Local students win awards at State Fair
Carol Brimm
Each year the Oklahoma State Fair hosts the Junior Art Exhibition in the City Arts Center, just east of the Oklahoma Art Museum at 10th and May in Oklahoma City. This year a total of 1,181 entries were submitted from 81 schools statewide. Judy Osborn and Ann Taylor of Norman judged the entries, selecting 712 pieces for the show. Of those, 317 were awarded Merit Distinctions, including students at Lakehoma Elementary, Mustang Elementary and Mustang Creek Elementary.
Lakehoma Elementary students, Sawyer Gepford, second grade; Alina Magruder, fourth grade Makena Schroeder, second grade, Wyatt Coffman, second grade, Steven Fruit and Clayton Gepford ,who have moved on to Mustang Middle School, each received Merit Distinction Awards for their entries in the art exhibition. Sawyer Gepford drew a dirt bike rider in crayon, Magruder submitted a crayon picture of an Ice Skater, and Schroeder drew a lion in colored pencil.
Other Lakehoma students whose art was selected for the show were: Aaron Bechtel, Daniel Byford, Destiny Dennison, Blake Donaldson, Cassandra Houghton, Sierra McKee, Nicolas Ortiz, Aaron Phillips, Neeley Russell, Sara Ryczkowski, Emily Schneider, Nate Thaler, and Tyler Wardlaw.
Each of the six students at Mustang Creek Elementary whose entries were selected for the show received Merit Distinctions. Ali Booth, third grade, made a fish picture; Chandler Brown, second grade, drew a cat; Bradley Fowler, fifth grade, submitted an oil pastel fish; Shelby Pennington, second grade, drew a dog. Amber Hildago, sixth grade, won for a watercolor and Aaron Miller, sixth grade, submitted a prismacolor.
Mustang Elementary had the entries of 12 students selected for the show with four receiving Merits of Distinction. Megan Dorman, now in middle school, received the Merit Distinction for her Soap/Ink drawing. Joshua Head, fifth grade, drew an F-150 in pencil; Ashleigh Ridenhour, fifth grade, wove a scarf of yarn and straw; and Cristal West, fifth grade, made a tennis shoe of glue and red modeling clay.
Other Mustang Elementary students whose art was selected for the exhibition were: Grace Austin, Michael Ball, Ben Biorato, Sayge Brown, Ashton Evans, Meagan Grossinger, Troy Huddleston, and Holly Shade.
For twelve-year-old Mustang Middle School student, Aaron Phillips, this was the second time his artwork was selected to appear at the state fair. Phillips’ fifth grade art teacher at Lakehoma Elementary, Teresa Hutter, entered the drawing, which Phillips did in her class last year.
His first entry was a crayon picture of a lion that he drew in second grade. Phillips did not win an award for the picture, but it was an honor to be chosen at such a young age, his mother Susan Phillips said.
Phillips says he wants to be an artist when he grows up.
“I used to like doodling in school,” Phillips said. “I started drawing before I took any art classes. I like mechanical pencils best, but I use some colored pencils too.”
Phillips favorite thing to draw is a cow. He said he drew a cow for Western Days that was very funny.
“It had an eye on the side of its head and its tongue was sticking out,” he said. “It was a black and white cow, but I also like to draw chocolate milk cows. I make them brown.”
Phillips’ mother says he likes cartooning and when he entered middle school this year he wanted to take Art for the whole year.
“His life’s aspiration is to be an artist,” his mother said.
Phillips is the son of John and Susan Phillips of Mustang.
All student art will be on display at the Oklahoma State Fair through September 24.
Carol Brimm
Each year the Oklahoma State Fair hosts the Junior Art Exhibition in the City Arts Center, just east of the Oklahoma Art Museum at 10th and May in Oklahoma City. This year a total of 1,181 entries were submitted from 81 schools statewide. Judy Osborn and Ann Taylor of Norman judged the entries, selecting 712 pieces for the show. Of those, 317 were awarded Merit Distinctions, including students at Lakehoma Elementary, Mustang Elementary and Mustang Creek Elementary.
Lakehoma Elementary students, Sawyer Gepford, second grade; Alina Magruder, fourth grade Makena Schroeder, second grade, Wyatt Coffman, second grade, Steven Fruit and Clayton Gepford ,who have moved on to Mustang Middle School, each received Merit Distinction Awards for their entries in the art exhibition. Sawyer Gepford drew a dirt bike rider in crayon, Magruder submitted a crayon picture of an Ice Skater, and Schroeder drew a lion in colored pencil.
Other Lakehoma students whose art was selected for the show were: Aaron Bechtel, Daniel Byford, Destiny Dennison, Blake Donaldson, Cassandra Houghton, Sierra McKee, Nicolas Ortiz, Aaron Phillips, Neeley Russell, Sara Ryczkowski, Emily Schneider, Nate Thaler, and Tyler Wardlaw.
Each of the six students at Mustang Creek Elementary whose entries were selected for the show received Merit Distinctions. Ali Booth, third grade, made a fish picture; Chandler Brown, second grade, drew a cat; Bradley Fowler, fifth grade, submitted an oil pastel fish; Shelby Pennington, second grade, drew a dog. Amber Hildago, sixth grade, won for a watercolor and Aaron Miller, sixth grade, submitted a prismacolor.
Mustang Elementary had the entries of 12 students selected for the show with four receiving Merits of Distinction. Megan Dorman, now in middle school, received the Merit Distinction for her Soap/Ink drawing. Joshua Head, fifth grade, drew an F-150 in pencil; Ashleigh Ridenhour, fifth grade, wove a scarf of yarn and straw; and Cristal West, fifth grade, made a tennis shoe of glue and red modeling clay.
Other Mustang Elementary students whose art was selected for the exhibition were: Grace Austin, Michael Ball, Ben Biorato, Sayge Brown, Ashton Evans, Meagan Grossinger, Troy Huddleston, and Holly Shade.
For twelve-year-old Mustang Middle School student, Aaron Phillips, this was the second time his artwork was selected to appear at the state fair. Phillips’ fifth grade art teacher at Lakehoma Elementary, Teresa Hutter, entered the drawing, which Phillips did in her class last year.
His first entry was a crayon picture of a lion that he drew in second grade. Phillips did not win an award for the picture, but it was an honor to be chosen at such a young age, his mother Susan Phillips said.
Phillips says he wants to be an artist when he grows up.
“I used to like doodling in school,” Phillips said. “I started drawing before I took any art classes. I like mechanical pencils best, but I use some colored pencils too.”
Phillips favorite thing to draw is a cow. He said he drew a cow for Western Days that was very funny.
“It had an eye on the side of its head and its tongue was sticking out,” he said. “It was a black and white cow, but I also like to draw chocolate milk cows. I make them brown.”
Phillips’ mother says he likes cartooning and when he entered middle school this year he wanted to take Art for the whole year.
“His life’s aspiration is to be an artist,” his mother said.
Phillips is the son of John and Susan Phillips of Mustang.
All student art will be on display at the Oklahoma State Fair through September 24.
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