Cape Girardeau, Missouri - Dexter High School junior and senior students, under the direction of Clint Twaddell, had eight art pieces selected for the show at Southeast Missouri State University’s 37th Annual High School Art Exhibition. This year’s theme was “Exhibiting Excellence,” and included art pieces from more than 20 southeast Missouri schools.
The show invites high school juniors and seniors to enter their finest pieces in several categories including: Sculpture, Ceramics, Printmaking, Mixed Media, Photography, Fibers, Drawing, or Painting. Each school was allowed 15 artwork entries per teacher, which were juried for the “Exhibition for Excellence.”
Dexter High School students had eight of their 15 entries selected.
“This is just excellent,” Twaddell said of his student’s work. “I’m very proud of all of them. This is a just a great showing. They all worked incredibly hard on these pieces, and it paid off.”
The exhibition at River Campus in Cape Girardeau is currently on display and will remain there through March 8.
Two Dexter students had multiple works selected for the art show. MaKayla Waldner had three pieces accepted. She was awarded two Honorable Mentions in Mixed Media and Drawing and a scholarship for the Summer Art Academy as an outstanding junior in the show.
Josh Ladd, junior at DHS, had two pieces accepted in the show.
Honey Patel, a senior, had one piece accepted and was awarded second place in Painting.
Senior Hayley Chapman had one piece accepted into the show, and senior,
Hayli Petty had one piece accepted into the show and was awarded second place in Drawing.
A total of 350 pieces were entered in the competition, and 100 were selected to be placed in the exhibit, with 15 of those pieces being from Dexter High School students.
Pictured from left are Hayley Chapman, Hayli Petty, Honey Patel, MaKayla Waldner, and Josh Ladd.
Matt Sims is the son of Carol Sims and David Sims.
He has played basketball his senior year, tennis his freshman and sophomore years and ran track as a junior. Matt also played football all four years of high school. He is a member of Fellowship of Christian Athletes and Future Teachers of America.
Matt plans to attend Arkansas State University after graduation. He is undecided in a major.
Peyton Pollock is the son of Dan and Monta Pollock. He has played football and basketball all four years of high school and baseball three years of high school. He is a member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Future Teachers of American, FCCLA, Dexter Honor Society and National Honor Society. He represented Dexter High School at Missouri Boys State.
Peyton plans to attend Southwest Baptist University on a football scholarship. His major is undecided.
Noah Kronk is the son of Darryl and Carla Bradley. He has been a member of the tennis, basketball, and football teams all four years of high school. He is also a member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Honors Choir, and the Dexter Honor Society. He represented Dexter High School at Missouri Boys State.
Noah plans to attend Missouri State University and major in Nursing.
MacKinlee Rogers is the daughter of Scott and Robin Northern. She has been a basketball cheerleader all four years of high school and a football cheerleader her sophomore and senior years. She is a member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Future Business Leaders of American, Future Teachers of America, FCCLA, Student Council, Teenage Republicans, and the Dexter Honor Society. She represented Dexter High School at Missouri Girls State. She was also a NCA All-American Cheerleader and on the All-County Cheerleading Squad.
MacKinlee plans to attend the University of Missouri - Columbia and major in Political Science with pre-law planning.
