For the sixth straight year, art students participating in Visual Art Scholastic Event (VASE), a competition comparing students’ artwork from all over the state, earned more medals and had more students advance to State than all other Mansfield ISD high schools.
“I like VASE because it provides the student a chance to discuss their artwork. Sometimes it’s good to get an opinion from someone else other than me,” art teacher David Mason said.
Legacy’s art department entered over 100 pieces and earned 97 Superior Rating Gold Medals, breaking not only the high school record for medals, but the district record as well.
“We didn’t have as many pieces go to State as we have in the past, but having that many students that we thought were talented enough speaks loudly of the students here at Legacy,” Mr. Mason said.
At the competition judges compared Legacy students’ artwork against the 11 south region, Saturday Feb. 9 at Timberview High School. Judges interviewed students about their piece, then rated the artwork on a scale of one to four: rating 4- superior, rating 3- excellent, rating 2- average, and rating 1- below average.
“It wasn’t as nerve-wracking or frightening as I was expecting,” sophomore Madison Ohler said. ”When [the judges] agree with me, it means a lot, and it helps with my future pieces because they told me how to fix my problems.”
Of the entries, 11 pieces will advance to state. This year state will be held at Bryan High School near College Station April 5-6.
“I’m nervous, and I don’t know what I’m going to do,” Ohler said. “I don’t know anyone that’s going, so it’s going to be new people I’ve never talked to. I feel like it’s going to be fun.”
Advancing to state:
Senior Anai Vargas (2 pieces) – Photography
Senior Alex Cameron – Drawing
Senior Natalie Clapp – Ceramics
Senior Branden Bohuslav – Ceramics
Senior Sidney Martinez – Ceramics
Senior Megan Rathbun – Glass Sculpture
Junior Katherine Daiy – Drawing
Junior Kendall Maxwell – Ceramics
Sophomore Maria Mendez – Ceramics
Sophomore Madison Ohler – Ceramics
