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The TAPPS art submissions were displayed on the WCS stage for students to enjoy. |
WCS Art Students Compete and Showcase their Talent
(April 2009) Westbury Christian School art students have been hard at work creating art pieces that have been submitted to several recent art competitions.
In the annual Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools (TAPPS) Art District Competition held at The Awty International School and hosted by Second Baptist School, WCS placed third overall. Mrs. Karen Keese, WCS Art teacher, expressed “We had three more schools competing this year which made the competition tougher, but I’m very pleased with the hard work that our students put into the competition.” Keese said 63 pieces were entered and WCS brought home two bronze and five silver medals.
WCS junior Nick Leonard’s piece titled “Leonard’s Athletic Facility” won a bronze medal in the Applied Design category as well as WCS freshman Remington James’ watercolor painting titled “Daydreaming” also winning a bronze medal. Silver medalists included Pauline Li for her Computer Rendered Art titled “Goggles in Blue” and Andy Fitzpatrick’s Applied Design piece titled “Back to Jurassic.” Sophomore Amy Miller won silver in the Crafts category for her “Life with Amy” photo collection. Pauline Li’s “Dancing Shadows” was awarded silver in the Photography, Creative and Experimental category likewise Lauren Washington’s submission in the Senior Portfolio category also won silver. Mrs. Keese said WCS also had an additional eight honorable mentions, five 4th places, two 5th places and two 6th places. The art pieces that placed 4th or better qualified to compete at the TAPPS Art State Competition which was held at Concordia Lutheran High School in Austin on April 3rd and 4th.
At the state finals, WCS senior Andy Fitzpatrick’s Applied Design piece won 2nd place, Pauline Li’s Creative and Experimental Photography and her Computer Generated Art pieces both won 4th place, Remington James’ Transparent Painting earned 5th place, and Nicholas Leonard’s Applied Design and Amy Miller’s Fashion Accessories both won 6th place.
In a separate competition at the Texas Christian Schools Interscholastic Tournament (TCSIT) held at Abilene Christian University, Pauline Li won 3rd place in Computer Generated Art and Ingrid Guan won 3rd place in On-Site Drawing and 6th place in Art Portfolio.
Westbury Christian School also entered the Annual Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Art Competition. WCS senior Emily Pan’s color drawing entitled “Shielding” was awarded the non-auction champion in the high school category. Remington James won Best of Show in the high school 3D category and for the first time a WCS middle school student, 8th grader Kellie Keese, won a Gold Medal.
Keese marveled at the accomplishments of her students, “I’ve been blessed to have talented students that work very hard and do their very best.”
Westbury Christian School is a private, college preparatory, fully accredited, culturally diverse school offering unique educational opportunities for pre-k, elementary, middle and high school students. The school is located at 10420 Hillcroft at Willowbend.
For more information contact Ann Arnold in the Admissions Office at 713-551-8100.
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