Seven Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences and the Arts students have been selected to participate in the 5th Annual Arkansas High School Artists Competition and Exhibition sponsored by Historic Cane Hill and the University of Arkansas School of Art.
Students who had artwork selected for the exhibition include:
- Yared Belete, a senior from Marion, “Self portrait as a villain,” acrylic painting;
- Avery Binuya, a senior from Lamar, “Lavender Spring Ware Rice Bowl and Saucer,” two wheel-thrown ceramic pieces;
- Lilly Hardin, a senior from Hot Springs, “Individuals,” pen and ink drawing;
- Lyla Hill, a senior from Hot Springs, “Lazy Clown,” digital painting;
- Natyleigh Jenkins, a senior from Benton, “Moth,” charcoal portrait;
- Gwen Oliver, a senior from Jonesboro and Oxford, Miss.; “Reflection,” sculpture, and “You’re So Beautiful,” oil painting; and
- Ciara Stephens, a senior from Cherry Valley, “North Winds,” acrylic painting.
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The students’ pieces will be on exhibition at the Historic Cane Hill Museum Gallery in Canehill from Nov. 18 through January 20. The exhibition will open with an artists reception at 2 p.m. on Nov. 18.
Participants in the exhibition were chosen through a competition for any Arkansas high school student currently in the 10th through 12th grades. One senior will be awarded the Historic Cane Hill Young Artist Scholarship, a $10,000 scholarship to help cover one year of tuition and fees to attend the University of Arkansas School of Art.
Historic Cane Hill is an organization dedicated to the preservation of the historically significant structures of Cane Hill as well as western Washington County in Northwest Arkansas. The organization seeks to build on the legacies of architecture, education and the arts by providing programs and a venue to experience art and culture rooted in the history of the region and the Ozark Mountains. To learn more about the organization, visit historiccanehillar.org.