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Posted by KCSOSCOMM Thu Sep 25, 2008 16:54:33 PDT
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           A bold decision to use bright purple instead of natural skin tones was the right decision for Liberty High freshman Natalie Chambers who received the Best of Show trophy at the annual Kern County Fair Children’s Art awards ceremony held Sept. 24 in the fairgrounds’ Harvest Hall in Bakersfield. Chambers’ painting titled “Indian Maiden” was judged the best among 613 entries from 47 schools throughout the county.

            Chambers was an eighth-grader at Rosedale Middle School when she painted her winner which was entered in the fair competition in May.

            “Actually, I had been planning on using natural skin tones for the face, but the more I thought about it, I decided to just go for the purple.” Chambers said. “I think it is the focal point of the painting because it really makes all the other colors, such as the facial war paint, stand out.”

            Sponsored by the Kern County Superintendent of Schools Office, the annual competition promotes and showcases art created by public school children in special needs classes and students in grades kindergarten through eighth grade. First place ribbons are awarded at each grade level, as well as honorable mention ribbons.

            Entries were received in May. Each one had to be original in both design and color. Only the top two or three from each classroom survived tough preliminary judging. The Fair Children’s Art Committee pared the submissions down to the final competitors. Fair judging took place on Sept. 16 with the artwork hung by grade level inside Harvest Hall once the fair opened on Sept. 17. The art remains on display until the fair closes Sept. 27.   

            “Every piece of student art hanging in Harvest Hall deserves first place, so we had to make some very difficult decisions,” said KCSOS Curriculum Coordinator Kathleen White, who presided over the awards ceremony.

Kern County Fair Children’s Art results:

Best of Show

Natalie Chambers, Rosedale Middle School

 

Special Needs

1st — Arthur Gonzales, Golden Hills Elementary

Honorable Mention — Sierra Jones, Golden Hills Elementary

 

Kindergarten

1st — Chasity Fletcher, Stockdale Elementary

Honorable Mention — Andrew Bransby, Endeavour Elementary and Andrew Bernard, Golden Hills Elementary

 

First Grade

1st — Alejandro Romero, Rio Bravo Elementary

Honorable Mention — Nayeli Camacho, Berkshire Elementary; Brettnee Williamson, Rio Bravo Elementary and Jayden Gray, Williams School

 

Second Grade

1st — Matthew Anspach, Stockdale Elementary

Honorable Mention — Jakob Koebrick, Centennial Elementary and Savanna Tumey, Williams School 

 

Third Grade

1st — Kailey Blair, Centennial Elementary

Honorable Mention — Suzette Cabrera, Orangewood Elementary and Alyssa Ramirez, Rio Bravo Elementary

 

Fourth Grade

1st — Brandon Hill, Planz School

Honorable Mention — Darian Rodriguez, Princeton Street School; Mia Rios, Rio Bravo-Greeley and Chandler Bandoli, Almondale Elementary

 

Fifth Grade

1st — Karina Birrueta, Maple School

Honorable Mention — Taylor Camarillo, Rio Bravo-Greeley; David Perez, Maple School and Morganne Hill, Rio Bravo-Greeley

 

Sixth Grade

1st — Brittney Lu, Quailwood Elementary

Honorable Mention — Ashlyn Hamilton, Quailwood Elementary; Ruben Reyes, Blanton Elementary and Destine Rahberger, Jacobsen Middle

 

Seventh Grade

1st — Kira Morris, Rosedale Middle

Honorable Mention — Roxana Chaidez and Celeste Carrera, Rosedale Middle

 

Eighth Grade

1st — Tyler Hartsfield, Rosedale Middle

Honorable Mention — Mandy Xiao, Rosedale Middle; Andrew Hansen, Jacobsen Middle and Maria Ornelas, Edison Middle

 

 

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