Project EverGreen, a national non-profit service organization, was proud to award twenty Akron area students with Art of Green Space Competition awards. Award winners were announced on Wednesday, July 1, 2009, at the Akron Public Library. Winning entries will be on display at the library throughout the month of July. A list of winning students and their entries are included below.
Young artists from kindergarten through twelfth grade expressed through art, music, writing, dance or drama on how important green spaces are to the environment, the economy, and the overall quality of life.
“For the second year, we had a great response from students from all over the Akron area,” said Den Gardner, executive director of Project EverGreen. “We were delighted to partner with the Akron Public Schools and hope to continue this partnership again next year.”
Twenty students received awards in the following categories: Art (painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, etc.), Writing (poetry, stories, articles, etc.), and Dance and Drama (videotapes). Prizes for each category were allocated to elementary, middle, and high school ages, with $100 and a blue ribbon for first, $75 and a red ribbon for second, and $50 and a yellow ribbon for third place. Thirty-one students participated in the contest and all participants received a green ribbon.
Art – Elementary School – Individual
First Place – Evelyn Nyerges; Entry title: Shhh…Listen to Nature
Second Place – Mikaela Lane; Entry Title: Clean Air
Third Place – Stevie Mazziotta; Entry Title: My Baseball Field
Art – Middle School – Individual
First Place – Karla Dawson; Entry Title: Forever Green…
Second Place – Zana Phairr; No entry title given
Third Place – Anesa Harris; Entry title: Look What Happened When I Lost My Green Space
Art- High School – Individual
First Place – Andrew Scott; Entry Title: Mother Earth
Second Place – Emily Petz; Entry Title: Beauty After Death
Third Place – Zach Herring; Entry Title: Trip to Wasteland
Art – Middle School – Team
First place – Myah Dozier and Tiara Thornton; Entry Title: Better Environment
Second Place – Lucien Milford and Amanda Lang; Time To Draw The Line
Drama – Middle School
Winning Team: Hallie Heffernan, Erin Seigferth, Alexis Hanson, Tailashay Thorton, Kierra Dunkley
Entry Title: From Nature’s Point of View
Writing – Elementary School – Individual
First Place – Ally Mazziotta; Entry title: My Backyard
Writing – Middle School - Individual
First Place – Haley R. Calhoun; Entry title: Saving the National Park – A Screen Play
