Draper Visual Arts Foundation (DVAF) holds an annual Art Scholar Competition for senior students in the public and private High Schools within the Canyons School District area.
Entries must be original framed works of art (not copies from magazines or other works), in three categories: 2-D, 3-D (including wood, jewelry, pottery and sculpture) and photography/digital.
DVAF announced the winners of the 2023 competition at an awards ceremony on May 1.
2023 Art Scholar Winners
Grand Prize Winner: Blaise Brad from Hillcrest for a 2D mixed media piece entitled: Unpretentious
Category Winners
3D
1st Place – Lenny Beddoes from Hillcrest, for a ceramic piece entitled: Archaeology
2nd Place – Imogen Valentine also from Hillcrest, for a ceramic piece entitled: Home Again
3rd Place – Alex Knorr from Hillcrest as well, for a copper and glass piece entitled: Indomitable
Photography/Digital
1st Place – Olivia Wood from Waterford, for a photograph with archival pigment entitled: Backstage
2nd Place – Kamryn Mend from Brighton, for a photograph entitled: Winter Flight
3rd Place – Jonathan Madill from Hillcrest, for a black and white film photograph entitled: Stairway
2D
1st Place – Ava Buxton from Jordan, with a watercolor, gold leaf, and gold paint pen piece entitled: Kintsugi
2nd Place – Guandi Wang from Waterford with a charcoal on paper piece entitled: My Self-Portrait
3rd Place – Emma Ciecil from Hillcrest, with a mixed media piece entitled: Cynefi
Honorable Mentions
3D – Nicolette Harris from Corner Canyon with a piece called Forget-me-not
Photograph/Digital – Christina Wapner from Waterford with a photograph with archival pigment entitled: Revealed Reflection
2D – Mariangel Ladera from Corner Canyon with a charcoal piece entitled: Angels on Earth
