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HS Art Students Earn 101 Medals at Region VASE, 15 Advance to State
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