The Annual GLAA Student Art Competition and Exhibition Winners Announced!
Exhibition Runs May 3, 2013 - June 2, 2013
The GLAA Gallery
Badger High School Art Teacher, Don Hammond and The Neal Heffernan
Best of Show Award Winner, Dania Knotek, Badger High School
The GLAA hosted the opening for the annual Student Art Exhibit, which features artwork from our own GLAA Art School and students representing three area high schools. The talent portrayed by these students is truly remarkable. I recommend that all the members make an effort to see this exhibit sometime before it comes down on June 2nd.
Scholarship awards were given to the outstanding work done by local high school students, but the entire exhibit is worthy of note. Friends, parents and teachers turned out on opening night to support the artists, which encourages students to improve their offerings each year.
Monetary scholarships are provided by the Lake Geneva Rotary’s Neal Heffernan Fund, the Louis Mergener family and our own association. This year we increased the amount of our own scholarship to $1,000 to support this program. Together with the scholarship awards, ten students received a total of $2,750 towards their future art education.
Neal Heffernan Best of Show Award ($750.00)
Artist: Dania Knotek
Title: Self-portrait
Medium: Pencil
School: Badger
Presenting the Neal Heffernan Best of Show Award L to R: Laura Berg, Lake Geneva Rotary; GLAA President Jeanne Dyer; Best of Show Winner Dania Knotek, Badger High School.
Local High School Art Students Receive Awards from
the Neal Heffernan Foundation
Lake Geneva Rotary
the Mergener Family Trust,
and the Geneva Lake Art Association
On Friday evening, May 3rd, at the Geneva Lake Art Association Gallery, the Neal Heffernan Art Scholarship Foundation and the Lake Geneva Rotary presented the following awards to art students from Badger, Big Foot and Williams Bay High Schools:
The Neal Heffernan Best of Show, and a $750 scholarship, was awarded to Dania Knotek, a student of Badger High School, for her Pencil drawing, entitled, “Self-portrait”; the Neal Heffernan Award of Merit , and a $250 scholarship was awarded to Michael Bergman , a student of Badger High School, for his Ceramic work, “Desire”; a second Neal Heffernan Award of Merit and $250 scholarship was presented to Kyle Rambatt, a student of Big Foot High School, for his Ceramic work, “Untitled”.
Neal Heffernan was a long-time member of the Rotary Club of Lake Geneva and a member of the Geneva Lake Art Association. He passed away at the age of 80 in 2001.
The Geneva Lake Art Association also presented the Louis Mergener Memorial $500 Scholarship Award for Outstanding Work to Zoe Klesmith, of Badger High School, for her Charcoal drawing, “Sophia”. A second $500 GLAA Award for Outstanding Work was presented to Alex Rodriguez, of Badger High School, for his oil painting, “Corruption”.
Five additional $100 GLAA Certificates of Recognition were awarded to: Miranda Hall of Badger High School for her stained glass piece, “Mermaid”; Maranda Olson of Badger High School for her Photograph, “Self-portrait”; Ellen Krelow of Williams Bay High School for her Mixed media work, “Fembot”; Amanda Conder of Badger High School for her Watercolor, “Ladybug”; and Eli Thompson of Big Foot High School for his “Untitled” Ceramic work.
The exhibition, which also includes work from GLAA class instructors and students, will be open to the public through Sunday, June 3, 2013. Many thanks to the high school art instructors, parents, friends and Geneva Lake Art Association members who support the arts, both in the schools, and throughout the Lake Geneva Community.
Neal Heffernan Award of Merit ($250.00)
Artist: Michael Bergman
Title: Desire
Medium: Ceramic
School: Badger
Neal Heffernan Award of Merit ($250.00)
Artist: Kyle Rambatt
Title: Untitled
Medium: Ceramic
School: Big Foot
Louis Mergener Award for Outstanding Work ($500.00)
Artist Zoe Klesmith
Title:Sophia
Medium: Charcoal
School: Big Foot
Louis Mergener Family Trust Award Presenters, Tracey and Mark Mergener
GLAA Award for Outstanding Work ($500.00)
Artist: Alex Rodriguez
Title: Corruption
Medium: Oil
School: Badger
GLAA Certificate of Recognition ($100.00)
Artist: Miranda Hall
Title: Mermaid
Medium: Stained glass
School: Badger
GLAA Certificate of Recognition ($100.00)
Artist: Maranda Olson
Title: Self-portrait
Medium: Photography
School: Badger
GLAA Certificate of Recognition ($100.00)
Artist: Ellen Krelow
Title: Fembot
Medium: Mixed media
School: Williams Bay
GLAA Certificate of Recognition ($100.00)
Artist: Amanda Conder
Title: Ladybug
Medium: Watercolor
School: Badger
GLAA President, Jeanne Dyer and Badger Student, Amanda Condor
GLAA Certificate of Recognition ($100.00)
Artist: Eli Thompson
Title: Untitled
Medium: Ceramic
School: Big Foot
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