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| The show’s judge Teri Moore admires first place winner Allie Reynolds’ Untitled. Reynolds goes to Heath High School. |
But the spirit of the expressive teenager lives on. And right now, it’s the focus of a celebration at the Yeiser Art Center, 200 Broadway.
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| Lone Oak’s Rachel Lundberg received second place for Brainwave: On Winter Soldier. |
The show has become such a staple of high school art classes in our area that Yeiser Gallery Specialist Landee Bryant simply sends a notice to art teachers in the fall reminding them of the show and the deadline. The teachers, then, deliver a variety of work for consideration.
This show appeals to us because the entries are from throughout the region, and we’re a regional company. We’ve always been a big supporter of education of all kinds. Our support of Teen Spirit helps with a scholarship for winners to attend art classes at Murray State.
LowerTown’s Moore Selects the Best of the Best
Lovely LowerTown artist Teri Moore juried this year’s show, spending an afternoon looking at the art, narrowing her selections for the show and picking the winners.
Along with creating her own beautiful pieces, Moore teaches art at Ballard Middle School and at WKCTC.
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| Lone Oak’s Kelsey Greene received third place for My Life in Mosaics. |
“This is one is absolutely impeccable,” Moore says of Heath High School student Allie Reynolds’ Untitled, a collage created with magazine clippings. “Not only is it a beautiful piece, but the craftsmanship is fabulous...the creativity. Look, for the hair, they’re using magazine cutouts of hair, and denim for the jeans. They have to search for the right texture and material. And then put it together – and so beautifully! Very nice.”
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| Fourth place went to Lone Oak’s Jessica Willingham for Homegrown. |
Moore was so impressed with the piece, she awarded Reynolds with first place, and second place to Lone Oak High School’s Rachel Lundberg for Brainwave: On Winter Soldier. She gave third to Lone Oak’s Kelsey Greene for My Life in Mosaics. Fourth place went to Lone Oaks’ Jessica Willingham for Homegrown and fifth to Reidland’s Douglas Cunningham for Map of the Mind.
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| Fifth place went to Reidland’s Douglas Cunningham for Map of the Mind. |
Moore selected 38 pieces in all for the exhibit. “I wanted to keep the standard very high so that students will have something to be very proud of,” she says.
Teen Spirit: Catch It!
The show is on display through February 23. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday. Several of the pieces are for sale – just ask for the price list.
