Canyon Coker, a senior at Blue Ridge High School, Mykenzie Monroe and Sherman Kee, seniors of Ganado High School, and senior Jake Perry of Many Farms High School, are the top awardees in NPC Talon Gallery’s 36th Annual Juried High School Art Exhibit. These students captured Best of Show art scholarships in the exhibit which can be enjoyed virtually at the NPC Talon Gallery webpage https://www.npc.edu/talon-art-gallery/current-exhibition. “We received a stunning number of entries this year with 146 submissions from 13 high schools within our region,” notes Magda Gluszek, NPC art faculty and gallery director. “It was impressive,” she reports. “Overall, we found the work to be very high quality.” Best of Show winners receive NPC art tuition scholarships for the 2022-23 academic year. Certificates are also presented to all awardees, including those of honorable mention. Second place awards went to Ellie Bateman of Snowflake High School, Micah Irene Olayvar, of Cibecue Community School, and Zack Thomas of Ganado High School. Mackalee Williams of Holbrook High School, Dale Koopee of Winslow High School and Arlin Tso, a senior at Many Farms High School took third-place awards. Honorable mention went to Cooper Wyatt Dickson of Winslow High School, Evelyn Marrufo of Show Low High School, Amanda Edison of Blue Ridge High School, students Skye Carroll, Thiya Parrish, and Collyn Johns of Many Farms High School, as well as Zach Thomas of Ganado High School, and Titus Bert of Pinon High School. Tylinn Mclaws of Mogollon High School and Round Valley students, Menelanna LeSueur, Addie Martin, Chloe Downer, and Lex Stanton, rounded out the honorable mention awardees. Comments on these artists, as well as the selection of student entries, are available for public viewing on the Talon Gallery’s webpage at npc.edu/talongallery/current-exhibition.
