Ellinwood High School Art

05/20/2026

The 2026 CPL Art Show was held in Chase this spring on April 29th. At the show, a different format of awards were given but the league champions were not awarded at that time. A request from the majority of the league schools was made to have a second online version of the show so league champions and medals could be awarded. Since that time the show was judged for all awards in a digital format and here are the results. Ellinwood won 22 awards with 7 category gold medals, two best of shows and both student choice awards. Here are the categorical League Champions and other award recipients

Charcoal Drawing
1st Place Gold Medal and League Champion - Emilia Auwarter – “Cowboy’s Dream”
3rd Place Bronze Medal – Luke Heinz – “Reflections of the Riverbed”
4th Place – Jenaveve Franco – “Edward”

Painting
5th Place – Luke Heinz - “Surf’s Up”

Colored Pencil Drawing
1st Place Gold Medal and League Champion – Jenna Sandberg - “Omniscient Observer”

Pastel Drawing
1st Place Gold Medal and League Champion – Jenaveve Franco – “Neon Rain”

Graphite Drawing
5th Place – Lexi Thomas – “Ivory Solitude”

Printmaking
1st Place Gold Medal and League Champion – Jonas Kern – “Adispiscing elit”
4th Place – Jenna Sandberg – “Twinkling Freedom”

Digital Photography
1st Place Gold Medal and League Champion – Jonas Kern – “Tempor Indidunt”

Handbuilt Ceramics
1st Place Gold Medal and League Champion – Mette Maxwell – “Northern Strike”
4th Place – Shyria Quintana – “Falling Leaf”

Wheel Thrown Ceramics
1st Place Gold Medal and League Champion – Shyria Quintana – “Native Wave”
2nd Place Silver Medal – Shyria Quintana – “Aspen Tree”
3rd Place Bronze Medal – Mette Maxwell – “Lavender Flow”
4th Place – Mette Maxwell – “Twin Tides”
5th Place – Shyria Quintana – “Ocean Tide”

Overall Best of Show – Reece Stickney – Colored Pencil Drawing “Eyes of the Wild”
2D Best of Show – Mette Maxwell – Mosaic “Northern Strike”

2D Student Choice – Reece Stickney – Colored Pencil Drawing “Eyes of the Wild”
3D Student Choice – Shyria Quintana – Ceramic Vase “Aspen”

Congratulations to all the students on representing our EHS Art program with such a high level of success and pride!

04/30/2026

The CPL Art show was hosted today in Chase for HS Art Students. Ellinwood had 14 kids attend workshops and learn from various presenters.

04/30/2026

The CPL Art show was hosted today in Chase for HS Art Students. Ellinwood had 14 kids attend workshops and learn from various presenters like in years past. What was different this year was the way awards were given to the students. Traditionally there are multiple categories with 5 awards given in each category. This year only 15 awards out of a possible 300 were given which minimized the amount of kids who could be celebrated to less than 5% of the entire body of work. So, while there were no league champions awards in their respective categories Ellinwood was well represented in earning three of the top five awards include the prestigious Best of Show and Students Choice Award.

Shyria Quintana earned an honorable mention for her ceramic vase titled “Aspen.”

Mette Maxwell won the overall 3rd Place award in the show with her ceramic mosaic titled “Northern Strike.”

For the Second year in a row Reece Stickney has earned the Top prize of Best in Show and the popular Students Choice awards with her colored pencil drawing titled “Eye of the Wild.”

Congratulations to our 4 awards winners and all of our art students on representing EHS with such pride!

04/21/2026

04/10/2026

03/26/2026

Congratulations to the following art students in their awards at the Barton Vortex show.

🥇ShyriaQuintana 1st place pottery
🥈Jenaveve Franco 2nd place grayscale drawing
🥈Jenna Sandberg 2nd place colored drawing

🖼️ The prestigious Gallery's Choice award was given to Jenna Sandberg for her colored pencil drawing titled "Omniscient Observer"

🖼️ Jenaveve Franco earned the distinction of her work being featured on Next Year's Vortex Promotional Poster with her oil pastel drawing titled "Neon Rain"

03/26/2026

Ellinwood High School art students proudly represented EHS at this year’s Barton County Vortex Exhibition at the Shafer Art Gallery, showcasing their creativity alongside talented peers from across the region. Students had the opportunity to display their work in a professional gallery setting while also participating in Vortex Day activities, including hands-on workshops and learning experiences led by Barton Community College faculty.

03/25/2026

Last day to view the Art Exhibition is tomorrow! All are welcome to support the arts.

🚨 THE SHOW IS OUT 🚨
Come see the Vortex showcase now.

Vortex Day will be held March 25, 2026. High school students will be judged and critiqued on the art submitted to the showcase, as well as go through hands-on sessions about fine arts.