2015 Art Showcase State Finals

On May 9 NCASA presented the Art Showcase State Finals hosted by Atkins A&T High School in Winston-Salem. Northview Middle School of Hickory and Northwood High School of Pittsboro each won their first Art Showcase titles. The prompt for this year's competition was "Brooks Brothers Shirts" poem written by Joseph Bathanti. Brooks Brothers awarded each winning individual student and first place team member a $100 Brooks Brothers gift card.

Complete team standings are shown below:

High School

1 - Northwood HS

2 - Myers Park HS

3 - Northwest Guilford HS

4 - Newton Conover HS

5 - Atkins A&T HS

6 - South Iredell HS

7 - East Surry HS

8 - AL Brown HS

9 - High Point Central HS

10 - Brunswick Early College HS

Middle School

1 - Northview MS of Hickory

2 - Gentry MS

3 - JN Fries MS

4 - Mount Airy MS

5 - Hickory Ridge MS

6 - Ligon GT Magnet MS

7 - Mount Mourne School

8 - 71st Classical MS

9 - Lucas MS

10 - Elizabeth City MS

Individual winners in each media are shown below:

High School

• Printmaking: Elise Crawford of Northwood HS

• Computer Generated: Caleb Cowan of Northwest Guilford HS

• Photography: Kyndal Hutchinson of Northwood HS

• Mixed Media: Anna Martin of Myers Park HS *Chosen as Best in Show (shown above)

• Painting: Brenda Vang of Newton Conover HS

• Drawing: Megan Hunter of Myers Park HS

• Collage: Olivia Draper of Northwood HS

Middle School

• Printmaking: Connor Slattery of Northview MS

• Computer Generated: Gabriel Horn of Hickory Ridge MS

• Photography: Abby Priebe of Ligon MS

• Mixed Media: Emma Fuller of Northview MS *Chosen as Best in Show

• Painting: Cesar Ramirez of Gentry MS

• Drawing: Fiona Winter of Ligon MS

• Collage: Makenzie Taylor of Mount Mourne