Winners Announced for “50th Annual Salon of Door County High School Art “

(From left) Marissa Shefchik, Berkley Schwab, Elliot Eash, Brooklynn Eash, Tatum Routhieaux, Charlotte Bloniarz and Malia Rothrock. Not pictured: Elizabeth Bautista, Cora Maccoux, Madelyn Kellerman, Emily Nickchen and Gianna Roman. Photo courtesy of the Miller Art Museum.

During an April 15 reception for the Miller Art Museum’s 50th Annual Salon of Door County High School Art, local artists in grades nine through 12 were celebrated and award-winners were announced. 

This year’s multimedia exhibition featured artwork by 113 students from the peninsula’s five high schools: Gibraltar, Sevastopol, Southern Door, Sturgeon Bay and Washington Island. Two homeschooled students also participated. 

“There is a no-holds-barred approach to the creation of work from young artists that makes viewing their work exciting and refreshing,” Miller executive director Elizabeth Meissner-Gigstead said. “Visitors to this year’s exhibit will see many explorations of self and media, reflected with varied color palettes, and beautifully rendered sketches. Without a doubt, many of the works are thought-provoking, reflecting a sense of place and what’s happening in their world.”

Miller curator Helen del Guidice presented the following students with awards of excellence and $100 cash prizes:  

• Berkley Schwab, Gibraltar High School

• Elliot Eash, homeschool

• Cora Maccoux, Sevastopol High School

• Charlotte Bloniarz, Southern Door High School

• Tatum Routhieaux, Sturgeon Bay High School

• Madelyn Kellerman, Washington Island High School

The following students received honorable mentions and $50 cash prizes: 

• Elizabeth Bautista, Gibraltar High School 

• Brooklynn Eash, homeschool

• Gianna Roman, Sevastopol High School

• Marissa Shefchik, Southern Door High School

• Malia Rothrock, Sturgeon Bay High School

• Emily Nickchen, Washington Island High School

Sevastopol High School freshman Genevieve Serrahn received the second-annual Mr. Rericha Legacy Award, a $100 cash prize, for her work titled “A Ride to School.”

In addition to cash prizes, the museum gave awardees certificates for workshops at the Peninsula School of Art, while the Artists Guild LLC and Blue Moon Framery provided art supplies and a framing certificate. The museum also presented monetary awards to each high school art department.The 50th Annual Salon of Door County High School Art will be on view through May 18 at the Miller Art Museum, 107 S. 4th Ave. in Sturgeon Bay.