Fort Madison Area Arts Association

825 Avenue G     ▪    P.O. Box 565     ▪     Fort Madison, IA  52627

Phone: 319.372.3996

Art Center Hours

Tuesday - Saturday     ▪     10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

APRIL FEATURE EXHIBITION AT FMAAA GALLERY

     Fort Madison Area Arts Association (FMAAA) annually showcases the regional high school talent in the month of April.  Students from Central Lee, Holy Trinity, Fort Madison, Keokuk, Harmony, and Hamilton compete in the divisions of black and white drawing, color drawing, painting, mixed media, photography, three dimensional, and ceramics.  A reception for the participants occurs April 20th from 2:00-4:00pm.  Pilot Grove Savings Bank is the sponsor for the exhibition.  Helen Colby Swiers, 94 years young, was the juror for the competition.  Helen was the first art director for Arts for Living Center in Burlington.  She taught art at Southeastern Community College.  She has been an avid writer and painter for decades and has written eight books.  She was honored to judge an exhibition of this caliber and knows from experience how difficult the selection process can be.  FMAAA provides a $25 stipend for Best of Show winner, donated by Personal Touch Portraits.  Best of Show was awarded to “Time Square” by Nicole Staudte, 12th grade at Central Lee.

     First place in black&white drawing division went to Hunter Pollpeter, 11th grade at FMHS.  Second place ribbon awarded to Joe Caston of Harmony for “Eye of the Tiger”.  Third place ribbon was for “Friend” by Page Hanson, 10th grade at Holy Trinity.  In the color drawing division, first place was awarded to Joe Caston of Harmony for an untitled macro image.  Second place went to Micheala Wheatley, 12th grade Central Lee, for “Fall in Iowa City”.  Third place went to Cheyenne Troutman of Harmony for “Jeffrey the Fish”.  An Honorable Mention ribbon was awarded to Chris Pilcher of Harmony for “Resting in the Grass”.  First place ribbon in the painting division was awarded to Paige Brumley, 11th grade Hamilton for “Bridge”.  Second place went to Trent Meyer, 12th grade Holy Trinity for “Touch Down”.  Third place went to Jordan Todd, 11th grade at FMHS for “Color”.  An Honorable Mention was awarded in the division to Mackenzie Eastman, 11th grade at Central Lee for “Waterlily”.  The mixed media division contains all media not represented by their own division such as printmaking or graphic design and also contains multi media works as well.  First place went to Terra Drummond of Harmony for a collage of “In Memory Of”.  Second place went to Christian Smith of Harmony for a large computer graphic of “The Toltec Extinction”.  Third place went to Abby Steffensmeier, 11th grade at Holy Trinity for pyrography of “Burnt Rose”.  Two honorable mention ribbons were awarded in this category to Danelle Morris of Harmony for “Rainbow Fish” a reduction print and to Livie Hayes, 10th grade Central Lee for graphic art on “Joe’s Chili Barn”.

     The Three Dimensional division included stained glass, sculpture, paper mache, jewelry, and clay if the piece had sculptural qualities to it.  First place went to Breckon Dean, 11th grade Hamilton for “The Black Dahlia”.  Second place went to Larissa Eastman, 12th grade Central Lee for “Zombie”.  Third place went to Reagan Mickelson, 11th grade at Central Lee for “Aticus”.  Two Honorable Mention ribbon were awarded to stained glass works from Hamilton----Alanta Schwab, 12th grade for “Crooked Vase” and Kylee Ellingbee, 9th grade for “Frog Lights”.  First place in photography division went to Beccan Snyder, 11th grade at Keokuk for “Sew?”.  Second place went to Kori Lambert, 12th grade at Keokuk for “Dreams within Reach”.  Third place went to Kayla Clark of 10th grade Central Lee for “Fog off the Deck”.  An Honorable Mention went to Mackenzie Eastman, 11th grade Central Lee for “Lone Lily”.  Ironically this was the photo that she utilized for the painting ribbon she won in that division.  First place in Ceramics division went to Molly Westermeyer, 11th grade Central Lee for “Royal Star”.  Second place went to Jacqueline Delgadillo, 12th grade FMHS for “Octopus Teapot”.  Third place went to Larissa Eastman, 12th grade Central Lee for “Mother’s Garden”.  An Honorable Mention ribbon went to Misti Carroll, 12th grade Hamilton for “Live, Laugh, Love”.  The exhibition will be up throughout the month of April.  

BEST OF SHOW “Time Square” by Nicole Staudte

Terra Drummond

Hunter Pollpeter