Winners of 2004 Santa Paula High School Student Art Show are:Commercial Art: Gold Medallist Froylan Valdovinos for Predator, a CD cover; 1st Place, Paul J. Villareal for Play Guitar book cover; 2nd Place, Lana Ysmael for “Beautiful Revelations;” 3rd Place, Ronnie Alamillo for “Bull’s Eye” letterhead; Honorable Mention, Megan Prealice for “Buds.”Ceramics: Gold Medallist, Fabian Medina for “Animal Figure – Dog;” 1st Place, Ana Munoz for “Baseball Player;” 2nd Place, Arlene Magdaleno for “Box;” 3rd Place, Tim Fillingame for “Sphere;” Honorable Mention, Group Project “Birthday Cake.”Fine Arts: Gold Medallist, Isaac Barrios for “Lino Prints of Bob Dylan;” Gold Medallist, Naheli Tobias for “Cubism Painting of Cups;” 1st Place, Jeff Guess for “Pencil Drawing – Portrait;” 1st Place, Judy Malagon for “Still-life Pencil Drawings;” 2nd Place, Alex Magana for “Pen & Ink Drawing;” 2nd Place, Gabriel Chavez for “Pencil Drawing – Guardian Angel;” 3rd Place, Larrissa Luna for “Pencil Drawing – Flower;” 3rd Place, Lorena Marquez for “Compute Drawing.”The California Oil Museum secured the grant in its efforts to bring local students into the museum, said Nichols, who teaches the students contemporary museum exhibit standards and techniques. “The students also learn how to plan an exhibit that engages the visitors,” he added.The 6th Annual “Las Medallas de Oro” art exhibit runs through July 18 at the museum, located on the corner of 10th and Main streets. Admission is $4 adults, $1 children, free for museum members.For more information phone 933-0076 or visit the museum Web site: www.oilmuseum.net
Golden moments for winners of the SPHS ‘Las Medallas de Oro’ art show
July 09, 2004
Santa Paula High School
It was indeed a golden moment when the top prize winners of the 6th Annual “Las Medallas de Oro” Santa Paula High School student exhibit were lauded at the opening reception for the young artists at the Santa Paula California Oil Museum.
By Peggy KellySanta Paula TimesIt was indeed a golden moment when the top prize winners of the 6th Annual “Las Medallas de Oro” Santa Paula High School student exhibit were lauded at the opening reception for the young artists at the Santa Paula California Oil Museum.Selecting their best ceramics, commercial packages, drawings and paintings from a year’s worth of work was a challenge for the art students, who framed their finest artworks for display in the exhibit now taking place in the Keck Gallery.For the past five years, Santa Paula High School art students have prepared their artworks for display once a year at the California Oil Museum. Three years ago art teachers Ellen Park and Mariann Romero, along with museum curator John Nichols, expanded the student art exhibit to include an art competition, and “Las Medallas de Oro” was born.“This exhibit is part of the ‘Students As Educators’ program in which high school students present two exhibits per year at the museum. The program began in 1999 and is funded by a grant from the Timmons Foundation,” said SPCOM Director Mike Nelson.“Las Medallas de Oro” means “The Gold Medals” and the possibility of winning one of the four first place gold medals or runner-up ribbons adds excitement to the students’ preparations. A panel of professional artists judged all of the student artworks exhibited.“This year the winners were selected by a team of local judges: Judy Klement and John Nichols (Commercial Art), Judy Triem and Hennah Hombardy (Ceramics), and Xavier Montes and Wendell Dowling (Fine Art),” said Nelson. “Their efforts to jury the art show are appreciated.”
