On Thursday night, Warsaw High School held the 37th annual Art Exhibit and Fine Arts Festival from 6 to 9 p.m. The event is sponsored yearly by the Associate Chapter of Tri Kappa, a sorority group with the goal of promoting charity, culture and education in Indiana.

The main event was the juried art show held in the Black Box Theater. There, Warsaw students displayed their visual artwork created throughout the school year. The artwork was divided into 12 different categories and three local artists juried the show, complete with monetary awards.

Eighteen Warsaw High School seniors had a special display during the art show. Each senior displayed their bestcreations from throughout their whole high school career. The seniors included the following: Colton Andrews, Emily Bailey, Keegan Bayne, Jonathan Beres, Kara Blair, Blanca Cervantes, Kylee Clark, Miguelangel Gomez Arevalo, Aarshia Jain, Sharon Kim, Emma Lehman, Madison Lindeman, Noemi Lopez, Caroline Mayer, Jessica Medellin-Sanchez, Patrick Mosher, Jessica Skeans and Kortney Stahl.

Other events throughout the evening included a showing of student produced music videos, performances by the WCS String Ensemble and the WCHS Jazz Band and demonstrations of a potter’s wheel, stone carving and painting. The Culinary Art students also prepared and served the appetizers available throughout the evening.

The following is a complete list of awards given:

Best of Show

Sidney Larue

Runner-Up Best of Show

Eliza Kuhn

Purchase Award

Aarshia Jaine

Art Club Scholarship

Kortney Stahl

Mixed Media

First Place – Gustavo Cartagena

Second Place – Kortney Stahl

Third Place – Zaya Henn

Honorable Mention – Aarshia Jain, Lynae Dawson, Jessie Garris and Bonnie Gordon

Drawing Black and White

First Place – Annie Carter

Second Place – Zaya Henn

Third Place – Tori Heinsman

Honorable Mention – Zeb Hernandez, Annie Carter, Makaela Whitfield and Erin Peugh

Drawing Color

First Place – Cheyanne Gibson

Second Place – Cheyanne Gibson

Third Place – Jessica Medillin Sanchez

Honorable Mention – Aarshia Jain, Jessica Medillin Sanchez, Tatum Pace, Kortney Stahl, Colton Andrews and Anna Marie Kelly

Watercolor

First Place – Drake Swartzentruber

Second Place – Owen Glogovsky

Third Place – Sharon Kim

Honorable Mention – Kortney Stahl, Drake Swartzentruber and Alex Sanchez.

Pottery 

First Place – Brenden Wolfe

Second Place – Rosalyn Miller

Third Place – Kylie Knecht

Honorable Mention – Jessika Skeans, Matthew Hastings, Elizabeth VanWormer, Rylie Knecht, Rosalyn Miller, Elizabeth VanWormer, Rylie Knecht, Morgan Smith, Noah Ault, Tiffany Rusinack, Elizabeth VanWormer, Rosalyn Miller and Rylie Knecht.

Painting

First Place – Mallory Hooks

Second Place – Own Glogovsky

Third Place – Elizabeth Armstrong

Honorable Mention – Kylee Gudeman, Rylie Knecht, Kylee Gudeman and Owen Glogovsky

Sculpture

First Place – Rosalyn Miller

Second Place – Rosalyn Miller

Third Place – Gustavo Carta Gena

Honorable Mention – Yael Ortiz, Laura White, Haley Schaeffer, Elizabeth VanWormer, Noemi Lopez, Tiffany Rusinack, Erin Peugh, Aarshia Jain and Noemi Lopez.

Graphics

First Place – Jonathan Beres

Second Place – Brenden Wolfe

Third Place – Trevor Stichter

Honorable Mention – Richard Sanchez, Tori Heinsman, Noemi Lopez, Miguel Goemz, Jonathan Beres, Emily Lynch, Adora Gigous, Tori Heinsman, Karina Lopez and Ana Hamrick.

Photography Black and White

First Place – Jonathan Beres

Second Place – Kaela Lucke

Third Place – Gabby Hammill

Honorable Mention – Chloe Snow, Alexis Rivera, Brenna Shipley and Lillian Stinson

Photography Color

First Place – Alexis Walton

Second Place – Jake Rackley

Third Place – Michaela Wrightsman

Honorable Mention – Kortney Stahl, Brenna Shipley, Zach Taylor, Zach Taylor, Madison Wagoner, Brittany Blankenship, Allison Miller, Michaela Roark, Noah Hutton, Brenda Alvarado, Kaela Locke, Emman Gelbaugh, Lillian Stinson, Hondo Granados, Jonathan Beres and Kylee Gudeman

Printmaking

First Place – Taylor Biberstein

Second Place – Adora Gigous

Third Place – Kaitlyn Whitake

Honorable Mention – Zach Taylor, Brooke Neubaum, Sara Perkins, Israel Lucas, Tori Heinsman, Taylor Biberstein and Esquiel Espino.