happy to recognize and hopefully encourage them to continue doing their best,” said Gatti, who is also current arts program coordinator. “The Rock Springs Woman’s Club is committed to recognizing the talents of the youth of our community.”
