Aldine ISD Students Place at Regional, Advance to State VASE Art Competition

Artwork by Rosa Herrera
Eisenhower High School

Students from Aldine ISD high schools and ninth grade centers participated and entered 463 student artworks in the Texas Art Education Association’s 20th annual Regional Visual Art Scholastic Event (VASE). The Region 4 VASE event was held Feb. 15 at Klein Collins High School.

More than 1,600 pieces of art from across Region 4 competed. Students were judged not only on their artwork but also their ability to talk about their pieces. The interview portion accounted for one-third of the total score while the artwork counted as two-thirds of the final score.

According to Joey Doyle, program director of visual arts, 204 of the artworks entered by AISD students received a “Superior” rating of 4 and qualified for the area event. Of the artworks that qualified for area event, 13 students had 14 artworks qualify to compete at the State VASE competition set for April 4-5 at Bryan High School in Bryan ISD.

Congratulations to the following students and their teachers for qualifying for State VASE:

Aldine High School
Student: Olvin Soto
Medium: Drawing
Teacher: Michelle Dalke

Carver High School
Students: Lauren Jones, Diana Lerma and Nia Mayfield
Medium: Mixed Media
Teacher: Laura Luna

Student: Kayla Lumpkin
Medium: Ceramics
Teacher: Zach Walters

Eisenhower High School
Students: Carlos Carbajal and Rosa Herrera
Medium: Drawing
Teacher: Dr. Michaelann Kelley

Student: Kiet Nguyen
Medium: Digital Art
Teacher: Megan Weeks

MacArthur High School
Students: Consuelo Reyes and Carlos Romano
Medium: Mixed Media
Teacher: Charlee Rogers

Student: Juanita Flores-Mayorga
Medium: Sclupture
Teacher: Letha Guillory

Nimitz High School
Students: Yanely Cisneros and Jazzman Washington* (*Two artworks by Jazzman advanced State VASE)
Medium: Drawing (Cisneros) and Sculpture (Washington)
Teacher: Leslie Rowney

Pictured is a group of the MacArthur High students that competed at Regional VASE.