At the end of the annual Plano ISD Advanced Placement Art Exhibition, several students were awarded for their art with recognition from the ArtCentre of Plano, Plano ISD and corporate sponsor Texas Health Plano.
“The Plano ISD Advanced Placement Art exhibition is always one of our most popular. The students create outstanding pieces that would make a statement in any quality art collection,” ArtCentre Executive Director Suzy Jones said. “The ArtCentre and Plano ISD are extremely grateful to Texas Health Plano for it generous support of this exhibition.”
The winners were announced at a reception at the ArtCentre of Plano with monetary awards for the winners presented by Jones, Dean and Plano ISD Coordinator K-12 Visual Arts Colin McGrane.
“Texas Health Plano is pleased to support the PISD Senior Art Exhibit. As you will see at the exhibition, we are fortunate to have many extremely talented students in our schools and exemplary art teachers,” Director of Community Relations at Texas Health Mary Jo Dean said. “Research shows that exposure to the Arts can help teens develop many positive skills and capacities that are valued by leaders and employers, such as persistence, collaboration, creative thinking, problem solving, motivation, and problem solving. In addition, studies demonstrate that Arts exposure can improve a teenager’s confidence and academic performance. Art can move, heal, inspire, and connect people. Art is an important part of our kid’s lives.”
Plano ISD Advanced Placement Student Exhibition Awardees
Plano Sr. High School
- Catherine Wang
- Jadyn Walder
- Krishnan Variyam
Plano West Sr. High School
- AJ Reichenstein
- Ava Li
- Mason Fikes
Plano East Sr. High School
- Vedanshi Desai
- Evette Manfredi
- Arturo Mediola Quezada
Best Overall – Two-Dimensional Art: Helena (CJ) Johnston – Plano Sr. High School
Best Overall – Three-Dimensional Art: Sunny Weinstein – Plano West Sr. High School