Talent On Display At Tivy High School
Annual Student Art Contest Impresses Judges
 On Friday, February 22nd, the Tivy High School Library looked like a contemporary art museum as bookshelves and tables held eighty-eight student works of art. For the 33rd year, the high school art department, under the direction of art teacher Bridget Putnam, organized the annual Tivy Artist Hall of Fame. Tivy High School students were invited to submit up to two original works of art and Tivy faculty and staff was also encouraged to participate.
Classroom projects from Mrs. Putnam’s art classes provided many of the entries. Entered for judging were watercolor, oil, mixed media, acrylic and oil paintings, digital color and black and white photography, woodblock prints, and other genres of creative works. Three guest judges spent a morning evaluating,then ranking, each piece of artwork to determine the overall winners.
The winners of the 2008 Tivy Artists Hall of Fame are:
1st place – Jonathan Griffin (Sophomore), Acrylic Painting titled “Zooey Deschanel”
2nd place – David Selbo (Senior), Pencil Drawing entitled, “Ray Charles”
3rd place – Sheradon Olden (Sophomore), Computer Graphics entry titled “Found You”
Honorable mention was awarded to junior Ashley Horn for her digital photo titled “I Do Believe in Faeries!”
Griffin’s winning entry will be on permanent display in the Tivy High School Library/Media Center. For more information, contact Bridget Putnam at Tivy High School, 257-2212 and enjoy student entries photographed by Kerrville ISD on KEC-Channel 2 throughout the day. |
Jackie Stevens, a junior and a member of the Tivy High School Choirs, will perform with the Texas All-State Choir in San Antonio, Saturday, February 16, 2008 at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio as part of the 2008 Texas Music Educators Association Clinic/Convention. She was chosen for this honor through a competitive process held this year across the state at the District, Region and Area levels. Jackie, a soprano, is under the school musical direction of David Custer, who is a member of the Texas Music Educators Association, a 10,000+ member organization headquartered in Austin. She is also a private voice student of Mrs. Marsha McCoy-Sebesta. This is her first time to perform as a member of the Texas All-State Choir. Jackie is the daughter of Jack and Lesle Stevens of Kerrville.