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Scores of Cape students featured at Rehoboth Art League

Beacon, Love Creek, Milton, Rehoboth, Shields participate in Young at Art exhibition
Love Creek Elementary Young at Art participants and supporters in back are (l-r) Assistant Principal James McDowell, Amaiya Person, Penny Stewart, Jack Hudson, Colton Pusey, Lorenzo Duffy, Principal Lisa Morris and art teacher Forest Allread. In front are Beall Flynn, Connor Benson, Navya Desai, Ryan Reay and Everleigh Thompson. ELLEN DRISCOLL PHOTO
Ellen Driscoll
April 12, 2022

Scores of Cape district students participated in the Rehoboth Art League Young at Art exhibition, with several artists earning awards and scholarships.

Held March 12-27 in the Corkran and Tubbs galleries, the Young at Art exhibition is an annual event presented in collaboration with local schools. The exhibition features a selection of artwork created by students in what is often their first opportunity to have their work displayed in a gallery.

Each year, the Rehoboth Art League awards a variety of cash and scholarship prizes to outstanding works, including Tom Wilson Award for Best in Show, James Kenneth Derrickson Memorial Scholarship, VIA Awards of Excellence, Howard Pyle Studio Group Awards of Excellence, Picasso-O’Keefe Awards, Lee Wayne Mills Awards and Delaware College of Art and Design Scholarships.

This year’s Derrickson Memorial Scholarship winners included Zephania Dudley, H.O. Brittingham Elementary; Kamyra Jackson, Shields Elementary; Leah Cooper, Milton Elementary; Beall Flynn, Love Creek Elementary; and Alisa Tsirtsan, Beacon Middle.

Beacon Middle students Reilly Choma and Violet Matas received Picasso-O’Keefe Promising Young Artist Awards, while Olivia Way received the Howard Pyle Studio Group Award of Excellence Honorable Mention.

Local participating schools included Beacon Middle, Delmarva Christian, East Millsboro Elementary, Indian River High, John M. Clayton Elementary, Long Neck Elementary, Love Creek Elementary, Millsboro Middle, Milton Elementary, Rehoboth Elementary, Shields Elementary, Southern Delaware School of the Arts and Sussex Academy.

 

Milton Elementary Young at Art participants in back are (l-r) Lily Peltz, Leah Cooper and Robin Rion Starr. In the middle are Kasen Adams, Pablo Velasquez and Charlie Garner. In front are Ayla Schuler-Koltuk, Alison Swift and Laila Furniss. Not pictured is Sofia Haro-Simental. ELLEN DRISCOLL PHOTO
H.O. Brittingham Elementary Young at Art students in back are (l-r) Cota Parker, Zephania Dudley, Claire Lehrer and Ashlyn Berlinger. In the middle are Alijah Hood, ​Rhozlyn Vogelsong and Mila Booth, and in front are Jackson Snyder, Connor Gates and Alita Morse. ​ELLEN DRISCOLL PHOTO
Shields Elementary Young at Art students in back are (l-r) Minnie Pettengell, AJ Crenshaw, Krystell Marin-Quiroz and Teresa Lagonigro. In front are Gavin Wang, Michael Meza, Rocky Roblero-Ambrocio, Noah Cieniewicz, Kamyra Jackson and Olivia Wang.
Beacon Middle Young at Art students in back are (l-r) Camilla Willis, Isla Touw, Hayden Hazzard and Abby Hazzard. In front are Sully Naden, Alisa Tsirtsan, Violet Matas and Reilly Choma. ELLEN DRISCOLL PHOTO
Beacon Middle student Ted Hart, who was unavailable for the group photo, created a digital illustration. SUBMITTED PHOTO
Beacon Middle student Emily Lopez, who was unavailable for the group photo, created a multimedia sculpture. SUBMITTED PHOTO
Rehoboth Elementary Young at Art students are (l-r) Austin Markowitz, Olivia Winstead, Hazel Shamenek, Elana Edery, Daxton Napolitano, Yeardley Allen, Alexa Fruchtman, Tyson Johnson and Olivia Derrick. Not pictured: Kevyn Papaline. SUBMITTED PHOTO

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