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This creation by Roosevelt High's Brandy Fine won the
young artist a Regional Special Crafts Achievement Award.
Student art goes on display
Star-Bulletin
The best of works by Hawaii students from grades 7 through 12 will be on display at the Hawaii Regional Scholastic Art and Photography Awards Exhibition at Amfac Center Gallery Feb. 16 to 28.
An awards ceremony and preview reception will be held 6:30 p.m. Saturday at the gallery.
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Hallmark Honor Award nominee Bryant Lagmay's
painting. Lagmay attends Farrington High School.
This year, 37 intermediate and high schools statewide submitted more than 1,100 works for consideration. Of the 150 works chosen for the exhibition, 75 were national nominees that will be sent to New York for national judging, and a share of $350,000 in awards and scholarships.
This year's top Hallmark Honor Award winners, representing the best two-dimensional art are:
Marissa Oyadomori, age 13, from Iolani School; mixed media
George Jakubek, 14, Moanalua Intermediate School; drawing
Bryant Lagmay, 17, Farrington High School; painting
Ryan Okudara-Bailey, 17, Farrington High School; drawing in ink
Penelope Peralta, 18, Moanalua High School; drawing
The gallery is at 700 Bishop St. For more information, call exhibition coordinator Stanley Yamamoto at 942-3443.
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A portrait by Nicholas Anderson, a Regional Special Art
Achievement Award winner from Moanalua High School.
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