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Lehman High School art students (left to right) Sarah Bee, Jared Rodriguez, Josh Martinez and Devon Smith were gold medalists at the 2010 State VASE competition recently. Rodriguez received a Scholastic National Gold Medal to be awarded this summer at Carnegie Hall in New York City. (Photo by Judy Cooper)
Art students from both Hays and Lehman high schools returned from the Visual Arts Scholastic Event (VASE) state competition recently with a host of medals, including one award that will send its entrant to a presentation ceremony in New York City this summer.
Lehman High School senior Jared Rodriguez, who’s earned state recognition in the past, reached a new level this spring as his “Pieces of Me” Mixed Media, Division 4 entry was named a Scholastic National Gold Medalist, the first-ever in this district and one of only a handful ever in Central Texas. He will receive his medal at Carnegie Hall in June.
Displaying their award-winning artwork are Hays High School VASE state medalists (back, left to right) Jeff Mendoza, Gaby Buentello, Mariah Mendoza; (front, left to right) Hailey Wessely, Sarah Yager and Caragh Givens. (Photo by jim Cullen)
Hays High School artists returned home with a half dozen medals: Gaby Buentello in Division 4 Pastel Drawing, “Rose Reverie”; Jeff Mendoza in Division 4 Drawing, “Deconstruction”; and Caragh Givens, Haylie Wessely and Sarah Yager in Division 1 Drawing. Givens’ entry was entitled “Here Comes the Sun,” Wessely’s entry was “Finesse,” and Yager’s was entitled “Caught in Thought.” Mariah Meza’s “18th Street,” a Division 4 Photography entry, also drew a medal.
Lehman High School added three more medals to the strong district showing at state, including Sarah Bee’s Division 4 Photography entry, “Paper Birch,”; Josh Martinez’s “Fleur,” a Division 1 Photography entry; and Devon Smith’s “Tariq,” a Division 2 Colored Pencil Drawing entry.
