"The Statewide High School Invitational Exhibition” opens Friday, March 1 at the Eisentrager-Howard Gallery in Richards Hall.
The exhibition, which is part of the Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts’ Nebraska Young Artist Awards (NYAA) visual arts component and sponsored by the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s School of Art, Art History & Design, runs March 1-12. A reception will be held on Friday, March 8 from 6-8 p.m. in the Eisentrager-Howard Gallery.
The artists whose works are selected to receive NYAA award in visual art will be notified via e-mail. These works will then be re-installed in the MEDICI Gallery, also in Richards Hall, and will be on view there until April 3. These students will also be invited to the day of activities on April 3 with the other Nebraska Young Artist Award winners in music, dance, theatre and emerging media arts.
The Nebraska Young Artist Awards annually recognize Nebraska high school juniors who are talented in art, music, dance, theatre or emerging media arts. This is the 22nd year for the awards.
Gallery hours for the exhibition are Monday-Friday, 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. Admission to the gallery is free and open to the public.
Richards Hall is located at Stadium Drive and T streets on the university’s city campus.
For more information, contact the School of Art, Art History & Design at (402) 472-5522 or e-mail schoolaahd@unl.edu.
Schools were invited to nominate up to three students to participate in the juried exhibition. The following students were nominated to participate in the exhibition by their respective high schools (final participation subject to change):
Gracelyn Adams, Norris High School
Elizabeth Aschoff, Aquinas High School
Sam Auch Moedy, Lincoln East High School
Paw Aye Benson, Magnet High School
Corinne Baker, Lincoln Southwest High School
Shayla Bennett, Palmer Public School
Alyssa Blohm, Shelby-Rising City High School
Amber Bogenreif, Benson Magnet High School
Erin Brockmeier, Grand Island Senior High
Maria Buresh, Aquinas High School
Abigail Cabrales, Grand Island Senior High
Shaylee Carlson, Lincoln Arts and Humanities Focus
Michel Carranza Bernal, Fremont High School
Adriana Catalan, Grand Island Senior High
Jadyn Chasek, Mullen High School
Abigail Cleveland, Franklin Public Schools
Candace Coleman, McCook Senior High
Dameion Cornell, Superior High School
Hannah Ebeling, Diller-Odell Secondary High School
Jae Freeman, Superior Public School
Emma Geiger, Millard North High School
Danielle Goscha, Grand Island Senior High
Erin Gottschalk, V.J. & Angela Skutt Catholic High School
Jaci Grado, Schuyler Central High School
Ashlynn Grudzinski, Aurora High School
Harrison Hebb, Lincoln Southeast High School
Michaela Hegemann, Howells-Dodge Consolidated Schools
Alethia Henderson, Gering High School
Virginia Herboldsheimer, Potter-Dix High School
Cheyenne Hernandez, Lincoln Southeast High School
Anselma Hountondji, Mercy High School
Gracie Hoyt, Mullen High School
Erica Hoyt, McCook High School
Madilyn Humphries, Superior High School
Hallie Jensen, Milford Public Schools
Selena Jimenez, Grand Island Senior High School
Meghan Johansen, Aurora High School
Brooke Jorgenson, Southern Valley High School
Latrell Khan, Creighton Prep
Bailey Kiburz, Thayer Central High School
Grace Kreikemeier, Howells-Dodge Consolidated Schools
Elizabeth Lange, Elm Creek High School
Khiara Lawrence, Lincoln North Star High School
Spencer Long, Creighton Prep
Sierra Maginnis, Diller-Odell High School
Jose Marin-Melesio, South High Magnet
Teven Marshall, Mullen High School
Mya Miller, Lincoln East High School
Winona Mitchell, Southern Valley
Jordan Moore, Lincoln High School
Brolin Morgan, McCook Senior High
Alison Nekl, Shelby-Rising City Public School
Kristina Cassandra Nguyen, Lincoln North Star High School
Timothy Nichols, Creighton Prep
Adam Nissen, Shelby-Rising City Public School
Anna-Marie O’Donnell, Mercy High School
Meghan O'Neil, V.J. and Angela Skutt Catholic High School
Brecken Preitauer, Southern Valley
Antonia Ralph, Omaha Burke High School
Christopher Ramirez, Grand Island Senior High
Laura Reed, Sandy Creek USD
Natalie Reichert, Gering High School
Becca Rushing, Omaha Burke High School
Leslie Saavedra-Bojorquez, Omaha South High School
Danielle Schick, Gering High School
Eh Shee, Omaha Public Schools Career Center
Skylar Smith, Lincoln Arts and Humanities Focus
Omni Smith, Kearney Catholic High School
Iris/Elliot Starlin-Hintz, Lincoln Arts & Humanities Focus
Johanna Sughroue, Southwest Public Schools
Keagan Sutton, Grand Island High School
Alicia Thoman, Loup County High School
Katie Thompson, Aquinas Catholic School
Nadia Trausch, Silver Lake High School
Elise Vahle, Grand Island Senior High
Jacson Valentine, David City High School
Taya VanLengen, Howells-Dodge Consolidated Schools
Jane Wanek, Aurora High School
Olivia Weide, Omaha Public Schools Career Center
Alisyn Wenzbauer, Diller-Odell Secondary School
Kailey Wilcox, Southwest Public Schools
Brittney Yanez, Omaha South High School
Adrian Zimpleman, Benson Magnet High School