$6,000 worth of prizes.
That’s what several Prince William students won at last week’s 2016 Water Art Invitational, hosted by the Prince William County Service Authority.
More than 70 area students took part in the invitational, submitting artwork in the categories of painting, drawing, computer graphics, and photography, according to a release.
The theme for this year’s art invitational was ‘Wildlife Living with Water on the Chesapeake Watershed’, stated a release.
According to a release, Khanh Nguyen, a Battlefield High School student, won the grand prize for the invitational. Nguyen’s entry was painting of a fish in a brook won her $800 in prize money, stated a release.
More on the other winners, from a release:
Other winners included two-time Grand Champion Sabrina Drescher of Battlefield (first place, Painting & Drawing) and Forest Park’s Abigail Chambers (first place, Photography) and Laurie Turner (first place, Computer Graphics).
Battlefield led the way with 13 winning entries: Nguyen, Drescher, Tony Lin (second place, Computer Graphics), Kirsten DeZeeuw (third place, Painting & Drawing), Hannah Oentung (third place, Computer Graphics) and eight General Manager Award winners (Sebastian Gallegos, Sophie Karas, Sarah McAllum, Alicia Pierson, Sydney Viar, Jacqueline Potter, Amy Dickens and Jessica Garcia).
Forest Park had eight winning entries: Chambers, Turner, Joshua Thompson (second place, Photography and GM Award, Computer Graphics), Hannah Langford (third place, Photography), Emma Buchko (third place, Computer Graphics) and Tamia Martin and Chloe Wade (GM Award).
Woodbridge High School’s Mitchell From tied Langford for third place in Photography while classmate Shaun Cantu took home a GM Award. Patriot High School’s Alex George and Lauren Chiles and Osbourn Park’s Clara Bennett also won GM Awards.
“The Water Art Invitational was once again a smashing success thanks to a diverse assortment of interesting artwork and a record-breaking amount of sponsorship support,” stated Community Relations & Outreach Manager Marlo Thomas Watson, in a release.
