2009 Illinois High School Results

The Fine Art Finals Scholarship Committee is pleased to announce the Winners and Finalists of the 2009 2nd Annual Fine Art Finals Illinois High School Scholarship Competition.  It was a difficult decision, however, twenty-three Finalists were chosen out of the many outstanding entries submitted, and of those twenty-three, three have been chosen for Scholarship Awards.  We proudly congratulate the following artists and their high schools as they all represent the best of Illinois.

SECOND PLACE
$250 to Student, $125 to High School
Dictionary
Muslin, Dictionary, Mixed Media - 66" x 70"
Sarah Mallory - New Trier High School - Winnetka, IL




THIRD PLACE
$125 to Student, $50 to High School
Nepal Child
Oil on Canvas - 28" x 24"
Maggie Hubbard - Fremd High School - Palatine, IL

FINALIST
Serenity Tea
Ceramics - 5" x 8"
Nina Berman - Oak Park River Forest High School - Oak Park, IL



FINALIST
September 11th
Acrylic - 18" x 24"
Mon Cornelius Bukid - Metamora Township High School - Metamora, IL



FINALIST
Untitled
Digital Photography - 8" x 10"
Grant Casleton - Oswego High School - Oswego, IL



FINALIST
Untitled
Oil on Canvas  - 22"x28"
Angela Choi - Vernon Hills High School - Vernon Hills, IL



FINALIST
Bennie's Backdoor
Digital Photography & Adobe Photoshop - 11" x 7"
Katie Clark - Marion High School - Marion, IL



FINALIST
Identity
Ink on Paper - 12"x17.75"
Megan T. Convey - Waubonsie Valley High School - Aurora, IL



FINALIST
Weighted Habits
Digital Photography & Adobe Photoshop - 6" x 10.5"
Vincent Dhan - Aurora Central High School - Aurora, IL



FINALIST
Eye Watched
Digital Photography - 7" x 10.75"
Tori Gawelczyk - Lincoln-Way North High School - Frankfort, IL



FINALIST
Flower Vase
Ceramics - 10" x 4.5"
Jenelle Grosser - St. Charles East High School - St. Charles, IL



FINALIST
Branching Out
Charcoal & Red Ballpoint Pen - 16" x 24"
David Huettner - Downers Grove South High School - Downers Grove, IL



FINALIST
Sustenance
Digital Photography - 6.8" x 10.3"
Suse LaGory - Downers Grove South High School - Downers Grove, IL



FINALIST
John Lennon
Computer Art - 6.5" x 9"
Jennifer Leary - H.D.J. Jacobs High School - Algonquin, IL



FINALIST
Back and Bloooms
Pastel & Ink - 13" x 11"
Izabela Mikolajczyk - Reavis High School - Burbank, IL



FINALIST
City Lights
Acrylic - 20" x 18"
Chelsea Ranck - Glenwood High School - Chatham, IL



FINALIST
La Lumiere D'or
Soft Pastel - 23.8" x 16.25"
Sasha Spataro - Boylan Catholic High School - Rockford, IL



FINALIST
Faith
Colored Pencil - 12" x 16"
Jessie Swiech - University High School - Normal, IL



FINALIST
Untitled
Photography - 6.75" x 10"
Katie Thompson - Barrington High School - Barrington, IL



FINALIST
Sneakers
Colored Pencil - 10" x 14"
Pamela Torres - Reavis High School - Burbank, IL



FINALIST
Still Life #2
Graphite - 12" x 18"
Matt Verticchio - Oak Park River Forest High School - Oak Park, IL



FINALIST
Chicago
Chalk Pastel on Newspaper - 11.5" x 20"
Nick Wozniak - Lincoln-Way North High School - Frankfort, IL