NCC Announces NW Iowa Visual Arts Show Winners
Northwest Iowa Community College hosted the NW Iowa Visual Arts Show April 24-30, 2019 for both NCC and northwest Iowa high school students. On Tuesday, April 30, all students participating in the show were invited to the Visual Arts Invitational and Awards Ceremony. First, second, and third place awards were given in each category, with honorable mentions awarded at the judge’s discretion. Two overall awards were also given: A Best of Show award, chosen by art teachers, and a Students’ Choice award, as voted on by participating art students.
College Winners:
Painting/Drawing Title
1st Sara Maassen – Rock Valley Fierce
2nd Sara Maassen – Rock Valley Mustache
3rd Brian Lauck – Cherokee Self Portrait
Photography/Digital Media
1st Angel Popma – Missoula, MT Reckoner
2nd Adyson Saunders – Des Moines Into the Future
3rd Angel Popma – Missoula, MT Sailing on Flathead
Photography/Digital Media – Honorable Mention
- Taylor Schettler – Wilmont, MN Flowers in the Smokies
Sculpture/3D
1st Naara Arizmendi – Sheldon Flat Pieced Bowl
2nd Jason Stegemann – Matlock Lidded Box
3rd Hunter Jager – Sheldon Folded Dish
High School Winners:
Painting
1st Shantell Erickson – Central Lyon Monochromatic Study
2nd Oona Hinders – Okoboji Wolf with Patterns
3rd Faviola De Leon – Sheldon Tiger
Painting – Honorable Mention
- Emmy Nelson – Boyden-Hull “Blue” tiful
- Zoey Quincey – West Lyon Tunnel Vision
- Maggie Grond – Boyden-Hull Spring Florals
Drawing
1st Nicole Feltman – South O’Brien 25 Years
2nd Pedro Gray – South O’Brien Topac Shakur
3rd Abby Arnett – MOC-Floyd Valley Faces of the Future
Drawing – Honorable Mention
- Miquel Guevarra – Sheldon Remember
- Marra Oldenkamp – Sheldon Untitled
- Abby Arnett – MOC-Floyd Valley Broken Dreams
Sculpture/Mixed Media
1st Jessica Hernandez Vargas – Sioux Center Nature’s Stability
2nd Alex Heikes – Boyden-Hull Untitled
3rd Maria Soto – Sheldon Sound of Sunflowers
Sculpture/Mixed Media – Honorable Mention
- Isabelle Heyer – West Lyon Dark and Alone
- Cassidy Bollinger – Sioux Center Brittle Bones
- Taylor Schlenger & Gretchen Ruba – MMC-RU Walk Like an Egyptian
Photography/Digital Media
1st Blair Davison – Sheldon Fox
2nd Simon Maggert – Sheldon Dragon Ball 2
3rd Clara Smith – Rock Valley Eye of the Beholder
Photography/Digital Media – Honorable Mention
- Makayla Wickman – Rock Valley Cogitantium
- Marissa Pottebaum – Boyden-Hull Sun dazed
- Faith De Boer – Rock Valley Froze in Time
Ceramics
1st Carley Wells – Okoboji Blue Earth
2nd Grace Eckard – Okoboji Bottle
3rd Marlene Reyes – Sheldon Owl
Ceramics – Honorable Mention
- Erin Van Grootheest – Boyden-Hull Untitled
- Bailey Nordgaard – Sheldon Frog
- Shay Langenhurst – West Lyon The Wave
Students’ Choice Award
Miquel Guevarra – Sheldon Remember
Best in Show
Abby Arnett – MOC-Floyd Valley Faces of the Future
The fifteen northwest Iowa high schools who participated are: Boyden-Hull, Central Lyon, MMC-RU, MOC-Floyd Valley, Okoboji, Remsen St. Mary’s, Rock Valley, Sheldon, Sibley-Ocheyedan, Sioux Center, South O’Brien, Trinity Christian, West Lyon, West Sioux, and Western Christian.
Photo: Best of Show – Abby Arnett – MOC-Floyd Valley High School
