CEDAR CITY — Out of 180 works of art that Iron County students created for the Cedar Breaks Youth Art Contest, one fifth grader’s from Enoch has been chosen as the best.
Cedar Breaks National Monument, in conjunction with the Southern Utah Museum of Art and the Zion Forever Project, has named Enoch Elementary student Arlee Mortensen as the grand prize winner, according to a news release from the National Park Service.
Following instructions for printmaking with Styrofoam, students created science-themed subjects that were then transferred to Styrofoam for printing on paper.
Winners were chosen from each age group with the grand prize selected from that pool.
“Congratulations to all of the participants whose creativity may be viewed by the public at [Southern Utah Museum of Art] from Sept. 8-21,” the news release said. “We would like to give a special thanks to all the elementaries that participated in the event and to all the students. Your creativity and diversity of work is inspiring to us all. Great Job.”
Participating elementary schools included Iron Springs, Delta North, Bryce Valley, Enoch, Minersville, Cedar North, Fiddler’s Canyon and Gateway Prep Academy.
An award ceremony for the winners and their families will also be held on Thursday, Sept. 21, with an open reception from 7-8 p.m. Prizes are supplied by Zion Forever Project, the non-profit partner of Cedar Breaks National Monument.
Class winners
- Grand Prize: Arlee, Enoch Elementary 5th Grade, Mrs. Roundy and Ms. Anderson
- Third grade: Korbin, Iron Springs Elementary, Mrs. Reynolds
- Fourth grade: Annalyn, Bryce Valley Elementary, Mrs. Brinkerhoff and Ms. Syrett
- Fifth grade: Remington, Enoch Elementary, Mr. Garfield and Ms. Anderson
- Sixth grade: Adah, Minersville School, Ms. Edwards
- Eighth grade: Rossteh, Minersville School, Mrs. Erickson