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Ribbons have been awarded in the annual Student Arts Expo at the Creative Arts Guild.

Winners of 1st, 2nd, 3rd and Honorable Mention in each grade division have been selected. The gallery walls are currently adorned with art representing some amazing talent from our local school students. The exhibit is open to the public Monday through Thursday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Winners by grade level

• Prekindergarten: 1st – Brooks Elliot, Westwood Elementary; 2nd – Gael Hernandez, Roan Street Elementary; 3rd – Leila Bautista, Cedar Ridge Elementary; Honorable Mention – Allie Mulkey, Cedar Ridge Elementary.

• Kindergarten: 1st – Thomas Mann, Varnell Elementary; 2nd – Zulmy Lopez Garcia, Chatsworth Elementary; 3rd – Julian Cisneros, Roan Street Elementary.

• First Grade: 1st – Rhett Waits, Varnell Elementary; 2nd – Ollie Tankersley, Chatsworth Elementary; 3rd – Cambryn Carter, Brookwood Elementary.

• Second Grade: 1st – Roselyn Henderson, Northwest Elementary; 2nd – Evee Colberson, Northwest Elementary; 3rd – Jenny Ramirez Lopez, Chatsworth Elementary; Honorable Mention – Alaina Hudson, Chatsworth Elementary.

• Third Grade: 1st – Ben Eubanks, Varnell Elementary; 2nd – Talon Fair, Spring Place Elementary; 3rd – Jessica Cortez, Chatsworth Elementary.

•  Fourth Grade: 1st – Asher Ho, Varnell Elementary; 2nd – Yuliana Regaldo, Varnell Elementary; 3rd – Ansel Rendon, Brookwood School.

• Fifth Grade: 1st – Millee Eleton, Creative Arts Guild; 2nd – Kate Snow, Varnell Elementary; 3rd – Caroline Broadrick, Brookwood School.

• Sixth Grade: 1st – Judy Zhou, Creative Arts Guild; 2nd – Ocie Carpenter, Hammond Creek Middle School; 3rd – Lillie Cross, Northwest Elementary.

• Seventh Grade: 1st – Emma Padgett, Westside Middle; 2nd – Jackie Zamora, Hammond Creek Middle School; 3rd – Jordan Portas, Gladden Middle School.

• Eighth Grade: 1st – Jocelyn Torres, Valley Point Middle School; 2nd – Andie Reed, Westside Middle School; 3rd – Courtney Sheets, Westside Middle School.

• Ninth Grade: 1st – Alyce Norton, Coahulla Creek High School; 2nd – Andrew Apodara, Dalton Junior High School; 3rd – Hunter Crain, North Murray High School.

• Tenth Grade: 1st – Willow Lewallen, Dalton High School; 1st – Annabel Luna, Dalton High School; 2nd – Charlie Anderson, Dalton High School; 3rd – Raquel Estrada-Monjares, Coahulla Creek High School.

• Eleventh Grade: 1st – Wadein Willingham, North Murray High School; 2nd – Jaqueline Hernandez, The Dalton Academy; 3rd – Erica Reynaso-Ramos, Murray County High School.

• Twelfth Grade: 1st – Viviana Avila, Southeast Whitfield High School; 2nd – Edith Perez, Murray County High School; 3rd – Jocelyn Hernandez, Southeast Whitfield High School; Honorable Mention – Dayana Diego, Creative Arts Guild.

Winners of Oscar N. Jonas Foundation Art Together – Collaborative Awards

• Kindergarten through second grade: Coker Elementary.

• Third through fifth grade: Westwood Elementary.

• Middle School: Dalton Junior High School.

• High School: Coahulla Creek High School.

Arts in Education makes it possible

March is Arts in Education Month at the Guild and each year all Whitfield County, Dalton and Murray County public, private and homeschool students ages prekindergarten to high school are invited to exhibit individual art in the Expo. All forms of two-dimensional and three-dimensional art are accepted, and school classrooms are invited to exhibit collaborative work in the Art Together project.

A highlight of the Expo is the Bernice Spigel Prize for Excellence in the Visual Arts. The winner this year is Dalton High School senior Karla Rosas.

For more information, email Amanda Walker at [email protected].

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