Sequim High School student Melia Nelson was awarded Best of Show in the 2024 Olympic Peninsula High School Art Exhibition, the school announced last week.

Nelson’s “Aglow in Poulsbo” took top honors. Fellow SHS student Kimberly Heintz earned an honorable mentionfor “Sadopus.”

The high school student art show ran April 10-25 in the PUB Gallery of Art at PC’s Port Angeles campus, with 58 works of art entered high school students who live on the Olympic Peninsula.

Photo courtesy of Peninsula College / Sequim High School student Kimberly Heintz earned an honorable mention for “Sadopus” in the 2024 Olympic Peninsula High School Art Exhibition at Peninsula College.

Hosted by PC’s College of Art and Multimedia Communications faculty, the annual art exhibition featured works in ceramics, sculpture, painting, drawing, video, digital photography, and collage. All entries were judged by the College of Art and Multimedia faculty.

The exhibition is available online at PC’s PUB Gallery of Art Facebook page (see tinyurl.com/SEQpcart2024).

Student winners are listed below:

Best of Show — Melia Nelson, Sequim High School, “Aglow in Poulsbo”

2-D — 1. Kristian Escano, Quilcene High School, “Demeter”; 2. Kristian Escano, Quilcene High School, “La Muerte”

Photo courtesy of Peninsula College / “Kedar” by Sequim High School student Esther Irene Zetina Sanchez.

3-D — 1. Jayden Talley, Quilcene High School, “The Bull from the China Shop”; 2. Dominic Smith, Quilcene High School, Aqua Float”

Photography & Digital Art — 1. Zinnia Blatchley, Port Townsend High School, “Untitled”; 2. Luca Campbell, Port Townsend High School, “Leap”

Honorable mentions — Kimberly Heintz, Sequim High School, “Sadopus”; Neah Lake, Quilcene High School, “Gerf”; Ocean Smith, Port Townsend High School, “Strawberry Preserve”; Luca Campbell, Port Townsend High School, “Music’s in the Air”; Izaabella Stevenson, Port Townend High School, Sanguine Nectar”; Panya Cao, Port Townsend High School, “Dragon Dancer.”