Mountain Brook Junior High Art Forms winners were highlighted in the annual showcase Jan. 31 at the school’s Fine Arts Facility.
Students competed in three major categories: visual arts, literary arts and performance arts.
In the visual arts divisions, students were awarded first through third place trophies by grade, judged by independent artists from the community, and student choice awards, determined by student vote.
Seventh grade winners for visual arts were: Charlotte McRae, first community judges and second student choice; Frances Conner, second community judges; Gabby Turnbough, third community judges and student choice; and Adelaide Kimberly, first student choice.
Eighth grade visual arts winners were: Kelley Jiang, first community judges and tied for first student choice; Anne Grey Cook, second place in both community judges and student choice; Alexandra Ball, tied for both third place community judges and first place student choice; Cate, Harmon tied for third place community judges and third place student choice.
Ninth grade winning entries were: Ben Jackson, first community judges and tied for first student choice; Olivia Burton, second community judges; Annie Bloomston and Lizzy Donald, third place community judges; Lucas Bradley, tied for first student choice; Virginia Jordan, second place student choice; and Betsy Limbaugh, third place student choice.
In the Literary Arts category, students were awarded first through third place trophies and honorable mention gift cards in three divisions, which were decided by independent community judges.
Poetry winners were: Catherine Campbell, first; Carter Ennis, second; Alex Ball, third; and Savannah Thurston, honorable mention.
Short story winners were Adelaide Kimberly, first; and Riva Cullinan and Gray Robertson, tied for second place.
Winning essay writers were: Charlotte McRae, first and Best Overall for her essay “A Place to Fill Me Up;” Emma Rollins, second; Courtney Niemann, third; Meg Hayslip and Sarah Berryman, tied for honorable mention.
Performance arts entrants, judged by several independent performers and artists from the community, received awards in band and individual divisions.
For band, the first place award went to Sound of Madness, performing “Frankenstein” by the Edgar Winter Group. Band members are ninth grade students Daniel Neville, Harrison Jones and Rhys Reynolds.
Runner-up in the band division was The Messengers, performing “Prisoner” by Need to Breathe. Band members are Kit Goldschmidt, John Cooper, Brooks Glover, Beau Boudreaux and John Horton.
Individual awards went to:
Seventh grade: Charlotte McRae, first; Bradford Moore, second; and Helen Camp, third.
Eighth grade: Erica Nelson, first; Emily Sink, second; and Mary Rives Drake, third.
Ninth grade: Frank Phillips, first; Jessica Arzin, second; and Shirazeh Rogers, third.
Eighth grader Bill Perry won best overall with his piano performance of “Amazing Grace” by Chris Tomlin/John Newton.
Ninth grader Olivia Burton won the logo contest. Her design was featured on the T-shirts distributed to Art Forms participants.
Lee Perry was chairman of the event.
