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Elmira Students Win Big at Tri-County Art Contest

“Warm Landscape” by junior Ethan Eutsler won the People’s Choice Award. (contributed photo)

Students of Elmira High School’s art classes participated in the Tri-County Art Contest at Junction City on Saturday.

There were eight categories to submit art to: Painting, Drawing, Photography, Sculpture, Mixed Media, Digital Art (no A.I. images), Collage, and Wearable Art.

Many EHS students submitted pieces to more than one category. 

The students who participated were ninth-graders Naomi Pew, Ella Clark, Marley Arient and Kendall Moeller, sophomores Hannah Yaskovic, Jack Alanksy and Amelia Cushman, juniors Ethan Eutsler and Theo Turner and seniors Candy Alanksy and Maya Puff

In total, Elmira students won 7 out of the 8 categories with Eutsler’s “Warm Landscape” receiving the most votes out of every piece submitted, winning him the People’s Choice Award and first in the Painting category.

Other pieces were submitted, but were not awarded.