High school art students in Denton ISD participated in the Region round of the Texas Art Education Association's Visual Art Scholastic Event or VASE. This year's VASE events are virtual rather than in person due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Students that enter VASE create artworks, write about their creative processes and understanding of visual art, and articulate information about their artwork during an interview with a VASE juror, who evaluates their work using a standards-based rubric. This year, Denton ISD art students earned a total of 101 Region medals for Superior ratings. 15 Denton ISD works have advanced to State VASE (also virtual) which takes place April 24.

Pictured below are works by the students that have advanced to State. Congratulations to all of these award-winning DISD art students and their teachers. Best wishes to the students that have advanced to State.

 Sadie Johnson, Braswell HS

 

Jennifer (Allison) McLeod, Braswell HS

 

Marissa Salinas, Braswell HS

 

Leah Matney, Braswell HS

 

Samuel Sanders (2 works advanced), Braswell HS

 

Elijah Aguirre, Guyer HS

 

Makenzie Lander (2 works advanced), Guyer HS

 

Kamryn Nix (2 works advanced), Guyer HS

 

Ronin Salmon, Guyer HS

 

Ryan Vanwagoner, Guyer HS

 

Kayla Bryant, Ryan HS

 

Victor Matute, Ryan HS

 

Braswell HS - 41 Superior Ratings, 6 Advanced to State

Students of Alicia Berdan

Region VASE Superior Ratings:

Jennifer (Allison) McLeod – 2 medals (State)

Bryson Morgan

Asia St. Louis

Aiden Binkley

Sara (Esther) Ali

 

Students of Angelia Ford

Region VASE Superior Ratings:

Kailey Arthur

Robin Burney

Caydin Cooper

Eowyn Dautrich  x2 medals

Frida Gomez

Madelyn Kay

Ally Ordyna

Mia Romani

Samuel Sanders x2 medals (State x2)

Agostina Sosa-Clemente

Caitlyn Staiger

 

Students of Kiba Jacobson

Region VASE Superior Ratings:

Cox, Addison

Cruz, Alondra

Davis, Natalie

Franklin, Ayana

Garrett, Paige

Kim, Abby

Matney, Leah (State)

Mcclain, Shai

Ojeda, Jayden

Salinas, Marissa (State)

Sanchez-Manns, Natalie

 

Students of Ashlynn Lee

Region VASE Superior Ratings:

Avarie Pardue

Kylie Sonday

Davan Dalton

Alissa Anquoe

Alexis Magras

 

Students of Lauren Melton

Region VASE Superior Ratings:

Cox, Addison

Alexander, Sophie          

Gomez, Frida    

Johnson, Sadie (State)

Mckinney, Kailyne          

Ordyna, Ally       

Petty, Drew       

Tawakal, Shegay              

Williams-yousuf, Jenidy

 

 

Guyer HS - 49 Superior Ratings, 7 Advanced to State

Students of Tiffany Fitzsimmons

Region VASE Superior Ratings:

Elijah Aguirre (State)

Kenzie Colvin

Madison Humphries

Avery Kaplinsky

Amanda Kinner

Makenzie Lander (State)

Reagan Mendeke (x2)

Subah Newaz

Alexander O'connell

Angel Olvera

Aliyah Peggs

Samantha Reeves (x2)

Alyssa Rojas

Connor Smith (x2)

Samantha Tooley

Arun Vardhineni

 

Students of Christian Reid

Region VASE Superior Ratings:

Elijah Aguirre

Mackenzie Applin (x2)

Lydia Carr

Emily Chase

Maggie Glenn

Madeline Huffman

Anelise Hurst (x2)

Dharshini Kumaran

Mackenzie Lander (State)

Sophia Lee

Genaveve Miller

Minjung Song

Fernanda Vargas

 

Students of Jeremy Sale

Region VASE Superior Ratings:

Grace Campbell

Astrid Giron

Zoe Gresik

Madeleine Kaiser

Payton Sassie

Blake Sherwood

Isabella Villarreal

 

Students of Shaye Watson

Region VASE Superior Ratings:

Colton Clark

Katie Little

Abigail Marchant

Kamryn Nixon (x2) (State x2)

Ronin Salmon (State)

Ryan Vanwagoner (x2) (State)

 

Ryan HS - 11 Superior Ratings, 2 Advanced to State

Student of Amy Foutch

Region VASE Superior Rating:

Miguel Rodriguez      

 

Students of Todd Ford

Region VASE Superior Ratings:

Kayla Bryant (x2) (State)

Victor Matute (x2) (State)

 

Students of Brian Pierce

Region VASE Superior Ratings:

Joel Francis

Alexa Ivory

Griselda Mendoza

Ashley Robles

Itzel Solis

Cheryl Uangbaoje