Mitchell High School students log best finish at State Art Gallery competition
The competition took place Friday and Saturday, April 11 and 12 in Aberdeen, featuring around 380 pieces of art across numerous categories created by students from high schools around the state. Top finishers for Mitchell included Dailyn Kiner, who won first place finish in crafts, and Jason Halfmann, who earned second place in 3D sculpture. Students Rachel Ziegeldorf and Brooke Emme also submitted artwork to the competition.
When all was said and done, the Mitchell group finished fourth out of 13 teams, marking their highest-ever placement at the event.
Brooke Jones, a senior at MHS, scored a first place finish in the ceramics functional category and took third place in photography. A work schedule conflict prevented her from being present at the competition, but she was surprised to learn of her success after receiving an email when it was all over.
"I was surprised. I wasn't able to go as I had to work both days, but she emailed me one of those nights and congratulated me, which I was surprised about," Jones told the Mitchell Republic.
Jones, who is bound for Northern State University in the fall to study art education, submitted two pieces for the competition. Her functional ceramic piece, titled Mod Glow, is an exercise in ceramics that also serves as a functional lamp.
This was her second attempt at creating a ceramic lamp, having been thwarted last year by the challenges of using the materials involved. This time, it all came together, she said.
"This year I made it again and spent some more time on making sure everything was correctly done. I'm just glad it came out the way I wanted. That was one I really wanted to make last year but it doesn't always go that way," Jones said.
Her third-place piece, titled Erosion In Contrast, was a photography submission that featured Lake Mitchell as the subject. She took the digital photo in winter as part of Marica Shannon's photography class.
The image was taken as an overshot view from a bridge, and she decided to not make any adjustments other than swapping the image to black and white.
"I took it last semester when I had photography, it was during our landscape unit. I just went out by Lake Mitchell and took it over the bridge as a shot of the frozen lake, and then (Shannon) taught us how to grayscale it," Jones said. "We were trying to decide if we should change how light and dark it is, but we stuck to the original. We thought it looked good. I just let nature do its thing."
Along with Kiner's first place finish in crafts, titled Fall of Icarus, and Halfmann's second place finish in 3D sculpture, titled Fanged Flora, the Mitchell team took home a fourth-place finish behind Sioux Falls Lincoln, Sioux Falls Jefferson and Brookings.
It's the highest finish ever for the team at the competition, said Shannon, who teaches art at MHS. All five students involved worked hard to make their creations standout, and all contributed to the team's success.
"I think Brooke (Jones) worked very hard. She's taken pottery three times and taken photography just once but she is a hard worker. She takes the time to develop her skill to use her talents, and it's a beautiful reward for her to place as well as she did," Shannon said. "It's a recognition for some hard working kids who have worked for several years to develop their talent and improve their skills."
Jones, who has been involved with the World of Work program, helping Renee Berg in her art class at Mitchell Middle School, said she was looking forward to graduation and continuing her study of art at Northern State University. She aims to become an art teacher to help inspire future students like Shannon has done for her.
She even has her first piece of college furniture ready to move in.
"Honestly, I'll take it with me to college as a desk lamp," Jones said.
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