HIGH SCHOOL ARTISTS SHINE AT EXHIBITION

Cody Fisk of La Grande High School, "Tiger Pride," caste bronze ().

LA GRANDE - The Nightingale Gallery would like to congratulate the following award winners from the 2007 Eastern Oregon Regional High School Art Exhibition.

The Eastern Oregon University art program presented two University Scholar Awards to the best 2D and 3D work by area high school seniors.

These awards come with a $1,500 renewable scholarship to study art at EOU.

All Best of Show and Honorable Mention winners received an award certificate and a sketchbook in which to con-tinue to hone their skills.

The exhibition runs through Wednesday at the gallery in Loso Hall. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Corey Peeke, gallery director and assistant professor of art and art history, said Nightingale Gallery would also like to express its appreciation to the following area teachers who do a fantastic job with scant resources and who went out of their way to make sure their students' work was included in the exhibit.

• J.J. Collier of Grant Union High School, John Day

• Jaime Gustavson of Union High School

• Brenda Johnson of Baker High School

• Mike Shierman of La Grande High School, and his student teacher, Ben Holtby

• Olivia Slippy of Joseph High

AWARD WINNERS

University Scholar Award in Art-2D: Allison Munn, Baker, a $1,500 renewable scholarship to study art at EOU

University Scholar Award in Art-3D: Cody Fisk, La Grande, a $1,500 renewable scholarship to study art at EOU

Best of Show 11th Grade: Elizabeth Bright, Joseph, for "Untitled"

Best of Show 10th Grade: Brandon Portney, La Grande, for "Log Truck"

Best of Show 9th Grade: Anna Maxwell, Union, for "Beauty from Ashes"

Honorable Mentions

La Grande — Julia Brown for "L'Ours," Katie Olmsted for "Pears" and Sally Houseman for "Day Flight"

Union — Adrienne Willis for "Love Me," Kelson Bertrand for "Dreamer & Sciatic Nerve," J. Poe for "Sir Havoc," Tom Shealy for "Superior Me," Briana Tanaka for "Breaking Loose"

Baker — Cassie Petrucci for "Untitled Ceramic," Christine Gaub for "Untitled"

Joseph — Jamie Micka for "Dried Pastel," Ashley Nelthrop for "Last Breath," Shay Massey for "Daddy's Revenge"

Grant Union High (John Day) — Han Bynl Ru for "Ashley & Sydney"