High School Art Show Winners 2025

FULTON – The Fulton Art Association is pleased to announce the winners of the sixteenth High School Invitational Art and Photography Show held at The Art Scene, CNY Arts Center in Fulton on March 15-16, 2025. Sixty-three students from high schools in Fulton, Hannibal, Oswego, and Phoenix school districts submitted 87 pieces of artwork in 11 medium categories. The show was created to help provide encouragement and guidance to high school artists and provide them a venue to display their talent and artwork.  Carolyn House Mosier, long-time FAA member, former President, and instructor at Fulton’s Cayuga Community College, and William DeMott, also an art instructor at Fulton’s Cayuga Community College, SUNY Oswego, and Monroe Community College, judged the show.

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The award for Best of Show was awarded to Amaya Crutchley (11^th grade – Phoenix) for her pen/ink entry in Drawing B/C entitled Jester.

In the Three-Dimensional category, VeeVi Anderson (12^th grade – Oswego) received 1^st place for “A Queen’s Downfall”.  Honorable Mentions were given to Brianna LaCour (12^th grade, Oswego) for two entries, “Empty” and “Machine” and to Harley Walpole (12^th grade – Oswego) for “Appetite for Destruction”.

In the Acrylics medium, Giana Raponi (11^th grade – Phoenix) was awarded 1^st place for “A Matter for the Heart”.  Second place was given to Kadae Hunley (12^th grade – Oswego) for “Mona Lisa.”

In the Ceramics category, first place went to Serena DeLong (10^th grade – Hannibal) for “S”, second place to Aiyanna Ashley (11^th grade – Hannibal) for “The Beauty Within”, and Honorable Mentions to Olivia Kuc (12^th grade – Hannibal) for “Octopus” and Lia Tetro (10^th grade – Hannibal) for “Letter”.

In Computer Graphic Art, a second place was awarded to Payton Browngardt (10^th grade – Hannibal) for “Smoky Mountains.”

In Drawing A (pencil, graphite, charcoal), first place went to Fulton 10^th grader, Elliana Hotchkiss for her charcoal “Portrait I.”

In Drawing B/C (colored pencil, Prismacolor, markers, pastels, pen/ink), a first place was given to Meredith Wakefield (12^th grade – Hannibal) for “Candy Skull Chronicles.”

In Drawing F (Scratchboarding and Wood burning), a first place was awarded to Olive Somers (11^thgrade – Hannibal) for “HippopotaMoose” and two second place awards to Madison Papa (10^th grade – Hannibal) for “Spider Shark” and Harley Somers (11^th grade – Hannibal) for “Hedgasaurus.” 

In Mixed Media, 1^st place was given to Lily Amadon (12^th grade – Phoenix) for “Gemstone I” and an Honorable Mention to Isabella Guan (9^th grade – Hannibal) for “The Wave.”

In Photography, two second place awards were given to Savannah-Ann Harp (11^th grade – Hannibal) for “The Cast of Sunrise” and Mariah Miner (10^th grade – Hannibal) for “Golden Crystals.”  Honorable Mentions were awarded to Fridjof Busch (12^th grade – Hannibal) for “The Silhouette of Fall”, Abigail Felix (12^th grade – Phoenix) for “Synthetic Air”, Katherine Kraft (12^th grade – Phoenix) for “Reflection”, and Isabell Lindenman (11^th grade – Hannibal) for “Through the Looking Glass.”

In Watercolors, an honorable mention was awarded to Clara Thingvoll (9^th grade – Oswego) for “Bunny.”

A Special Award was given by FAA President Kathryn Mihalek and Art Scene Director Bonnie McClellan for a 3D entry by Josephine France (9^th grade – Oswego) for her leather journal entitled “Dragonfly Journal.”

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