2022 Young People’s Fine Arts Festival Winners

High School Awards

Judge’s Choice:
Mya Hausauer – PCHS – Puppeteer

Drawing
1st Place – Alyson Stites – PCHS – Worldly Treasures
2nd Place – Mya Hausauer – PCHS – Dreamland
3rd Place – Ky Lane – PCHS
Honorable Mention – Kasey Therrell – UPHS – Self-Portrait
Honorable Mention – Aubrey McVeigh – PCHS
Honorable Mention – Jesse Benedict – NMHS

Mixed Medium
1st Place- Mason Ellzey – NMHS
2nd Place – Zoe Wall – PCHS – Controlled Burn
3rd Place – Caroline Acker – O’Neal – Transformation
Honorable Mention – Aleyah Mendiola – STARS – Character Cards

Painting
1st Place – Mya Hausauer – PCHS – Puppeteer
2nd Place – Janet Lopez – NMHS
3rd Place – Maya McLeod – PCHS – Best Medicine
Honorable Mention – Audrey Kim – O’Neal – Narcissus after Caravaggio

Photography & Digital Art
1st Place – Elijah Brown – NMHS – Transparency
2nd Place – Darrah Harrison – UPHS – Canned Crush
3rd Place – Alexandra Barnwell – O’Neal – Fossil Fuel
Honorable Mention – Logan Brown – NMHS – Pieces
Honorable Mention – Clara Kellner – UPHS – Funeral Flower

Printmaking
1st Place – Lauren Henderson – UPHS – Cat Anatomy
2nd Place – Diana Sanchez – NMHS – Ink Matters

3-D
1st Place – Mikayla Perry – NMHS – Dirty Soles
2nd Place – Theo Ardinger – PCHS – Jungle Gym
3rd Place – Avery Janis – UPHS – Optical Illusion Orb
Honorable Mention – Kendra Strickland – NMHS – Butterfly Garden
Honorable Mention – Tara Owens – PCHS – The Professor

Middle School Awards

Judge’s Choice:  David Flynn III – Highfalls – Praying Mantis

Drawing
1st Place – Samara Sisk – Crain’s Creek – Pollinator Patterns
2nd Place – Nadeznda Izotova – STARS – Charcoal Landscape
3rd Place – Madelyne Kleen – SMS – Fault
Honorable Mention – Ameyah Tongue – SMS – The Tavern
Honorable Mention – Shaylee Miller – New Century
Honorable Mention – Mikayla Voltz – West Pine – Frosted Flakes
Honorable Mention – Norah Drake – Sandhills Classical – Marilyn Monroe

Mixed Medium
1st Place – Keeley Ferdinand – West Pine – Sea Storm
2nd Place – Adriel Guerra Solorio – Elise – Earthless
3rd Place – Maddie Stein – Crain’s Creek – Shift in the Studio
Honorable Mention – Natalie Mason – Crain’s Creek – Barred Owl
Honorable Mention – Romeo Moreno – O’Neal – Life at Rest
Honorable Mention – Hadley Zeh – West Pine – Cool Quilt
Honorable Mention – Henley Brewer – Highfalls – Under the Lillies
Honorable Mention – Leila Flechsenhaar – Crain’s Creek – Parrott
Honorable Mention – Connor Minnicozzi – West Pine – Clone Trooper
Honorable Mention – Cloe Isenhart – STARS – Still Life

Painting
1st Place – Natalie Mason – Crain’s Creek – Australian Dot
2nd Place – Hayden Pierce – West Pine – Aboriginal Dot
3rd Place – Eden Wallace – West Pine – ESW Little Nightmares
Honorable Mention – Christina Acker – O’Neal – Cube It
Honorable Mention – Kailynn Cochran – Westmoore – In This Together
Honorable Mention – Sydney Davis – O’Neal – Scoop
Honorable Mention – Sophia Baker – Sandhills Classical – Peach
Honorable Mention – Avianna Smith – SMS – You Flower, You Feast
Honorable Mention – Trevor Franklin – O’Neal – Hudson River

Printmaking
1st Place – Sydney Reilly – Westmoore – Dragon
2nd Place – Jynadia Brown – Crain’s Creek – Monoprint Nature

Photography & Digital Art
1st Place – Carly Monroe – Westmoore – Mona Lisa
2nd Place – Alyssa Richardson – Elise – Dragon Eye
3rd Place – Claire Robbins – Westmoore
Honorable Mention – Ella Fields – Westmoore – Self Portrait

3-D
1st Place – David Flynn III– Highfalls – Praying Mantis
2nd Place – Hollie Saunders – Highfalls – Spring
3rd Place – Chasity Atkinson – Westmoore – Starry Night
Honorable Mention – Carly Lyons – New Century – Blooming Blossom
Honorable Mention – Maggie Roberts – Elise
Honorable Mention – Kendall Grant – Highfalls – Iridescent
Honorable Mention – Angela Mann – STARS – Pop Art Mask

Elementary School Awards

Honorable Mention – Maryn Evans – Pinehurst Elementary
Honorable Mention – Lyndon Hart – Pinehurst Elementary
Honorable Mention – Maggie West – Carthage Elementary
Honorable Mention – Quinn Garner – Carthage Elementary
Honorable Mention – Zoe Simpson – Vass-Lakeview Elementary
Honorable Mention – Amelia Bobo – Vass-Lakeview Elementary
Honorable Mention – Logan Demeyere – Episcopal Day School
Honorable Mention – Caroline Hoiland – Episcopal Day School
Honorable Mention – Faith Rowland – Episcopal Day School
Honorable Mention – DeNali Johnson – Aberdeen Elementary
Honorable Mention – Josie James – Aberdeen Elementary
Honorable Mention – Zi’Mon Johnson – STARS
Honorable Mention – Sydney Randall – STARS
Honorable Mention- Elena Escobar – Cameron Elementary
Honorable Mention –Remington Bennett – Cameron Elementary
Honorable Mention – Aubrey Covington – Highfalls Elementary
Honorable Mention – Sadie Donathan – Highfalls Elementary
Honorable Mention – Charlotte Sloan – Highfalls Elementary
Honorable Mention – Ariadna Vazquez Lira – Highfalls Elementary
Honorable Mention – Nova Donovan – O’Neal
Honorable Mention – Zaida Savely – O’Neal
Honorable Mention – Emily Gross – Sandhills Farm-Life Elementary
Honorable Mention – Jersie Patterson – Sandhills Farm-Life Elementary
Honorable Mention – Liam Corley – Southern Pines Elementary
Honorable Mention – Tucker Cope – Southern Pines Elementary
Honorable Mention – Riley Sidlinger – McDeed’s Creek Elementary
Honorable Mention – Eleana Garrison – McDeed’s Creek Elementary
Honorable Mention – Taylor Pride – West End Elementary
Honorable Mention – Everett Sparrow – West End Elementary
Honorable Mention – Claire Eitel – Academy of Moore
Honorable Mention – Mia Janker, Rylee Johnson – Academy of Moore
Honorable Mention – Tulla, Addson, Acacia – Academy of Moore
Honorable Mention – Bella Karshner – Westmoore Elementary
Honorable Mention – Ray Rodriguez Jaimes – Westmoore Elementary
Honorable Mention – Valeria Benavides Romero – Robbins Elementary
Honorable Mention – Dayanna Aquirre Maria – Robbins Elementary
Honorable Mention – Sophia Blanco – West Pine Elementary
Honorable Mention – Nolan Murphy – West Pine Elementary
Honorable Mention – William Collins – Moore Montessori
Honorable Mention – Maliha Kyles – Moore Montessori

School Awards

Elementary School
1st = Highfalls
2nd = Academy of Moore
3rd = Episcopal Day
4th = Vass Lakeview

Middle School
1st = Crain’s Creek
2nd = Highfalls

High School
1st = Pinecrest
2nd = North Moore

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