2021 Fiber Arts Awards

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KAWS is proud to announce the winners of the annual Fiber Arts Awards for the 2021 Eastern Kansas Scholastic Art & Writing competition!

Charleigh Freisen, junior, and Ashton Rey, senior, both of Kiowa County High School in Greensburg, Kansas, were also recipients of the Silver Key award.

Judges for KAWS sponsored awards were Nancy Squire and Mary Sue Foster of Wichita, KS.

“TDK” Reused fiber materials. Dress of coffee filters, with bodice of flour sack material, plus scarf, by Charleigh Freisen

“Pop Can, Milk Jug Dress” Dress of aluminum cans and plastic jugs, by Ashton Rey

See the exhibition at Mark Arts Gallery in Wichita from Feb. 12 to March 27, 2021, or online at https://markartsks.com/scholastic/.

2018 KAWS Scholastic Art Award

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Taryn Seely, a high school senior at Chanute High School in Chanute, KS is the winner of the 2018 KAWS Scholastic Art Award.  Her work, an outstanding fiber collage titled “Puppy Kisses”, created using textured textile pieces, fiber and wood, was selected by judges Mary Sue Foster and Nancy Squire.  Her art educator is Charles Bishop.

Taryn will receive her award at the 2018 Eastern Kansas Region Scholastic Art Awards Ceremony at MarkArts in Wichita, Kansas,  where the exhibit is displayed Feb. 2nd to Mar. 10th.
Congratulations, Taryn!

Puppy Kisses by Taryn Seely
Detail of Puppy Kisses
KAWS Scholastic Art Award