Multiple Bayfield High School students had strong showings during an annual art competition, held right in their own backyard.
Aside from winning awards in multiple categories, Ivy Hinkle, Martina Wagman and Tauer Crotty each won top honors for some of the more prestigious awards at the Intermountain League Art Show on April 25 at the BHS Gymnasium.
Hinkle’s acrylic painting was named Best of Show, Wagman’s oil painting won the Judges Choice 2D Advanced award, and Crotty’s ceramic and metal sculpture won the Judges Choice Advanced 3D art award, according to a news release on the Bayfield School District’s website.
There were about 600 pieces of art that were entered into the competition, the release said.
Alamosa, Bayfield, Pagosa Springs, Montezuma-Cortez, Alamosa, Centauri and Monte Vista all competed in the event, the release said. All six schools rotate hosting the event each year, and 2024 marked Bayfield’s time to do so.
Diane West of Diane West Jewelry and Art in Durango, former Fort Lewis College art teacher Barbara Klemia and Kasey Correia of Dancing Spirit in Ignacio judged the competition, according to the release.
| Conner Martindale |
| Tauer Crotty |
| Leslie Gonora |
| Cera Stolworthy |
| Lucy Porter |
| Gabriella Vierheilig |
| Martina Wageman |
| Maia Otany |
| Joseph Vierheilig |
| Ashlyn Talbot |
| Wrenalee Moore |
| Keelie Knip |
| Mia Rae |
| Meeghan Burrows |
| Martina Wageman |
| Gage Diamond |
| Mckenna Noonan |
| Noah Anderson |
| Lillian Chavez |
| Meeghan Burrows |
| Emma Vaughn |
| Audrey Knapp |
| Briauna Lawten |
| Isadora Brubaker |
| Ryker Owens |
| Ginny Fiest |
| Catherine Ludwig |
| Meeghan Burrows |
| Brylee Sampley |
| Payton Montgomery |
| Ashlyn Talbot |
| Kambrie Byrd |
| Madelyn Owen |
| Lincoln Williams |
| Austin Wilmer |
| Granite Truby |
| Mckenna Noonan |
| Addison Ashby |
| Anna Vaughn |
| Mia Rae |
| Ivy Hinkle |
| Christiana Sutherlin |
| Ashley Schnider |
| Hannah Taylor |
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