HS Art Students Compete at FHSU Art Show
Launch the media gallery 1 playerOn April 15, 2026, Fort Hays State University held the 51st Annual High School Art Exhibition. Approximately 1,300 students from 72 high schools in Kansas and Colorado participated in the event. The exhibition was sponsored by the Department of Art at Fort Hays State University and was held in the Gross Memorial Coliseum. For this year, Hoxie displayed work from all high school art class projects, including graphic design. High school art students received 15 awards and the graphic design class received 5 awards. Also, for the second year in a row, individual awards for outstanding work were given.
Yesenia Villegas - 1st place for a glass mosaic (HS Art)
Iauna King - 2nd place for a watercolor painting, (HS Art)
Keiley Kincaid - 3rd place for a colored pencil drawing (graphic design)
Other awards to the high school art students for outstanding work:
Jordan Dardis - Mixed media
Emily Farber - Acrylic painting
Lily Bird - Quilling
Iauna King - Clay slab-built bird house
Jaylen Herl - Glass mosaic
Iauna King - Wheel-thrown clay bowl
Helaina Heskett - Mixed media
Coryn Nye - Print
Adleigh Ziegler - Hand-built clay platter
Adleigh Ziegler - Wheel-thrown set of clay bowls
Madison Mader - Glass mosaic cross
Consuelo Valdez - Glass mosaic
Vanessa Schutte - Glass mosaic
Graphic Design Class:
Gage Epp - Photoshop
Simon Watkins - Altered computer image
Oliva Walker - Colored pencil drawing, computer images
Maria Hammond - Colored pencil drawing, computer images