The 33rd annual Na Opio Youth Arts Show and Competition remains on display at Waimea Arts Council’s Firehouse Gallery through Sunday.
The show, which celebrates March being National Youth Art Month, features artists in grades six through 12 who attend school or are home-schooled in the North and South Kohala and Hamakua districts.
Awards for first, second and third place winners were announced for each grade level following the exhibit’s opening reception earlier this month. The judge for this year’s show was Carrie Edgil, who teaches middle school special education at Laupahoehoe Community Public Charter School and holds a bachelor’s degree in fine arts and a master’s degree in the arts of teaching from the University of San Francisco.
Grade 6:
1st: Kehea Gaglione, “Geo Giraffe,” acrylic, Parker School
2nd: Sana Yamakawa, “Rose Batik,” wax batik on silk scarf, HPA
3rd: Anolani Liu, “Structure of School,” watercolor, HPA
Grade 7
1st: Anuhea Elliot, “Dances Goddess of the Sea,” pen/pencil, Parker School
2nd: Amanda Black, “Bo Peeps Lost Sheep,” cardboard mixed media, Parker School
3rd: Prinstine Dahilos, “Swan Legs,” mixed media, Waikoloa School
Grade 8
1st: Zachary Van Horn, “Fish People,” mixed media, Waikoloa School
2nd: Greg Parks, “Gold-Blood,” acrylic and metallics, HPA
3rd: Keegan Mattson, “Vog Mask,” ink, Waikoloa School
Grade 9
1st: Gracelyn Jardine, “Colors All Around Me,” acrylic on canvas, Parker School
2nd: Ryanne Doherty, “Nature and Humanity,” mixed, Parker School
3rd: Lilliana Ryan Canario-Carvalho, “Blue Boy,” mixed media, Honokaa High School
Grade 10
1st: Anna Gaglione, “And That Which Was,” ceramic pit fire, Parker School
2nd: Annie Pham, “Wisdom of the Ages,” ceramic, Parker School
3rd: Maya Elsworth, “Lady Red,” acrylic on canvas, Parker School
Grade 11
1st: Bradley Bolinger, “Flat Blue,” ceramic pottery, Parker School
2nd: Mathias Migliorini-Marchese, “The Political Game Series #2,” mixed media on canvas, Parker School
3rd: Kawena Ching, “Dante’s Inferno Series #4,” pen, ink and watercolor, Parker School
Grade 12
1st: Kenzie Nelson, “The Screamer,” paper and book, Parker School
2nd: Kawe Lincon, “Crack Me Open and Let the Bloom Begin,” ceramic tryptic, Parker School
3rd: Eric Fetch, “A Study of Line; Departure and Return,” paper on wood, Parker School
