Congratulations to high school winners of the Carmel International Arts Festival!

We had 148 entries from Carmel HS & University HS.  (Up from 100 last year and from 66 previous year). In total, $16,700 in scholarships were awarded:  CIAF funded 9 scholarships totaling $14,500; Carmel Arts Council funded 2 awards $100 each (total $200); Indiana Artisans funded 4 “People’s Choice” awards $500 each ($2,000 total).

CIAF Scholarships Awarded (Juror Professor Vance Farrow, Herron Art School): 

• Rosemary Waters Excellence in Arts: $2,500
  • Alex Altenburg (Univ HS) – mixed media sculpture of baked clay & wire
• Best of Show:
  • Ava Galante (CHS) – colored pencil “Street Scene”
  • Ella Lipnik (CHS) – pastel “Women in Blue”
  • Isabel Lopez (CHS) – acrylic “Ukemoohi’s Lunch”
  • Abby Vance (CHS) – colored pencil “Under the Sea”
• Innovation in the Arts: $1,500 each
  • Lexi Bunting (CHS) – mixed media (embroidery & photo)
  • Emily Comparini (Univ HS) – paper sculpture “Dragon”
  • Erika Lawrence (CHS) – copper & resin “Bubbles Treading Water”
  • Kate Sampson (Univ HS) – digital illustration “Mind’s Eye”
• Carmel Arts Council Awards (Judge Joyce Burrell)
  
  • Alex Altenburg (Uniiv HS) – posca pens “Girl on Bridge”
  • Olivia Wright (CHS) – charcoal “Falcon”
• Indiana Artisan People’s Choice (over 1,300 votes cast by festival goers visiting the gallery)
  
  • Aubrey Halbig (CHS) – colored pencil “Girls Braiding Hair”
  • Oliver Jackson (Univ HS) – photo “Bridge”
  • Kate Sampson (Univ HS) – oil on canvas “Lake Scene”
  • Olivia Wright (CHS) – charcoal “Falcon”