2010 Niobrara Valley Conference Art Show
April 30th at Keya Paha
The Elgin 8-12 Art students recently competed in the annual NVC Art Show hosted by Keya Paha at Springview. Noel, Rose, Anthony and Sebastian arrived at school at 6:30AM to begin the two and half hour journey to the show. Once they arrived at Springview they unloaded the van and displayed the artwork. After all of the work was in place they participated in the art activity of creating a sculpture from tape in the style of Dale Chihuly, glass artist. It only took four people an hour and a half and 15 rolls of tape to create "Boom" as he was dubbed. Their efforts earned them a blue ribbon.
After Boom was on display, it was time for lunch as the judging was completed. Judging the high school work for this year's show was Chana Orton of Mill, NE and Pat Schemmer of Valentine. Priscilla Porteneir of Springview, NE judged the junior high work. They awarded Judge's Merit Awards (purple) for Outstanding work, blue for Superior, red for Excellent, yellow for Commendable and green for Honor Mention work. After the judging was complete the show was open to the public until 5:00.
After viewing the show and EHS's 57 ribbons, the students had the opportunity to visit with Mauro Fiore from Papillion, NE. via Skype, a live video, Internet call from his location in Detroit. He is the Oscar winning cinematographer from the movie "Avatar". We could watch him over the web and ask questions about his work, career and education background. He talked about his journey from photography to film work and from film school to Hollywood, the jobs related to the artistic side of the film industry, and following your passion in your career choice. Mauro also answered questions from the art teachers and students. When asked what was his favorite movie he helped with, he responded “Schindler’s List” and his most rewarding was “Avatar” for it’s advanced technology and earning him the 2010 Academy Awards Oscar for Best Cinematography. A big thank you to Mrs. Joan Swim, Keya Paha, art instructor for setting this up.
Finally it was time to pack up the show and begin the journey home. With Boom pointing the way, we arrived back at Elgin at 7:30, unloaded and headed home after our long day.
Below are the ribbon results for the day.
The High School Art students earned 46 ribbons at the NVC Art Show
Ribbons earned are Purple or Judge’s Merit Awards for Outstanding work
Blue for Superior work
Red for Excellent
Yellow for Commendable and
Green for Honorable Mention work
Michelle Bauer earned a Purple, 1 Blue, 4 Reds, 1 Yellow and 1 Honorable Mention
Ashley Bode earned 2 Blues
Jessica Heithoff won 1 Blue, 2 Reds, 2 Yellows and 1 HM
Allen Miller earned 1 Yellow
Cortny Meis brought home 3 Blues, 1 Red and 3 Yellows
Anthony Hemenway won a Purple, a Blue and 2 Yellows
Noel Voborny earned 1 Red, 1 Yellow and 2 HMs
Jennifer Rhoads won 1 Red and 1 HM
Travis Dozler brought home 1 Red and 1 Yellow
Sebastian Janssen earned 2 Blues, 1 Yellow and 1 HM
Rose Fangman won 1 HM
The team of Rose Fangman, Sebastian Janssen, Noel Voborny and Anthony Hemenway earned a Blue ribbon on the tape sculpture they completed at the show.
JH earned 11 ribbons
Ivy Prater won a Blue
Allison Koenig won a Blue and a Yellow
Korban Palmer earned a Yellow
Jordan Dietz brought home a Red
Hannah Kerkman won a Yellow
Madison Voborny earned 2 Reds
Brett Kinney won a Red and a Yellow
Travis Grosserode won an Honorable Mention
