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CCS senior Gabbi Krutsinger took Best of Show with this oil painting, at left,called “Floral.”

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Carissa Hill took first place in both painting and drawing. Here is her piece in the drawing category.

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Riley Owens placed second in the painting category with this entry.

Krutsinger takes Best of Show at MCC competition

McCook Community College (MCC) still held the annual high school art show this year, but it was run a bit differently.
Since the campus in McCook was closed due to COVID-19, this year’s exhibition was done virtually on Facebook instead of at the Wrightstone Fine Arts Gallery on campus.
“This has been a difficult time for everyone and I want to congratulate all the medal winners and especially want to thank all of the talented young artists who contributed in our virtual gallery—you and your teachers have helped bring us all a beautiful distraction,” said MCC Art Instructor and Wrightstone Gallery Director Rick Johnson.
He said with all of this year’s directed health measures it was important to figure out a way to continue the annual event in some way.
For the past 40 years the high school art exhibition, as well as the in-person team paint-in competition, has promoted fine arts in area high schools, has helped artists and teachers network and has served as an important recruiting tool to find talented artists to attend MCC.
This year, a piece by Chase County Schools senior Gabbi Krutsinger was named Best of Show. Her oil painting is titled “Floral.”
Krutsinger’s piece was selected from more than 300 entries.
All pieces for the contest were submitted digitally and judged by Johnson for technical ability, compositional arrangement, creativity/originality, execution, effort-craftsmanship and presentation.
Out of seven categories including painting, drawing, prints, mixed media, three dimensional, pottery and digital/photography, CCS came away with four awards.
In addition to Krutsinger’s best of show award, fellow senior Carissa Hill was first place in both the drawing and the painting categories.
Another senior, Riley Owens, placed second behind Hill in the painting field.
Each of the seven categories had four awards including medals for first, second and third place and a Judge’s Choice Award.

 

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