LHS Student Takes Top Honors at Jubilee Amateur Photo Contest

LHS Art 2 & Graphic Design Student, Marichele Ihuit, entered the Liberty Jubilee Photo Contest and took Top Honors. The judging took place Tues., March 15 and here are the results...

Levine, Marichele Ihuit
Best of Show & 1st - Portraiture

Ribbet, Marichele Ihuit
Committee's Choice & 1st Place - Nature

Mr. Meerkat, Marichele Ihuit
Honorable Mention - Nature

JoJo, Marichele Ihuit

Honorable Mention - Nature 

Cotton Clouds, Marichele Ihuit

2nd Place - Landscape

Colorful Colorado, Marichele Ihuit
3rd Place - Landscape

Colorado Cliff, Marichele Ihuit
2nd Place - Travel

Congrats to Marichele and all the winners of the Liberty Jubilee Photo Contest!!!

For full list of winners and their pics go to....
http://www.thevindicator.com/article_c17ff980-ebbc-11e5-a5bf-efc9314fbfa4.html?mode=story

Winners of the Feather Friends Art Show Soar High

LHS Art students did an incredible job on their North American Birds for the Trinity River National Wildlife Refuge Feathered Friends Art Show this March! 

So without further ado, the winners are... Wing flap please!

1st Place: Grackle, Andrea De Los Reyes

colored pencil

2nd Place: Quail, Rosa Garcia

pen & ink 

3rd Place: Black Vulture, Macey Brunson

colored pencil

Honorable Mentions

Grackle, Emily Connelly 

watercolor

 Black-capped Chickadee, Lidia Ochoa

mixed media

Cardinals, Shelby DeBerry

mixed media

Sparrow, Gladys Landaverde

acrylic paint 

Barn Swallows, Noah Holden

pencil/charcoal

Saddle up! HLSR School Art Awards time again!

Liberty ISD won BIG in Houston!
Here is the recap for this amazing year's ride!

This year's highlights:

Our largest show yet with 250+ pieces from SJE, LES, LMS, & LHS!

All four campuses participated! Yea!

LHS received its first Special Merit in recently recorded history!

Which means we had 4 students representing LHS in Houston this year!

Reliant Energy Power of Art
A People's Choice Award for Elementary Winners
Further Congrats go to Zachary Chavanne!

He hasn't won yet! He needs your vote!!! 
Voting is now opened for the Power of Art Contest.
You can vote every day from any device from March 11-April 8.
poa.myreliantenergy.com
Vote for the train seen below.  Click on it and hit submit.

MFAH/Glassell Junior School
Congratulations to both Lidia Ochoa & Leigh Ann Sanders!

The MFAH/Glassell Junior School (workshop scholarship) is available to students, kindergarten through 12th grade, who received Best of Show, Gold Medal or Special Merit awards and who qualify through an application process that is based on the student's academic, extracurricular and artistic success. The students are chosen by the Show's School Art Committee. The instructional classes range from drawing and painting, to video and animation, to ceramics and fashion design.

The Western Art Academy
Congrats... once again to Lidia Ochoa!

The group of students selected for the Western Art Academy 2016
(Lidia is seen front-left next to the A-frame easel)

The Western Art Academy in Kerrville, Texas, "gives students a rare opportunity to receive advanced art instruction, as well as prepare for college. Schreiner University directs the four-week immersion program and offers students college credit upon completion of the course work. The workshop gives talented students an exciting chance to receive personal instruction in oil painting, drawing and sculpting from respected professional artists and to enjoy outside activities, including field trips to local art studios"  

Liberty ISD won Super Show for the 2nd year in a row!

Congratulations to Mrs. Takach (SJE Contributor), Mrs. Smith (LES), Mrs. Hamel (LMS) and to all my LHS Art students who helped me to assemble this year's show! 

 It couldn't have been done without all of your hard work! THANKS!

Feathered Friends Art Show

Trinity River National Wildlife Refuge will be hosting the 1st Annual Feathered Friends Art Show this spring. This program will feature artwork showcasing North American birds drawn by local art students at Liberty High School. This event was created by Refuge Volunteer Frances Oster in effort to help students appreciate the beauty of North American birds all around them.

Artwork will be displayed at:

March 8 - 16, 2016

Feathered Friends Art Show

Trinity River National Wildlife Refuge Headquarters

601 FM 1011 (just north of Liberty off of HWY 146)

The public is invited to the view the artwork.

&

Thu., March 17, 2016  (St. Patrick's Day)
11:00 a.m.  - 1:30 pm

TRNWR Boardwalk Dedication

Liberty Municipal Park

Awards for winning artwork were donated by the Lower Trinity Valley Bird Club and the Liberty County Art League. Winners will be announced on March 11.

"Trinity River National Wildlife Refuge and the City of Liberty cordially invite you to attend the March 17, 2016, dedication and ribbon cutting of the new Palmer Bayou Boardwalk, located on the Knobby Knees Trail of Trinity River National Wildlife Refuge. The dedication will take place at the City of Liberty Municipal Park at the end of Cook Street in Liberty, TX, from 11:00 am – 1:30 pm. Dignitaries expected to attend the event include Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and Richard Trumka, president of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)."

If you have any questions regarding the Feathered Friends Art Show or Trinity River National Wildlife Refuge, please contact Laurie Gonzales at the Refuge Office at 936-336-9786.

2016 V.A.S.E. - Third time's the charm!

3rd Year / 9 Students / 10 Artworks / 7 Regional Medals

"Some people dream of meeting their favorite artists... I teach mine."

Standing before you is an amazing group of artists brave enough to put themselves and their work in a position to be judged. And although not all received an award, they are all winners and hopefully learned something from this endeavor.

To the victors go the spoils...

(White is Division 1, Blue is Division 3)

The Old Timer... 

Macey Brunson received her first medal

and a perfect score with Fear & Fascination

The Veterans... 

Olivia Buddington received not 1 but 2 medals for her pieces...

Transition

Inner Struggles

Ellissa Garner received a medal for her perspective in Life's a Trip

The Newbies...

Lidia Ochoa has proved her prowess as an artist and has won awards at TVE and the HLSR Liberty District Shows for 2015 & 2016. The judge commented that "she could almost hear a gasp from the portrait." She was awarded a perfect score and a medal.

Drifting Away, Acrylic

Freshmen Rosa Garcia and Emily Connelly are also proving to be accomplished artists in their own right and I look forward to watching them grow through their high school careers. 

Freedom of Religion, Rosa Garcia, Pen/Ink

The Window To My Thoughts

Emily Connelly

Mixed Media (watercolor & pastels)

And the Noteworthies...

Bondage, Noah Holden, pencil

Beautiful Depression

Shelby DeBerry, 

Mixed Media (acrylic & pencil)

Wandering Off, Tristin Malling, colored pencil