Olympic Christian School celebrated its young student artists recently, naming the winners of the school’s annual OCS Art Festival.
Best in Show
3D — K-4, “Noah in the Desert,” Annabelle Bowen; grades 5-8, “The Seamstress,” Samuel Walters; grades 9-12, “The Box,” Aidan Swenson
• Digital — grades 5-8, “Football Frenzy,” Justin Sullivan
Photo courtesy of Olympic Christian School / Kindergartener Emery Younger took first place at the Olympic Christian School’s 2024 Art Festival with “Love.”
• Drawing — K-4, – “Crazy Frog,” Cami Stern; grades 5-8, “Fill My Cup,” Faith Jones
• Mixed Media — K-4, “Made in the Image of God,” Grace Taylor; grades 5-8, “Tiger Lilly’s Tribute,” Lili Newberg; grades 9-12, “The Holy Cross,” Isaiah Shamp
• Painting — K-4th – “Falling Tree,” Noelle Schweithale; grades 5-8, “Heavens at Night,” Lorellie Welch; grades 9-12, “Heaven,” Aila Martinez
Sixth-grader Kale Ward-Louderback took first place at the Olympic Christian School’s 2024 Art Festival with “Pumpkin Patch.”
• Pastels — K-4, “Aqua Flower,” Portia Shamp; grades 5-8, “God’s Colors,” Sadie Callis
Age division winners
• Kindergarten, Mrs. Sandoval’s class — 1. “Pretty Elephant,” Freya Reynolds (mixed media); 2. “Snowy Snowman,” Baylee Spence (mixed media); 3. “Jesus Lives,” Bentley Wopperer (paint)
• Kindergarten, Mrs. Wopperer’s class — 1. “Love,” Emery Younger (drawing); 2. “Jesus’ Children,” Addy Gleason (drawing); 3. “Daughter of God,” Grace Rodak (drawing)
• First grade — 1. “The Pretty Ocean,” Finley Bekkevar (mixed media); 2. “House of God,” Braiden MacDonald (drawing); 3. “Roby,” Alli Brooks (drawing)
Photo courtesy of Olympic Christian School / Aidan Swensen, a 12th-grader, took Best in Show at the Olympic Christian School 2024 Art Festival’s 3D division with “The Box.”
• Second grade — 1. “Jane,” Rayne Savchenko (painting); 2. “Thinking About God on a Happy Summer Day,” Mae Shantz (drawing); 3. “Little Bird,” Leila Biondolillo (mixed media)
• Third grade — 1. “Made in the Image of God,” Grace Taylor (mixed media); 2. “The Song of Birds,” Annabelle Stringham (paint); 3. “Monster Jammer,” Easton Seaton (drawing)
• Fourth grade —1. “City of the Lord,” Natalie Whitmore (drawing); 2. “Aqua Flowers,” Portia Shamp (pastels); 3. “Lake of Sunset,” Makenna Kroh (pastels)
• Fifth grade — 1. “God’s Colors,” Sadie Callis (pastels); 2. “The Seamstress,” Samuel Walters (3D); 3. “God’s Image,” Anela Sellmeyer (mixed media)
Photo courtesy of Olympic Christian School / Eighth-grader Lorellie Welch took first place at the Olympic Christian School’s 2024 Art Festival with “Heavens at Night.”
• Sixth grade — 1. “Pumpkin Patch,” Kale Ward-Louderback (pastels); 2. “Everlasting Mountains,” Jaxon Horness (drawing); 3. “My Head in the Clouds” Sami Whitmore (painting)
• Seventh grade — 1. “Fill My Cup,” Faith Jones (drawing); 2. “Helicopter in the Sky,” Bento Sellmeyer (mixed media); 3. “Whack it Raquet,” Amy Biondolillo (mixed media)
• Eighth grade — 1. “Heavens at Night,” Lorellie Welch (painting); 2. “Tiger Lilly’s Tribute,” Lili Newberg (mixed media); 3. “The Expanse ‘Sky’,” Miya Allen (painting)
• Grades 9-12 — 1. “Heaven,” Aila Martinez (painting); 2. “The Holy Cross,” Isaiah Shamp (mixed media); 3. “The Box,” Aidan Swenson (3D).
