ALBANY – Dougherty County School System art students brought home several awards from recent art shows and competitions.
DCSS students performed well at both the Women’s Club Art Show and the Kiwanis Art Show. The Woman's Club Art Competition is a competition open to seniors only. Seniors from each school were allowed to submit one piece to compete locally at a district level, and the pieces have all made it to the state level.
The Kiwanis Club Competition is an annual event held by our local Kiwanis Club. Students from the following schools participated: Albany Middle, Radium Middle, Robert Cross Middle, Lee East, Lee West, Deerfield-Windsor, The Southwest Georgia Homeschool Association, St. Teresa's Catholic School, Dougherty High Monroe High, and Westover High. Approximately 250 pieces were entered into the competition, and only 39 were selected to be recognized. Of those 39 pieces, 22 belonged to DCSS art students.
The artwork is currently on display at the Albany Museum of Art.
The students recognized where:
Woman’s Club Art Competition: 1st Place: Said Lopez, Dougherty High School
2nd Place: Kennard Norris, Dougherty High School
3rd Place: Laila Harris, Dougherty High School
4th Place: De'jon Young, Dougherty High School
Kiwanis Art Show:
Best in Show 2nd Place- Tania Lamar, Westover High School
2022 Middle School of Distinction: Radium Middle School, (Teacher: Kenosha Gardner)
2022 High School of Distinction: Westover High School (Teachers: Vontressia Cutts and Taneisha Whatley)
Grade-level Winners:
6th Grade: 2nd Place- Jayla Hutchinson, Robert Cross
7th Grade: 1st Place- Ja'Niyah Andrews, Radium Middle 2nd Place- Zaira Demetrius, Radium Middle Honorable Mention- Ja'Niyah Andrews, Radium Middle 8th Grade: 2nd Place- Lealoni Scott, Radium Middle Honorable Mention- Taneisha Preston, Radium Middle
9th Grade: 1st- Charlyn Fox, Westover High
2nd- Dayla Lewis, Westover High
3rd- Charly Fox, Westover High
Honorable Mention- Daisy Alba, Dougherty High
Honorable Mention- Jayla McCrary, Dougherty High
10th Grade:
2nd Place- Javon Boyd, Dougherty High School
Honorable Mention- Acillia Roberts, Dougherty High
Honorable Mention- Jerlisa Myles, Westover High
11th Grade:
1st- Tyler Miller, Dougherty High School
3rd- Jada Rogers, Westover High School
Honorable Mention- Willie Harris, Monroe High School
12th Grade:
1st Place- Yaz Johnson, Westover High School
3rd- Richard Williams, Westover High School
Honorable Mention- De'jon Young, Dougherty High School
Honorable Mention- Said Lopez, Dougherty High School