: youth art month
YAM 2012
Tell us what you did to celebrate Youth Art Month!
Complete the YAM Documentation Report Form and send to smontgomery@cheney268.com
Youth Art Month OPENING RECEPTION held at the Capitol building in Topeka
March 31, 2012 from 2:00-400 p.m.
Click here for 2012 YAM Instructions Booklet (may take a while to load)
Click here for 2012 YAM Labels
Proclamations and Press Releases
YAM Flag Design Deadline Due Nov. 10, 2011
Click here for 2012 YAM Flag Design Information and Entry Form
Click here for Artist Release Form
(click here for YAM Flag 2011 Winner)

Congratulations to 2012 Sargent Art Contest Grand Prize Winners
Megan Stessman, a senior at Shawnee Heights High School, Tecumseh, KS, was awarded the grand prize sponsored by Sargent Art. She will recieve an all expense paid trip with one of her parents and her art teacher, Linda Nelson-Bova to New York City.
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Megan Stessman plans to attend Wichita State University to study graphic design and marketing. |
Stessman's winning mixed media artwork. |
High School Winners:
1st Megan Stessman, Shawnee Heights High School
2nd Ian Schneck, Lawrence High School
3rd Devin Mootz, Shawnee High School
HM Riley Niemack, Lawrence Free State High School
HM Amber Brown, Eisenhower High School
HM Crystal Frost, Goddard High School
Middle School Winners:
1st Kara Dewey, Cheney Middle School
2nd Jack Lewis, Andover Central
3rd Caleigh Kraus, Goddard Middle School
HM Taylor Brown, California Trail Middle School
HM Jessica Bliss, Derby Middle School
HM Grace Oste, Russel Purppenthal Middle School
Elementary School Winners:
1st Broderick Salsbury, Brentwood Elementary School
2nd Mikayla McGee, Commanche Elementary School
3rd Savannah Smith, Faris Elementary School
HM Amelia Ontjes, Morgan Elementary School
HM Emma Herynk, Pauline South Intermediate School
HM Jacob Greene, Beech Elementary School
Sargent finalists recieved art supplies courtesy of Sargent Art.

