ARTS COUNCIL OF JOHNSON COUNTY
\nANNOUNCES 2018 SHOOTING STARS FINALISTS<\/p>\n
OVERLAND PARK, KS \u2013 February 6, 2018 \u2013 The Arts Council of Johnson County (ACJC) announces 115 finalists have been nominated for the 2018 Shooting Stars Awards. The Shooting Stars Program honors Johnson County high school students for achievement in the literary, performing and visual arts through recognition and college scholarships. Shooting Stars award recipients will be announced at the 21st annual Shooting Stars Gala at Johnson County Community College on Sunday, March 25, 2018.<\/p>\n
\u201cTwenty-one years ago (1997), the Shooting Stars recognition program was created to celebrate young Johnson County artists for their artistic excellence in high school. The vision came from former ACJC chairman Bob Endres.\u201d said Sarah VanLanduyt, ACJC Executive Director. \u201cBob\u2019s vision was to recognize the best of the best high school artists, with nominations coming from their high school Arts teachers.\u201d<\/p>\n
At the Shooting Stars Gala, nine first-place scholarships of $1,400 each and nine second-place scholarships of $700 each will be awarded to the top two finalists in each artistic category. Nine teacher honorariums of $350 will be given to teachers that nominated the top student in each category. The program is supported by Johnson County and area foundations, corporations and individual donors. Since starting 21 years ago, the Shooting Stars program has awarded more than $200,000 in college scholarships and almost $65,000 in teacher honorariums.<\/p>\n
Each year, Shooting Stars recognizes more than 100 students that demonstrate excellence in nine categories of literary, performing and visual arts. Arts teachers from Johnson County schools nominate the students for Shooting Stars. Teachers at schools outside of Johnson County also may nominate students that live in Johnson County.<\/p>\n
To participate in Shooting Stars, students nominated must meet these criteria:
\n> be in the 12th grade and will graduate in the spring;
\n> live in Johnson County, Kansas;
\n> be nominated by an Arts teacher from their high school, and submit an application.<\/p>\n
Nominations were accepted from Arts teachers between October 24 \u2013 November 3, 2017.
\nApplications were accepted from students from October 24 \u2013 November 6, 2017.<\/p>\n
After being selected as a finalist, the high school seniors audition or submit a portfolio of work for review by independent judges in these nine categories. A list of all finalists\u2019 names, schools and nominating teacher is included at end.<\/p>\n
> Literature (11 finalists)
\n> Photography (12 finalists)
\n> Production and Design (7 finalists)
\n> Strings (7 finalists)
\n> Theatre Performance (19 finalists)
\n> Three-Dimensional Art (8 finalists)
\n> Two-Dimensional Art (20 finalists)
\n> Voice Classical (17 finalists)
\n> Winds and Percussion (14 finalists)<\/p>\n
\u201cShooting Stars celebrates the Arts by acknowledging the critical role the Arts play in our current and future workforce,\u201d said Brian Williams, President, ACJC Board of Directors. \u201cIt\u2019s critically important that we recognize that students with skills in the Arts bring creativity, ingenuity, and perspective to science, technology, engineering and math careers and their Arts skills will prepare them well for many jobs that are continuing to develop in the 21st century. Many Shooting Stars program finalists plan to pursue studies and careers in the Arts. Even if that changes over time and these budding artists pursue other paths, their participation in the Arts makes them uniquely qualified to contribute to wide variety of future endeavors,\u201d Williams added.<\/p>\n
\u201cMany Shooting Stars Finalists excel in science, technology, engineering, arts and math,\u201d added Sarah VanLanduyt, Arts Council of Johnson County Executive Director. \u201cIt\u2019s not uncommon for students to major in a STEM field, yet continue to pursue their art in college and beyond. The judges say that selecting the scholarship recipients is a challenging task because of the high-caliber of talent demonstrated by each of the nominees.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Shooting Stars Gala will be on Sunday, March 25, 2018 from 3:00 to 6:00 pm at Johnson County Community College. From 3:00-4:00 pm, Shooting Stars finalists and guests will attend a reception and exhibition opening at the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art.<\/p>\n
During the reception, guests may see the finalists\u2019 projects in the Photography, Three-Dimensional and Two-Dimensional Art on display at the Nerman Museum. Guests also may watch a photo\/video montage (DVD) of the Performing Arts auditions and Literary Arts portfolio readings. The Awards Ceremony will be held in Yardley Hall from 4:15 \u2013 5:30 pm; a celebration reception follows in the Carlsen Center lobby. Individual tickets to the Gala are $50 and are available online at artsjoco.org\/shooting-stars or by calling 913-894-2720. Proceeds from the event help to underwrite the 18 college scholarships awarded each year.<\/p>\n
2018 Shooting Stars Finalists<\/p>\n
Literature (prose\/poetry)
\nBailey Burgard, Shawnee Mission North HS
\nDavid Edmonds, Rockhurst HS
\nMicah Faulds, De Soto HS
\nIsabella Kloster, Shawnee Mission East HS
\nAlice Kogo, Olathe North HS
\nAyush Pandit, Blue Valley North HS
\nTara Phillips, Shawnee Mission South HS
\nKali Ray, Olathe South HS
\nMikayla Rico, Saint James Academy
\nMattie Schoenfeld, Maranatha Academy
\nLizzie Skidmore, Blue Valley HS<\/p>\n
Photography
\nKylie Bergdall, Olathe East HS
\nEthan Doskey, Barstow HS
\nRobert Gehring, Blue Valley North HS
\nMorgan Hickman, Notre Dame de Sion HS
\nKira Higgins, Blue Valley Southwest HS
\nAlexandra Moyer, Blue Valley West HS
\nGavin Mullin, Blue Valley Northwest HS
\nMinh Nguyen, Rockhurst HS
\nJulia Rosher, Pembroke Hill US
\nFaith Smith, De Soto HS
\nCody West, Olathe North HS
\nMelanie White, Blue Valley HS<\/p>\n
Production & Design
\nSam Carlson, De Soto HS
\nMadison Cole, Shawnee Mission North HS
\nAlexa Edmonds, Olathe North HS
\nKara McCormick, Gardner-Edgerton HS
\nHarper Mundy, Shawnee Mission East HS
\nDevin Palmer, Shawnee Mission South HS
\nAaliyah Pierce, Olathe South HS<\/p>\n
Strings
\nEmilie Giles, Olathe South HS
\nKenton Huff, Olathe Northwest HS
\nBri Jantz, Shawnee Mission East HS
\nAngela Jiang, Blue Valley HS
\nShulammite Lim, Olathe North HS
\nTiffany Pan, Blue Valley Southwest HS
\nEmma Van Lieshout, Blue Valley North HS<\/p>\n
Theatre Performance
\nHannah Collette, Gardner-Edgerton HS
\nBrayden Dannecker, Rockhurst HS
\nMandy Dulny, Shawnee Mission Northwest HS
\nKennedy Forshey, De Soto HS
\nLogan Frye, Olathe Northwest HS
\nMaggie Gallaway, Blue Valley Southwest HS
\nCamryn Hampton, Shawnee Mission West HS
\nAbigail Hindle, Shawnee Mission South HS
\nLauryn Hurley, Mill Valley HS
\nGriffin Leander, Blue Valley Northwest HS
\nAlex Leondedis, Blue Valley West HS
\nClaire L’Esperance, Saint Thomas Aquinas HS
\nKayLee Mitchell, Spring Hill HS
\nMegan Secrest, Olathe South HS
\nAdyson Shaw, Blue Valley HS
\nAllyson Tinker, Olathe North HS
\nMia Valentine, Olathe East HS
\nAmara Webb, Blue Valley North HS
\nSavanna Worthington, Shawnee Mission East HS<\/p>\n
Three-Dimensional Art
\nChloe Akin, Gardner-Edgerton HS
\nHelene Bechtel, Blue Valley Southwest HS
\nJoseph Hatzfeld, Olathe Northwest HS
\nKayla Henrie, Shawnee Mission West HS
\nWilliam Kline, Shawnee Mission East HS
\nSuhyun Park, Notre Dame de Sion HS
\nRaul Sanchez, De Soto HS
\nEmily Turner, Olathe South HS<\/p>\n
Two-Dimensional Art
\nMadison Beck, Olathe Northwest HS
\nMaya Colvin, Shawnee Mission North HS
\nSydney Crawford, Notre Dame de Sion HS
\nMarion Farnet, Saint James Academy
\nGabrielle Gillespie, Blue Valley Northwest HS
\nKatie Jones, Olathe South HS
\nTe’rasya Khalifah, Olathe East HS
\nNaYoung Kwon, Barstow HS
\nJane Markley, Pembroke Hill US
\nKinsey McCormick, Gardner-Edgerton HS
\nMarissa Olin, Mill Valley HS
\nLilian Oliver, Shawnee Mission Northwest HS
\nCormac Palmer, Blue Valley North HS
\nGabrielle Perdomo, Shawnee Mission East HS
\nBrooke Portz, De Soto HS
\nDarby Rolf, Blue Valley Southwest HS
\nTaylor Rowan, Spring Hill HS
\nAva Tronoski, Blue Valley West HS
\nSophia Wanamaker, Saint Thomas Aquinas HS
\nKaitlin Yu, Blue Valley HS<\/p>\n
Voice Classical
\nMegan Averill, Olathe Northwest HS
\nMackenzie Beeton, Blue Valley Southwest HS
\nBrahm Berry, Shawnee Mission North HS
\nNatalie Crane, Olathe North HS
\nClaire Deschamp, Saint Thomas Aquinas HS
\nJosie Hansen, Blue Valley West HS
\nMcKenna Harvey, Mill Valley HS
\nKeirstyn Mascareno, De Soto HS
\nMatthew Robison, Shawnee Mission Northwest HS
\nMelissa Rosenthal, Barstow HS
\nJake Scheuler, Rockhurst HS
\nOlivia Schultz, Gardner-Edgerton HS
\nAbbey Sensenich, Blue Valley North HS
\nAnna Synek, Blue Valley HS
\nBrittany Taylor, Olathe South HS
\nJacob Ross Thomas, Olathe East HS
\nAlexandra Tyler, Shawnee Mission West HS<\/p>\n
Winds & Percussion
\nAllison Bixler, Olathe North HS
\nJared Carlton, De Soto HS
\nEmily Copeland, Olathe Northwest HS
\nTom Fabing, Gardner-Edgerton HS
\nSophia Hollman, Shawnee Mission Northwest HS
\nAlex Jashinski, Blue Valley West HS
\nRose Muldoon, Blue Valley North HS
\nZakary Oster, Maranatha Academy
\nCrystal Rathburn, Blue Valley Southwest HS
\nAlex Reeves, Olathe East HS
\nNoelle Schlenk, Olathe South HS
\nMaria Schmeer, Saint Thomas Aquinas HS
\nCaroline Schmidt, Shawnee Mission West HS
\nBrandon Wells, Blue Valley Northwest HS<\/p>\n
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