Artists win top honors at VASE

Northside student artists won top honors at the TAEA Junior Visual Arts Scholastic Event (VASE).

Students must complete an individual student interview with a juror and also have their artwork assessed using a rigorous rubric that spans technical merit, critical judgement and expressive/aesthetic choices. 

Northside ISD had 565 entries and of those, 463 were awarded the highest rating. Those artworks were then adjudicated in a second round where ten percent of all medalists were awarded a Platinum Medal. NISD had 38 Platinum awards. 

Platinum Medals were:

Medalist

School

Teacher

Damian Aceves

Bernal Middle School

Carol Hasselbalch

Muniba Afghan

Rudder Middle School

Ymelda Salas

Kennedy Baser

Bernal Middle School

John Davis

Grace Bellos

Rawlinson Middle School

Cruz Ramirez

Diego Carrillo

Jordan Middle School

Kari Blalack

Gianna A. Cortez

Pease Middle School

Ron Palos

Jack Crosby

Folks Middle School

Clayton Kilduff

Skylar Eastland-sicat

Rudder Middle School

Ymelda Salas

Lauren Espinoza

Rayburn Middle School

Larry West

Nora Hacker

Bernal Middle School

Carol Hasselbalch

Reese Hansen

Folks Middle School

Clayton Kilduff

Stori J. Losey

Luna Middle School

Kevin Bell

Eleanor Morgan

Bernal Middle School

Sasha Bashkiroff

Yesenia Morin

Bernal Middle School

John Davis

Angel Ortega

Rudder Middle School

Ymelda Salas

Jillian Ortiz

Zachry Middle School

Rachael Acosta

Claire Parker

Rawlinson Middle School

Cruz Ramirez

Alessandra Perez

Bernal Middle School

John Davis

Prianne Perez

Rudder Middle School

Ymelda Salas

Genesis Pinkney

Straus Middle School

Cynthia Benning-Spencer

Keira Quarles

Folks Middle School

Clayton Kilduff

Ysabella Ramos

Stinson Middle School

Nadine Duncan

Ava m. Rodriguez

Luna Middle School

Kevin Bell

Zoey Rodriguez

Rudder Middle School

Ymelda Salas

Alejandro Ruiz

Hector Garcia Middle School

Cristina Velenzuela

Layla J. Sanchez

Rayburn Middle School

Theresa Northway

Andrea Sandoval

Luna Middle School

Kevin Bell

Khloe Sauceda

Stinson Middle School

Beth Maldonado

Alishba Syeda

Hobby Middle School

Nick Perry

Avery Toombs

Rawlinson Middle School

Cruz Ramirez

Alex Trant

Rudder Middle School

Ymelda Salas

Ethan Trevino

Rawlinson Middle School

Cruz Ramirez

Ella Visagie

Staus Middle School

Robyn Archer

 

 

 

 

Picture by Damian Aceves from Bernal MS; Teacher: Carol Hasselbalch
Picture by Reese Hansen from Folks MS; Teacher: Clayton Kilduff
Picture by Prianne Perez from Rudder MS; Teacher: Ymelda Salas

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