April 22, 2022

CCS Named TAPPS State Champion School in Art

On Tuesday, April 12 and Wednesday, April 13, CCS artists participated at the TAPPS state art competition at the BASE Events Center in Waco, Texas. Twenty-three artists were entered in 13 distinct categories and three on-site events winning over 30 medals. The results were as follows:

  • CCS placed as the TAPPS 4A State Champion School in Art
  • Lynden Yough:
    • State Champion (first place) – Senior Portfolio
    • Honorable Mention – Seek Sketch B&W
  • Abigail Sanders:
    • State Runner-Up (second place) – Senior Portfolio
    • State Runner-Up (second place) – On-Site Drawing 
    • Third place – Seek & Sketch Color
    • Third place – 2-D Mixed Media
    • Fifth place – Drawing Color
  • Justin Kostecki:
    • Sixth place – Senior Portfolio
    • Fourth place – B&W Photography
    • Fifth place – Seek & Sketch B&W
    • Eighth place – On-Site Drawing
    • Honorable Mention – B&W Photography
  • Emily Matthews:
    • State Runner-Up (second place) – Seek & Sketch Color
    • Third place – Seek & Sketch B&W
  • An Tran:
    • State Runner-Up (second place) – Communication Design
    • State Runner-Up (second place) – Printmaking
  • Tyson Anding:
    • State Champion (first place) – Communication Design
  • Katelyn Hong:
    • State Runner-Up (second place) – 2-D Mixed Media
  • Gillian Storey:
    • Third place – Relief
  • Ana Clements:
    • State Runner-Up (second place) – Computer Rendered Art
    • Third place – Computer Rendered Art
  • Will Hotchkiss:
    • Fifth place – Drawing B&W
  • Chloe Roberson:
    • Sixth place – Printmaking
  • Ava Loraditch:
    • Eighth place – Fashion Design
    • Honorable Mention – Printmaking
    • Honorable Mention – Relief
  • Caden Clinton:
    • Honorable Mention – Relief
  • Lilyana Balderas:
    • On-Site Drawing
    • Seek & Sketch B& W
  • David Wahmhoff:
    • Senior Portfolio
  • Raegan Lubs: 
    • Computer Rendered Art
  • Alex Slabic:
    • Painting
    • 2-D Mixed Media
  • Fatima Mendoza:
    • Drawing Color
  • Bria Lloyd:
    • Color Photography
  • Olivia O Bannon:
    • 3-D Sculpture
  • Ryan Fisk:
    • 3-D Sculpture

Each year, Mrs. Brubaker takes the art students who participate in the on-site events for a field trip to Baylor University. The students’ schedule on Wednesday morning allowed them to visit the Hooper-Schaefer Fine Arts Center and see the different art studios and the Juried Student Art Exhibition in the Martin Museum of Art. The students also got to visit the Armstrong Browning Library and the bookstore.

Mrs. Brubaker would like to thank all her student artists for a momentous year with great results using their gifts to honor God.     

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