WARSAW — Last night, Warsaw Community High School students were honored during the 38th Annual Associate Chapter of Tri Kappa Art Exhibit and Fine Arts Festival. The exhibit is held yearly to recognize those students with exceptional art work.

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.

Eleven WCHS seniors had a special display during the art show. Each senior displayed their best creations from throughout their whole high school career. Tiffany Rusinack won first place for her display, Drake Swartzentruber won second place and Ezequiel Espino won third place. Seniors who received honorable mention were Victoria Heinsman, Abby Gibson, Madison Wagoner, Daisie Poe, Gabriella Aguirre, Anna Craig, Madyson Hepler and Rylie Knecht.

Other events throughout the evening included a showing of student produced 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
Tiffany Rusinack

Runner-up Best of Show
Brittany Blankenship

Purchase Award
Tiffany Rusinack

Art Club Scholarship
Tiffany Rusinack

Mixed Media
First Place – Anna Craig
Second Place – Gage Hall
Third Place – Deisy Rico

Drawing Black and White
First Place – Annie Carter
Second Place – Jessie Garris
Third Place – Ezequiel Espino

Drawing Color
First Place – Annie Carter
Second Place – Drake Swartzentruber
Third Place – Drake Swartzentruber

Watercolor 
First Place – Drake Swartzentruber
Second Place – Drake Swartzentruber
Third Place – Annie Carter

Pottery
First Place – Rylie Knecht
Second Place – Tiffany Rusinack
Third Place Rylie Knecht

Painting 
First Place – Drake Swartzentruber
Second Place – Annie Carter
Third Place – Jannica Serayheap

Sculpture 
First Place – Tyler Warner
Second Place – Tiffany Rusinack
Third Place – Victoria Heinsman

Graphics
First Place – Drake Swartzentruber
Second Place – Ismael Garcia
Third Place – Noemi Vargas

Photography Black and White
First Place – Brittany Blankenship
Second Place – Madison Wagoner
Third Place – Riley Bloemendaal

Photography Color
First Place – Brittany Blankenship
Second Place – Madison Wagoner
Third Place – Cheyenne Mullins

Printmaking 
First Place – Annie Carter
Second Place – Taylor Biberstine
Third Place Makayla Reed