Hayden Hardt-Zeman, Nederland.   This year at Nederland middle senior highschool (NMSHS) 6th through 12th grade were able to participate in Art at Altitude, a local show at the schoool. In this Gallary their were many fine pieces.

Middle School:

Honorable Mention; Mary Jean Jarril

Honorable Mention: Teaghan Hartman

5th place: Clara Miller

4th place: Ande Hammers

3rd place: Lauren Dirr

2nd place: Megan Hess

1st place: Kevin Ackerman

High School:

Honorable Mention: Marguerite Bradley

Honorable Mention: Eirwen McClish

5th place: Anaya Arroyo

4th place: Shayna Beckham

3rd place: Sajan Malla

2nd place: Madi Brewer

1st place: Denta Lanthier

People’s choice award: Dante Lanthier

The people who judged the gallery were Susan Blurton - Ned elementary art teacher, and Ann Fremgen (who was Mrs. Redmon’s high school art teacher. Ann Fremgen is retired and creates art constantly. The judges spent just over three hours looking at the work and figureing out what would place and in which order.

Mrs. Redmon did most of the set up. The students picked which art pieces they wanted to submit. And, Mark Mabbett helped make the wooden frames for the paper layered projects that were displayed.

Mrs. Redmon said, “I love this show more than other art compositions because the students are able to freely express themselves. They do not need to fit their work into a theme or anything like that. It’s also wonderful having local sponsors donate cash for awards so it is even more about the students. There is a lot of support for art in our community so I think this is a very special event.”

(Originally published in the December 13, 2018, print edition of The Mountain-Ear.)