2012 Visual Arts Winners

Left to right (top):  Seniors – Christmas Muse by Tulsi Patel, First Place; Simply Beautiful by Valeria Chavez, Second Place; Blessed Virgin by Michaela Osborne, Third Place. Left to right (bottom):  Juniors -  Emmauel by Emmanuelle Esters, First Place; Making Memories by Jamie Freeman, Second Place; The Humble Glow by Chris Graham, Third Place.

 

The Thea Foundation is pleased to announce the winners of its 2012 Visual Arts Scholarship Competition for high school seniors, and its Visual Arts Competition for high school juniors, which were both finalized by a panel of qualified judges at the Thea Center on Wednesday, February 1, 2012.  160 seniors and 64 juniors representing over fifty Arkansas cities submitted artworks of any medium based on the theme, “Happy Remembrances of the Holiday Season,” taken from Thea Kay Leopoulos’s journal entry titled, “Christmas.”  Participants competed for a combined total of $25,000 in scholarships for seniors and $1,000 in cash prizes for juniors Thea awards annually in the visual arts category.     

The Thea Foundation is so proud of all the students who participated in the competitions.  To show its recognition of the students’ hard work and talent, Thea is exhibiting the winning students’ artworks in Thea’s annual Visual Arts Competition Winners Show, on display February 6 through March 23.

The winners of Thea’s 2012 Visual Arts Scholarship Competition for seniors are as follows:

First Place – $4,000            Tulsi Patel                    Morrilton High School
Second Place – $3,500        Valeria Chavez             El Dorado High School    
Third Place – $3,000           Michaela Osborne         Bentonville High School
Fourth Place – $2,500         Derek Schultz              North Little Rock High School
Fifth Place – $2,000            Austin Benson              Morrilton High School    
Sixth Place – $2,000           Katie Connelly              El Dorado High School    
Seventh Place – $2,000       Cole Harken                 Morrilton High School
Eighth Place – $2,000         Darren Waddles            Mountain View High School
Ninth Place – $2,000           Haley Martin                Lake Hamilton High School
Tenth Place – $2,000          Eun Ha                         Little Rock Central High School
Honorable Mention             Anna Britton                 Harding Academy
Honorable Mention             Amber Ivey                  Cabot High School
Honorable Mention             Mykel Rodriguez           Conway High School
Honorable Mention             Ashley Swindle             Jonesboro High School
Honorable Mention             Madison Teague            Harding Academy
Honorable Mention             Heather Watson            Jacksonville High School    
Honorable Mention             Kathryn Wells               Bauxite High School

The winners of Thea’s 2012 Visual Arts Competition for juniors are as follows:

First Place – $100               Emmanuelle Esters        North Little Rock High School
Second Place – $100           Jamie Freeman              Cabot High School    
Third Place – $100              Chris Graham                Benton High School
Fourth Place – $100            Sergio Garcia                North Little Rock High School
Fifth Place – $100               Rebecca Richmond         North Little Rock High School    
Sixth Place – $100              Holly Roomsburg           El Dorado High School    
Seventh Place – $100         MacKenzie Thompson     Little Rock Central High School
Eighth Place – $100            Angela Eichhorn            Harding Academy
Ninth Place – $100             Morgan Thompson         Paris High School
Tenth Place – $100             Rebekah Cooley             Paris High School
Honorable Mention             Michelle Ballantine         Flippin High School
Honorable Mention             Tiffany Collins               Sheridan High School
Honorable Mention             Dianna Godinez             North Little Rock High School
Honorable Mention             Jacob Schlag                 North Little Rock High School
Honorable Mention             Ashley Trieschmann       Hot Springs High School