ArtFest Fort Myers awarded $7,400 in prizes to Lee County high school students at the Art Under 20 Award Reception, held at the Harborside Event Center on February 29th.
At this season’s Art Under 20, proudly sponsored by Suncoast Credit Union, local high school students representing 18 Lee County high schools entered 293 pieces of artwork. The student art was exhibited at the fine art festival the first weekend in February and was previewed by thousands of festival patrons. Art Under 20 judges, Janice Grau and Todd Babb had the difficult task of selecting the winners from among many talented students. Mr. Greg Pasanen, Suncoast Credit Union Regional Vice President, presented the award checks to the winning students.
Awards were given in the categories of Digital, Drawing, Photography, Painting, 3-Dimensional and Mixed Media. The cash award levels were $900 for Best of Show, $400 for First Place, $200 for Second Place, $100 for Third Place and $50 for Honorable Mention. Festival attendees voted for the People’s Choice winner, resulting in a $300 cash award. Through the generosity of the Fewster family, the Fewster Family Scholarship Award was $500. The Ikki Matsumoto Award was $500. The Bruce Tyson AIA Award was $100.
Pictured is Best of Show Winner, Fiona Dowling with Greg Pasanen, Suncoast Credit Union (left) and Fiona’s parents, Mr & Mrs Dowling
Art Under 20 Award Winners, School
BEST OF SHOW: Fiona Dowling, Fort Myers High School
PHOTOGRAPHY
1st: Grace Speas, Fort Myers High
2nd: Katelynn Heinkel, Riverdale High
3rd: Kylie Corey, Fort Myers High
PAINTING
1st: Savanna Tennant, Cypress Lake High
2nd: Tricia Shamburger, Cypress Lake High
DRAWING
1st: Raja Albahou, South Fort Myers High
2nd: Melisssa Leone, Canterbury School
3rd: Stephanie Boyd, Mariner High
3-DIMENSIONAL
1st: Hannah Trusiewicz, Mariner High
2nd: Megan Gerst, Lehigh High
3rd: Ava Yee, Estero High
MIXED MEDIA
1st: Rachel Hujsa, Fort Myers High
2nd: Amalia Smith, Dunbar High
3rd: Rebecca Casimir, Cypress Lake High
DIGITAL
1st: Mallory Pollock, Canterbury School
2nd: Pamela McCabe, Mariner High
3rd: Ralph Lehnert, Canterbury School
PEOPLE’S CHOICE: Peyton Hornung, Canterbury School
FEWSTER FAMILY SCHOLARSHIP AWARD: Elijah Benzon, Canterbury School
IKKI MATSUMOTO AWARD: Jade Buohler, Lehigh High
BRUCE TYSON AIA AWARD: Chelsea Christopher, Riverdale High
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
- Sierra Martin, Riverdale High
- Stephanie Dickey, Fort Myers High
- Yevheniya Krasynska, Cape Coral High
- Katelynn Coate, Lehigh High
- Alexis Slobodzian, Fort Myers High
- Andrea Mains, North Fort Myers School
- Kelly Walker, Cypress Lake High
- Hannah Eberz, North Fort Myers High
- Gracie Wright, Cape Coral High
- Alexzandria Fornal, Cape Coral High
- Riley Hare, Island Coast High
- Inka Schultz, Mariner High
- Taylor Kent, Fort Myers High
- Elieser De Diego, North Fort Myers High
- Nolan Nowak, Cypress Lake High
- Zhengbal Xia, Canterbury School
- Isaac Bender, Cypress Lake High
- Phillip Almeida, North Fort Myers High
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