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Regional High School Art Exhibition on display at 91传媒

Regional High School Art Exhibition on display at 91传媒

LA GRANDE, Ore. 鈥� The Eastern Oregon Regional High School Art Exhibition featuring over 250 works by students from 15 regional high schools opened Friday, February 20. Awards were presented by Nightingale Gallery Director Cory Peeke. The 91传媒 Art Department and Nightingale Gallery would like to congratulate the following award winners from this year鈥檚 exhibition and recognize the hardworking educators who make it all possible.聽聽

Awards were presented for exemplary work by students in grades 9-12. All Best of Show winners received an award certificate, a $50 Dick Blick Art Supply gift card, and a sketchbook from the 91传媒 Art Department, as well as an 91传媒 tote bag and other 91传媒 swag, compliments of the Offices of Admissions and University Advancement. Honorable Mention recipients received a certificate of award.

Best of Show 12^th Grade:

Ezra Storlie (Enterprise High) for their oil painting 鈥淔uture, Present, Past鈥� 

Best of Show 11^th Grade:    

Maximus Eckstein (Elgin High) for their ceramic sculpture鈥淪hell of Great Detail鈥�

Best of Show 10^th Grade:    

Brielle McCrae (Powder Valley High) for their inkjet print 鈥淏lack and White Light鈥�

Best of Show 9th Grade:

Allah Wallace (Joseph Charter School) for their graphite drawing 鈥淪tudent Portrait鈥�

Honorable Mentions:

Burns

Lyra Lu, 11^th grade, for their watercolor 鈥淶oey鈥� 

Grant Union

Lilly Paddock, 11^th grade, for their drawing 鈥淐rab Apple Shade鈥�

La Grande

Rydar McIlmoil, 11^th grade, for their ceramic pot 鈥淭he Piece鈥�

McLoughlin

Katelynn Martinez, 12^th grade, for their mixed media work 鈥淧iecing Together the Past鈥�

Kyla Thorpe, 9^th grade, for their drawing 鈥淩edmont鈥�

Pendleton

Ella La Mere, 12^th grade, for their mixed media sculpture 鈥淭he Socking鈥�

Isaia Norris, 11^th grade, for their Inkjet Print 鈥淯ntitled鈥�

Zarina Park, 12^th grade, for their painting 鈥淲ho Ate My Leftovers鈥�

Powder Valley

Aiden Flores, 11^th grade, for their inkjet print 鈥淎lexis鈥�

Ella Herrera, 9^th grade, for their inkjet print 鈥淕race鈥�  

Union

Faith Albers, 10^th grade, for their painting 鈥淣onchalant鈥�

Liberty Albers, 12^th grade, for their painting 鈥淛oy鈥�

Tyler Leathers, 10^th grade, for their painting 鈥淎shla鈥�

Four regional art centers presented special awards to young artists from their service areas. Art Center East presented an 鈥淓xcellence in the Arts-Union County鈥� award to Lauren Leathers 12th grader from Union High for their ceramic sculpture 鈥淚ntrusive Thoughts,鈥� an 鈥淓xcellence in the Arts-Grant County鈥� award to Calia Paddock 10th grader from Grant Union High for their drawing 鈥淧omegranate,鈥� and an 鈥淓xcellence in the Arts-Harney County鈥� award to Lyra Lu 11th grader from Burns High for their painting 鈥淐hubby Cat.鈥� Each award comes with an ACE art kit. Baker County鈥檚 Crossroads Carnegie Art Center awarded a $50 award. Their 鈥淥utstanding Baker High School Student Award鈥� went to 10th grader Daelylah Dalton for their ceramic sculpture 鈥淕rax.鈥� Pendleton Center for the Arts presented a $100 鈥淧CA Award of Distinction鈥� to Pendleton High School 12th grader Zarina Park for their acrylic painting 鈥淚ntersection of NW 6th and Garden.鈥� The Josephy Center for Arts and Culture presented the 鈥淲allowa County High School Best of Show Award鈥� in the form of a $100 Dick Blick gift card to Abigail Dundas of Joseph for their Ink and watercolor drawing 鈥淣o More.鈥�

Art Center East鈥檚 award was selected by Jennifer Durr, ACE Gallery Director, and presented by Rikki Jo Hickey, ACE Youth Learning Coordinator. Crossroads Carnegie Art Center鈥檚 award winner was selected by Cory Peeke on behalf of Crossroads Executive Director Ginger Savage and presented by Crossroads Education Coordinator Melody Chaves. The Pendleton Center for the Arts award was selected by PCA Executive Director Roberta Lavadour. The Josephy Center award was selected by 91传媒 Art faculty, and both the PCA and Josephy awards were presented by Cory Peeke.

You can view the winning artists鈥� works on the Nightingale鈥檚 account.

鈥淥n behalf of the 91传媒 Art Department and the Nightingale Gallery, I would like to congratulate the winners and all the students with work on view,鈥� said Cory Peeke, Nightingale Gallery Director, 鈥渁nd I would also like to congratulate the art teachers who go above and beyond to make this event the success it is each year.鈥� The following is a list of those teachers:

Baker City High School-Koedi Birmingham

Burns High School-Emily Kokesh

Cove High School-Eric Gustavson

Crane Union High School-Connie Robbins

Echo High School-Rick Thew

Elgin High School-Amanda Welch

Enterprise High School-Dianne Pfel

Grant Union High School- JJ Collier
Joseph Charter School- Jennifer Hawkins
La Grande High School-Rich McIlmoil

McLoughlin High School (Milton-Freewater)-Marianne Smith

Monument High School- Erica Cade 

Pendleton High School- Abby Prevot

Powder Valley High School- Jessie Street
Union High School-Jaime Gustavson

The 2026 Eastern Oregon Regional High School Exhibition runs through March 13. The Nightingale Gallery is located in Loso Hall on the campus of 91传媒 in La Grande, OR.聽 Gallery hours are Monday-Friday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.聽聽