Here are the gold award winners from the 2024 Lancaster County Young Artists awards | Entertainment
A handful of teeth hovers over someone sleeping in a mixed-media visit from the Tooth Fairy, as imagined by a Donegal High School senior.
Hundreds of colorful cats are gathered in blank stares in a fiber piece made by Conestoga Valley High School junior.
And an angel tapestry blanket gets new life as a jacket thanks to a Stone Independent School senior.
These are just some of the award-winning creations honored in the Lancaster County Young Artists Awards, on display now at the Lancaster Museum of Art and the Pennsylvania College of Art & Design.
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The Demuth Foundation hosts the regional competition annually. Students in grades 7-12 who are attending school in a participating district or are homeschooled are eligible to apply. Categories include apparel, ceramics and glass, computer art, drawing, fibers, graphic design, jewelry and metals, mixed media, painting, photography, portfolio, printmaking, and sculpture.
The award winners are split between two locations. The following are schools and districts on view at the Lancaster Museum of Art: Solanco, Donegal, Hempfield, Lampeter-Strasburg, Linden Hall, Manheim Township, Penn Manor, Stone Independent and Warwick. These schools and districts are on view at the Pennsylvania College of Art & Design: Cocalico, Conestoga Valley, Ephrata Area, Garden Spot, Lancaster Catholic, Lancaster Country Day and Lancaster Mennonite.
The Lancaster Museum of Art at 135 N. Lime St. in Lancaster is open noon to 4 p.m. Sundays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. The museum is closed Mondays and Wednesdays.
The Pennsylvania College of Art & Design’s main gallery is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekends. The gallery is accessible through the school’s main entrance at 204 N. Prince St. in Lancaster.
Below is a list of gold award winners, and a slideshow of a few winning pieces.
For more information on the awards or the Demuth Foundation’s exhibits, visit demuth.org.
Ceramics and glass
— Zoe Buchanan, senior, Warwick High School.
— Will Calder, senior, Lancaster Country Day School.
— Avery Caldwell, sophomore, Solanco High School.
— Zoe Caloviras, senior, Manheim Township High School.
— Emma Diedrich, junior, Donegal High School.
— Dana El-Mutwalli, senior, Hempfield High School.
— Hadassah Frank, senior, Warwick High School.
— Ava Kurtz, senior, Solanco High School.
— Amber Lefever, senior, Manheim Township High School.
— Ryann Logan, junior, Lampeter-Strasburg High School.
— Gabriel Minguez, senior, Manheim Township High School.
— Gemma Navickas, senior, Lancaster Catholic High School.
— Maggie Poole, junior, Solanco High School.
— Breck Popolis, freshman, Cocalico Middle School.
— Madeline Ross, senior, Lampeter-Strasburg High School.
Drawing
— Emily Boltz, sophomore, Warwick High School.
— Adessa Bradley, junior, Penn Manor High School.
— Lydia Card, junior, Hempfield High School.
— Ava Kurtz, senior, Solanco High School.
— Anastasiia Yakovets, senior, Garden Spot High School.
Computer art
— Ava Kurtz, senior, Solanco High School.
— Sofia Swanson, senior, Penn Manor High School.
Fibers
— Helena Carroll, senior, Manheim Township High School.
— Nicolette Frey, junior, Conestoga Valley High School.
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Mixed media
— Miranda Phung, junior, Manheim Township High School.
— Bailey Shoaf, senior, Donegal High School.
Animation
— Jennifer Mantsevich, senior, Ephrata Area High School.
Graphic design
— Willow Ashworth, senior, Penn Manor High School.
Jewelry and metals
— Kallie Leik, sophomore, Hempfield High School.
— Shelby Loudenback, senior, Hempfield High School.
Sculpture
— Mia Cutipa, sophomore, Conestoga Valley High School.
— Kathryn Fernald, junior, Donegal High School.
— Lillian Fisher, 8th grade, Lancaster Country Day School.
— David Fogell, freshman, Penn Manor High School.
— Adam Ilie, junior, Stone Independent School.
— Ava Kurtz, senior, Solanco High School.
— Hannah Mesana, junior, Garden Spot High School.
— Mitchell Sheehan, senior, Manheim Township High School.
— Lily Splain, sophomore, Conestoga Valley High School.
— Elise Swann, freshman, Cocalico Middle School.
— Aurora Ulrich, junior, Manheim Township High School.
Painting
— Hollyann Carzola, senior, Warwick High School.
— Chenxi Dong, senior, Linden Hall.
— Lahari Gandlur, junior, Donegal High School.
— Marie Gehman, senior, Donegal High School.
— Sabrina Hess, senior, Manheim Township High School.
— Vienne Kreider, senior, Penn Manor High School.
— Julianna Leonard, senior, Lancaster Catholic High School.
— Ava Weit, senior, Lampeter-Strasburg High School.
— Matalyn Zook, senior, Lampeter-Strasburg High School.
Printmaking
— Paola Rivera-Perez, senior, Warwick High School.
Photography
— Amelie Breuninger, junior, Lancaster Country Day School.
— Nate Buehler, senior, Ephrata Area High School.
— Jerelyn Burns, junior, Penn Manor High School.
— Rayahna Clerico, senior, Donegal High School.
— Olivia Haldeman, junior, Penn Manor High School.
— Jason Joniec, senior, Penn Manor High School.
— Carolina Lang, junior, Lancaster Country Day School.
— Savannah Moser, sophomore, Ephrata Area High School.
— Mikayla Ressler, junior, Penn Manor High School.
— Alez Szurgot, senior, Ephrata Area High School.
Apparel
— Diego Petit, senior, Stone Independent School.
