Congratulations to the art students who earned awards from this year’s Scholastic State Art competition. On Saturday March 2nd the students attended a ceremony, held annually, at the Omaha Public Schools Teacher Administrative Center building. There were over 3,800 works of art submitted from students across the state of Nebraska, and just over 34% earned awards. Fort Calhoun students earned a total of 29 awards, with multiple students earning multiple awards. All the entries that received awards from across the state will be on display at the Omaha Public Schools Teacher Administrative Center, located at 3215 Cuming St., from February 26 until March 29, 2019.
Award recipients are as follows
Katie Barta, 9 – Two Gold Key for Drawing and Illustration
Cory Underwood, 9 – Honorable Mention, Still life Drawing and Illustration
Cameron Reynolds, 10 – Honorable Mention, Bluejay Painting
Kennedy Bradburn, 11 – Gold Key, October 1, 1994, Printmaking
Bailey Donovan – 11 Silver Key, Who We Are, Mixed Media
Bailey Donovan, 11 – Gold Key, Pick a Spott, Printmaking
Evelyn Holmstedt, 11 – Silver Key Peacock, Printmaking
Alyssa Mitchell, 11 – Silver Key, Kernel Printmaking
Nathan Blizzard, 12 – Honorable Mention Life Short Film
Nathan Blizzard, 12 – Silver Key Earth, Short Film
Nathan Blizzard, 12 – Silver Key, Importance Portfolio
Nathan Blizzard, 12 – Silver Key, Bullying Short Film
Nathan Blizzard, 12 – Gold Key, Fisherman Short Film
Emelia Finke, 12 – Two Honorable Mentions for Painting and Drawing and Illustration
Espen Hervik, 12 – Honorable Mention Mjolnir (Hammer of Thor) Mixed Media
Avery McKennan, 12 – Honorable Mention, Heirlooms, Mixed Media
Avery McKennan, 12 – Silver Key, Oh Brother, Drawing and Illustration
Avery McKennan, 12 – Silver Key, Yes, I Made That, Portfolio
Avery McKennan, 12 – Silver Key, Eagle Sculpture
Avery McKennan, 12 – Gold Key, Chicken Pox, Mixed Media
Avery McKennan, 12 – Gold Key, Grandpa, Drawing/Illustration
Avery McKennan, 12 – Gold Key, What Are You Staring At? Drawing and Illustration
Stephanie Mlynarik, 12 – Two Honorable Mentions for Portfolio and Sculpture
Stephanie Mlynarik, 12 Two Silver Key for Drawing and Illustration and Painting
Nate Premer, 12 – Silver Key, Blue Macaw Printmaking
Avery McKennan 
Bailey Donovan 
Nate Premer 
Emelia Finke, Stephanie Mlynarik and Cameron Reynolds 
Kennedy Bradburn and Alyssa Mitchell 
Cory Underwood, Evelyn Holmstedt, Espen Hervik and Katie Barta
Nathan Blizzard’s video “Fisherman” won a Gold Kay Award in Short Film