The City Arts Advisory Commission will hold an Open house and awards ceremony for the winners of the High Schools of the Olympic Peninsula Creative Crafts and Arts Exhibit at 4-6 p.m. Friday, April 1, in the Karen Kuznek-Reese Gallery at the Sequim Civic Center, 152 W. Cedar St.

The award presentations are at 5 p.m.

The commission invited high school students across the Olympic Peninsula to submit entries for the exhibit and received 65 entries; 20 of those were selected for exhibit inside the civic center.

The exhibit is open 7:30 a.m.-4 p.m., Monday through Friday, through April 28. A digital show of all accepted entries is available for viewing on a screen from outside the Sequim Civic Center.

The top three entries will be awarded cash prizes. First place of $200 was awarded to Kaylie Steed, a ninth-grader at Sequim High School for her drawing titled “One Who Has Loved Truly.” Second place of $150 was awarded to Jakob Miller from the West Sound Tech program at Quilcene High School for his welded piece “Metal Rose.” Third place of $100 was awarded to Jaxon Taylor, a 10th grader at Quilcene High School for his ceramic “Birdman” vase.

Honorable mentions went to: Madison McKeown, a 12th-grader at Sequim High School, for her floral arrangement “Skull and Antlers”; Faith Coffey, a 10th grader at Quilcene High School, for her charcoal drawing, “Chihuahua Dog”; and, Jill Adolphsen, an 11th-grader at Sequim High School, for her watercolor and ink painting of “Elephant.”

All cash prizes were donated by members of the community.

For more information, contact City Arts Commission Chair Suzanne Horne at shorne@sequimwa.gov or City of Sequim Arts Coordinator Sarah Hurt at shurt@sequimwa.gov or 360-582-2477 for more information.