Mars high school students recognized at art show
Mars Area High School students earned multiple awards in the district’s 2024 Spring Art show, held April 26 at the high school:
Drawing
Sydney Denk, sophomore, first place, “Innate”
Ava Herbolich, junior, second place, “Taylor”
Alyssa Hipsky, junior, third place, “Natural Phenomenon”
Bunny Behr, senior, honorable mention, “Bunny”
Painting
Maggie Lyker, junior, first place, “Layin”
Madalynn Balfour, junior, second place, “Anticipation”
Alyssa Hipsky, junior, third place, “Intensity”
Vivian Frank, senior, honorable mention, “What it Takes”
Lyra Whitcroft, junior, honorable mention, “Wired”
Printmaking
Vivien Miller, junior, first place, “Innominate”
Sydney Denk, sophomore, second place, “Reflections of Vivien”
Bunny Behr, senior, third place, “Hopping Circles”
Camille Bird, junior, honorable mention, “At the End of the Day”
Alyssa Hipsky, junior, honorable mention, “Ache”
Gianna Mannella, junior, honorable mention, “Bloom in Color”
Mixed Media
Vivien Miller, junior, first place, “Triad”
Maverick Hart, junior, second place “Halloween Crab”
Hannah Wood, sophomore, third place, “Blue Rick”
Kaitlyn Metzger, senior, honorable mention “Huckleberry in Pursuit”
Niina Takeuchi, junior, honorable mention, “Shinen”
3D
Gian DePretis, senior, first place, “The Meat Grinder”
Meredith Mycka, senior, second place, “Mark the Pig”
Olivia Miller, sophomore, third place, “Off White X Nike”
Drawing
El Hahn, senior, first place, “Black Rabbi”
Rylee Wooldridge, sophomore, second place, “Breakfast at Tiffany’s”
Brooke Bender, freshman, third place, “Christmas on Paper”
Madisyn McAfee, freshman, honorable mention, “Safe Space”
Ethan Bergdahl, freshman, honorable mention, “Sock Puppet”
Painting
Ashlyn Varner, freshman, first place, “Morning Reflection”
Jackson Garr, junior, second place, “Joyous”
Jordan Kemigisa, junior, third place, “Pink”
Cami Hoffman, freshman, honorable mention, “Puddle”
Mixed Media
Brooke Bender, freshman, first place, “Leafs Cut”
Emily Bowie, junior, second place, “New Heights”
Jordan Kemigisa, junior, third place, “At Sunset”
3D/Print
Riley Rodgers, sophomore, first place, “Bendy Lines”
Samantha Kozesky, freshman, second place, “Twilight Summer”
Stevie Oberhofer, sophomore, third place, “Sunday Morning”
Digital Art & Illustration
Vivien Miller, junior, first place, “The Modern Ophelia”
Hannah Hodak, junior, second place, “Peering Orb”
Alyssa Hipsky, junior, third place, “Neveah”
Niina Takeuchi, junior, honorable mention, “Out of Remote”
Gian DePretis, senior, first place, “Forgotten Toys”
Gian DePretis, senior, second place, “Untitled”
Maggie Lyker, junior, third place, “Cage”
Jamie Fletcher, senior, honorable mention, “Self Reflection”
Gian DePretis, senior, honorable mention, “Untitled”
Junior Ava Herbolich received the Best in Show Award for her piece, “In the Orange” and senior Gian DePretis was selected for the Robinson Purchase Prize for her untitled artwork. Slippery Rock University art students served as judges for the show.
For more information, contact Erin Sloane or Susan Kaminski, art teachers, at 724-625-1581.
This story was updated at 9:30 p.m, May 10 to reflect that Ava Herbolich received the Best in Show Award for her piece, “In the Orange.”
A previous version of this story incorrectly listed Alyssa Hipsky as the artist of “In the Orange.”
