Oak Mountain student wins 2nd place in Sixth Congressional District art competition
An Oak Mountain High School student was honored Tuesday night for coming in second place in the Sixth Congressional District’s annual art competition.
Sydney Harrington, a 12th-grader at Oak Mountain High, received second place for a drawing called “Human Puppets.”
Her artwork was among 84 entries from 24 high schools throughout Congressman Gary Palmer’s district, which includes parts of Shelby, Bibb, Blount, Chilton, Coosa and Jefferson counties.
First place went to Emery Walton, a Mountain Brook girl who is in the ninth grade at Indian Springs School, for a photograph of a young person peeking around the corner of a picture frame. Third place went to Emma Hankins, an 11th-grader at Evangel Classical Christian School in Alabaster, for a painting titled “Composition in Light.”
Honorable mentions went to Indian Springs School 12th-grader Josh Scarborough, Clay-Chalkville High School 11th-grader Hannah Goodwin, Vestavia Hills High School 11th-grader Katie Larson, Homewood High School 12th-grader Katherine Popple, Coosa Valley Academy 12th-grader Madisyn Green and Coosa Valley Academy ninth-grader Rivers Cook.
All the young artists who submitted entries had their artwork displayed at the Riverchase Galleria for a week and were invited to a reception with the congressmen at the Hoover Public Library Tuesday night.
“There’s incredible creativity in the sixth district, and really throughout the state of Alabama,” Palmer said in a news release. “Every year this competition displays a great deal of talent, something our district and indeed the state can be proud of.”
Judges for the Sixth Congressional District competition were artists Amy Crews, Melanie Morris and David Nichols.
The first-place winner’s artwork now will be displayed in the U.S. Capitol with winners from other Congressional districts for a year.