On Saturday, March 4, Victoria West High School hosted the Visual Art Scholastic Event (VASE) Art Competition. Our VASE Competition has grown to include 9 different high schools from various districts across Region 3 with over 300+ artworks entered into the competition this year.
All of the art students in both Victoria East and Victoria West High School worked countless hours to create amazing artwork to compete in this year's Visual Art Scholastic Event. Every student who participated put forth their absolute best work that showed off their artistic voice and was able to express themselves. The students also sat through an interview process with a juror where they explained how they made their artwork and the meaning behind it as part of the judging process.
Those that received a 4 rating in Regional moved on to Area. Pieces that made it to Area went through another round of judging separated by Division based on how many credits of art they have had in high school. Division 1 is first-year art students and Division 4 is advanced art students. Judges could only select 10% of each Division to advance on to State. State VASE took place on April 28-29, in San Marcos, TX.
These pieces advanced on to State:
Division 1:
Bella Guerrero
Title: The Yellow Joy
9th Grade
Victoria West High School
Teacher: Madison Yearwood
State Score: 3 (Superior)
Luciana Vasquez
Title: Point of View
9th Grade
Victoria West High School
Teacher: Tiffany Valdez
State Score: 4 (Exemplary)
Jiya Bhatia
Title: Afternoon at the Piano
9th Grade
Victoria West High School
Teacher: Tiffany Valdez
State Score: 3 (Superior)
Parker Measom
Title: Belief
9th Grade
Victoria West High School
Teacher: Tiffany Valdez
State Score: 3 (Superior)
Marina Vrana
Title: The Enchanting Side
9th Grade
Victoria West High School
Teacher: Tiffany Valdez
State Score: 4 (Exemplary)
Ofelia Garza
Title: The Dragon Empress
11th Grade
Victoria East High School
Teacher: Patricia Baik
State Score: 4 (Exemplary)
Yaneiris Maldonado
Title: Mortem
10th Grade
Victoria East High School
Teacher: Patricia Baik
State Score: 4 (Exemplary)
Division 2:
Alivia Hunley
Title: Broken Time
10th Grade
Victoria East High School
Teacher: Candace Coyle
State Score: 3 (Superior)
Graciela Gonzalez
Title: The Flourishing of True Love
10th Grade
Victoria East High School
Teacher: Candace Coyle
State Score: 4 (Exemplary)
Division 3:
Jessica Yanez
Title: Covered
11th Grade
Victoria West High School
Teacher: Brianna Cervantez
State Score: 3 (Superior)
Kamryn Miller
Title: Your Highness
12th Grade
Victoria East High School
Teacher: Candace Coyle
State Score: 3 (Superior)
Oscar Dominguez
Title: Twin Kicks
12th Grade
Victoria East High School
Teacher: Patricia Baik
State Score: 4 (Exemplary)
Division 4:
Raegan Koncaba
Title: Why Are You in Such a Big Hurry?
11th Grade
Victoria West High School
Teacher: Eliana Rodriguez-Iturbe
State Score: 4 (Exemplary)
Ashtin Holt
Title: Weight of Knowledge
12th Grade
Victoria West High School
Teacher: Brianna Cervantez
State Score: 3 (Superior)
Milica Filipovic
Title: Mug Shot
11th Grade
Victoria East High School
Teacher: Patricia Baik
State Score: 3 (Superior)
The following students received 4 in Regional Judging and moved on to Area:
Division 1
From Victoria East High School:
Izabella Cazares
Emily Cruz
Ava Cuellar
Zoey Dolezal
Bonnie Estraca-Coleman
Jesse Flores
Alex Hairell
Allai Lopez
Allyson Miles
Branson Mooney
Bailey Perez
From Victoria West High School:
Rene Arrambide
Jiya Bhatia (2nd Artwork)
Kennedy Blough
Edward Casillas
Maiya Davis
Maiya Davis (2nd Artwork)
Tyler Francis
Gavin Gilson
Avari Gomez
Andrea Gonzales
Ciara Gonzalez
Nevaeah Gonzalez
Rafael Grifaldo
Ethan Hammond
Addison Haschke
Deegan Herndon
Hailey King
Jennifer Martinez
Parker Measom (2nd Artwork)
Success Ogwuegbu
Makinzie Pahmiyer
Veronica Perez
Alexiz Quezada
Jacob Shelby
Mirielle Stebes
Luciana Vasquez (2nd Artwork)
Mateo Velez
Mateo Velez (2nd Artwork)
Geneva Villarreal
Alee'a Waeckerlin
Alee'a Waeckerlin (2nd Artwork)
Olivia Young
Olivia Young (2nd Artwork)
Connor Yur
Division 2
From Victoria East High School:
Zoe Amaya
Victoria Apis
Kaylynn Canchola
Alexis Faltysek
Rebecca Felan
Elizabeth Flores
Minh-tam Le
Jadan Piglionni
Alexa Rojas
Ava Scott
Neo Shelby
Neo Shelby (2nd Artwork)
Fabio Zavala
From Victoria West High School:
Ellie Andrean
Christopher Braune
Brooklyn Carothers
Madison Chandler
Natalie Christensen
Jamie Duanas
Robert Garcia
Emma House
Zach Jacob
Addyson Johnson
Ernest Macias
Ryleigh Mueller
Diamond Rodriguez
Aries Vara
Aries Vara (2nd Artwork)
Melanie Zavela
Division 3
From Victoria East High School:
Amber Buentello
Tamyra Carroll
Tamyra Carroll (2nd Artwork)
Julia Hagan
Kamryn Miller (2nd Artwork)
Hiral Vazir
From Victoria West High School:
Layla Anzuelda
Layla Anzuelda (2nd Artwork)
Julia Caltzonzin
Miranda Escobedo
Morgan Fullbright
Morgan Fullbright (2nd Artwork)
Anna Rigney
Thomas Rocha
Thomas Rocha (2nd Artwork)
Diamond Rodriguez
Takomea Schott
Jessica Yanez (2nd Artwork)
Division 4
From Victoria East High School:
Kelsea Akin
Kelsea Akin (2nd Artwork)
Wyatt Davidson
Oscar Dominguez
Dominic Garcia
Dominic Garcia (2nd Artwork)
Anahi Medrano
Anahi Medrano (2nd Artwork)
Zamirah Pac
Melissa Sanchez
Jaime Zuniga
From Victoria West High School:
Aliyah Arabi
Bethany Balboa
Taryn Domingue
Taryn Domingue (2nd Artwork)
Erin Gonzalez
Erin Gonzalez (2nd Artwork)
Ashtin Holt (2nd Artwork)
Reagan Koncaba (2nd Artwork)
Cobi Kovar
Angel Mendez
Angel Mendez (2nd Artwork)
Damian Nambo
Damian Nambo (2nd Artwork)
Cami Pateck
Steven Perez
Analese Reyna
Vanessa Rivera
Keisha Velez
Congratulations to all the students who participated in this year's VASE Event and to their teachers for all of their hard work and dedication. We are #VISDProud of these young artists!