Scarlett Meazell’s 3rd Place entry (Visual Arts, Primary grades): “Meditating Pig”
The winners from this year’s Alexandria City PTA Reflections competition who will go on to compete in Northern Virginia were announced this week.
Nineteen entries by ACPS students have advanced to the Northern Virginia District Art contest, where they will compete against student’s artwork from Fairfax, Arlington and Falls Church.
Students submitted artwork to the Reflections art competition in the categories of Dance Choreography, Film Production, Literature, Musical Composition, Photography and Visual Arts.
Patrick Ostermann-Healey’s 2nd Place entry (Photography, Intermediate grades): “The Flying Umbrellas”
The artwork was evaluated by judges in each art category for creativity, mastery of the medium and interpretation of the theme, with the latter weighted the most heavily.
The city contest is just one component of the national PTA Reflections program, which begins with contests at the individual school level and progresses to city, region, state and national levels of competition.
The contest winners will be honored at the Alexandria City PTA Reflections Awards Program and Art Show Opening on Friday, March 11, beginning at 6:00 p.m. at the Durant Arts Center. The program is free and open to the public. The art show will be on display until late May.
2015-16 PTA Reflections Contest Winners:
DANCE CHOREOGRAPHY
PRIMARY
1st Kit Vontz, 2nd grade, Mount Vernon, “Love Cats”
2nd Sophia Sandi, 2nd grade, Jefferson-Houston, “Caporales (From Bolivia)”
INTERMEDIATE
1st Ava Marcy, 3rd grade, MacArthur, “Imagine the Possibilities”
2nd Jahdiah Sturge, 3rd grade, Charles Barrett, “With Inspiration”
3rd Josephine Lawson, 4th grade, Mount Vernon, “Dolphins”
MIDDLE SCHOOL
1st Janae Holster, 7th grade, GWMS, “One Man Can Change the World”
FILM PRODUCTION
PRIMARY
1st Gabriella Tuson, 2nd grade, Charles Barrett, “America’s Wonders”
2nd Nathan Tassew, 2nd grade, Cora Kelly, “The Drama of the Sciencetist”
3rd(tie) Emily Krustapentus, 2nd grade, Mount Vernon, “Friend Dancing”
3rd(tie) Sophia Sandi, 2nd grade, Jefferson-Houston, “The Daughter & the Dog”
INTERMEDIATE
1st Eliza Gwin, 4th grade, Maury, “Imagine Magic”
2nd Mark Lyons, 5th grade, George Mason, “Go For Launch”
3rd(tie) Ava Adams, 3rd grade, Charles Barrett, “Dream Big”
3rd(tie) Peyton Marcy, 5th grade, MacArthur, “Let Your Imagination Run Wild”
MIDDLE SCHOOL
1st Damian Campbell, 6th grade, GWMS, “Gold Diggers”
2nd Duane Stewart, 6th grade, Jefferson-Houston, “The Incredible Meteor”
LITERATURE
PRIMARY
1st Bethany Panza, 2nd grade, George Mason, “Magic By Night”
2nd Gabriella Tuson, 2nd grade, Charles Barrett, “A Girl and a Castle”
3rd Charlie Lorenz, 1st grade, MacArthur, “Charlie the Snake”
HM Carly Witmer, 2nd grade, Jefferson-Houston, “The World Is Blue”
INTERMEDIATE
1st Abigail Riley, 5th grade, George Mason, “Hike”
2nd(tie) Emily Milton, 5th grade, Mount Vernon, “Flying”
2nd(tie) Alex Tuson, 5th grade, Charles Barrett, “It’s My House, That’s All”
3rd Georgia Davis-Wallace, 4th grade, Maury, “What Am I Thinking Of?”
HM Olivia Kruse, 5th grade, James K. Polk, “Medieval Imagination”
DIR Lillie Eastman, 3rd grade, MacArthur, “Fly”
MIDDLE
1st Madeleine Quill, 7th grade, Jefferson-Houston, “My Little Monster”
2nd Charlotte Despard, 8th grade, GWMS, “My Dear”
3rd Angie N. Murillo, 6th grade, Francis Hammond, “What If?”
MUSIC COMPOSITION
PRIMARY
1st Jacari Jahi, 2nd grade, Mount Vernon, “Magical Rain”
2nd Lydia Rotkis, 2nd grade, MacArthur, “I Was Nothing But a Little Girl”
INTERMEDIATE
1st Georgia Davis-Wallace, 4th grade, Maury, “How Did I Get My Imagination?”
2nd Zacharia Stover , 4th grade, Mount Vernon, “MVCS Train March Away”
3rd Ronan Bhattacharya, 3rd grade, Charles Barrett, “Magic Island”
MIDDLE SCHOOL
1st Jonathan Morgan Petrini, 8th grade, GWMS, “Sonata in E Major, mvt. 1: The Hummingbird Sonata”
2nd Elizabeth Lo, 6th grade, Francis Hammond, “Metamorphosis”
PHOTOGRAPHY
PRIMARY
1st Henry Miller, 2nd grade, Mount Vernon, “Floating Book”
2nd Nathan Tassew, 2nd grade, Cora Kelly, “Baby From Space To Earth”
3rd Adelaide Flint, 2nd grade, George Mason, “Mstereis Adventure”
HM Gabriel Campbell, 2nd grade, Jefferson-Houston, “Trees on Fire”
HM Gabriella Tuson, 2nd grade, Charles Barrett, “A Magical Desert”
INTERMEDIATE
1st Gabriel Stewart, 3rd grade, Mount Vernon, “Amazon Dreams”
2nd Patrick Ostermann-Healey, 3rd grade, MacArthur, “The Flying Umbrellas”
3rd Sydney Payne, 4th grade, Charles Barrett, “Fly With the Wind”
MIDDLE SCHOOL
1st Paul Ostermann-Healey, 6th grade, George Washington, “Reflections”
2nd Duane Stewart, 6th grade, Jefferson-Houston, “The Path”
3rd Nora Fareeha, 6th grade, Francis Hammond, “An Imagination Set Free”
HIGH SCHOOL
1st Claire Vermillion, 12th grade, T.C. Williams, “Little Ballerina”
VISUAL ARTS
PRIMARY
1st Isabelle Lara, 1st grade, George Mason, “Magic World”
2nd Dawl Lee, 1st grade, Charles Barrett, “Land of Ocean”
3rd Scarlett Meazell, 1st grade, Maury, “Meditating Pig”
HM Lucien Andrews, 2nd grade, Jefferson-Houston, “Spiders Playing Basketball”
HM Kit Vontz, 2nd grade, Mount Vernon, “The Unicorn Fairy”
DIR Anthony Orellano Flores, 1st grade, John Adams, “Flying Bird”
DIR Paige Zadareky, 2nd grade, MacArthur, “I Imagine the World Will Be Sweet”
INTERMEDIATE
1st Rory Patterson, 4th grade, Charles Barrett, “Our Beautiful World”
2nd Claudia Cutting, 3rd grade, Maury, “The Creatures of My Imagination”
3rd(tie) Geremias Ayala Chicas, 4th grade, George Mason, “Discover the Power of Flying Over Skylines”
3rd(tie) Lillie Eastman, 3rd grade, MacArthur, “Cloud Dreams”
HM Alex Eissenstat, 3rd grade, Mount Vernon, “Pegaseas”
DIR Sam Hensley, 3rd grade, James K. Polk, “Imagination Land”
MIDDLE SCHOOL
1st Isabel Metzler, 7th grade, GWMS, “Seaside Fairy Cottage”
2nd Affara Mahmud, 6th grade, Francis. Hammond, “Imagination”
3rd Kira Holmes, 7th grade, Jefferson-Houston, “Birds Gone Wild”
1st Place = Outstanding Interpretation of Theme.
2nd Place = Award of Excellence.
3rd Place = Award of Merit.
HM = Honorable Mention.
DIR = Director’s Award.