Two Eagle River honors artists, community
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PABLO — Paintings, photography, poetry, quilts, beaded art and music were all on display at Two Eagle River High School’s eighth annual Art Slam on Thursday.
The student body eagerly cheered on their friends and classmates, who performed prose and rocked the stage with their musical talent that afternoon in the school’s common area. Community members also showed their support by exploring the visual art that lined the room.
The walls of the commons were decorated with some stunning works created by the talented young artists. Colorful quilts served as the background of the stage, while easels portraying paintings of love and friendship stood proudly in the foreground.
Photographs the students took of their communities hung on one of the walls and a slideshow flashed some of the young photographers’ work.
The photography department, which is headed up by photo instructor David Spear, has been growing exponentially through funding, grants and of course the enthusiasm of the high school students. Besides running the photo project entitled, Our Community Record at Two Eagle River High School, Spear also teaches photography at Salish Kootenai College.
Our Community Record documents communities from the eyes and lens of the students. The students are able to get the inside scoop, lending their audience an inside perspective to their towns and homes.
“What I get excited about as an older person and an outsider,” Spear said. “Is that they see the world in a different way.”
The photo project contained a wide array of photos, including a collection of self portraits. Students were encouraged to photograph themselves in their own environment.
“One thing I had to learn is that landscape is such an important thing (here,)” Spear said. Spear explained that the background of many photos represent how and where the students view themselves in the community.
But overall the collaboration of art was both moving and entertaining, and it was obvious that the positive experience was enjoyed by the artistically-inclined students as well their peers.
Students, staff and interested community members lingered for awhile after the poetry reading and musical performance, mingling in the afterglow of art.
Results:
Poetry
1st Place - Suset Rossbach
2nd Place - Sierra Webster
3rd Place - Taylor Mullaney
Honorable Mention - Audrey Finley
Prose
1st Place - Taylor Mullaney
2nd Place - Sierra Webster
3rd Place - Suset Rossbach
Music
1st Place - Shun Ikegai
2nd Place - Shun Ikegai
3rd Place - Robbie Couture
Honorable Mention - Taylor Mullaney
Beadwork
1st Place - Sierra Webster
2nd Place - Jaylen Carpentier
3rd Place - Shun Ikegai
Honorable Mention - Katie Moore
Quilt
1st Place - Jaylen Carpentier
2nd Place - James Maestas
3rd Place - Mona Meyer
Honorable Mention - Andrew Ostrander
Traditional/Non-traditional
1st Place - Mariah Longtree
2nd Place - Janelle Frost
3rd Place - Jaylen Carpentier
Honorable Mention - Charlene Conica
Children’s Book
1st Place - Karsyn Wilder
2nd Place - Lonnie Old Shoes
2 Dimensional Art
1st Place - Sierra Webster
2nd Place - Jeriko Sias
3rd Place - Latasha Dempsey
Honorable Mention - Brittni Finley-Wunder
3 Dimensional Art
1st Place - Nate Mahseelah
2nd Place - Curtis Buck
3rd Place - Mariah Longtree
Honorable Mention - Brittni Finley-Wunder
Photography
1st Place - Blaine Leonard
2nd Place - Diego Frias
3rd Place - Shun Ikegai
Honorable Mention - Kurt Burlan
