Parkview High Piece Gets Top Art Honor, Work to Grace Dogwood Festival

From Gwinnett County Public Schools:

Among more than 100 art pieces on display during this year’s Atlanta Dogwood Festival this coming weekend, visitors will find many produced by Gwinnett County students.

The Atlanta High School Art Exhibition will feature 107 pieces, of which 41 are the creations of Gwinnett County students. In fact, the work of Parkview High 10th grader Camille Pettit, titled “Laura,” earned the “Best of Show” honor.

Camille’s artwork and 40 other pieces from Gwinnett students will be on exhibit at Piedmont Park during the Annual Dogwood Festival, April 19-21, 2013.

In addition to the "Best of Show" honor, several other Gwinnett student creations earned high accolades from festival judges. Those pieces of art and the students who created them are as follows:

• Camille Pettit, 10 grader from Parkview High, "Best of Show" for “Laura” (Teacher: Judy Nollner)

• Sarah Tucker, 12 grader from Parkview High, 4th Place for “Ebb and Flow” ( Teacher: Alexandra Scott)

• Emily Danielson, 12 grader from Norcross High, 6th Place, for “Pseudo Chaos” ( Teacher: Martha Cook)

• Elizabeth Williams, 11 grader from Norcross High, Honorable Mention for “Pretty Feet” (Teacher: Ashley Getz)

• Malaak Ali, 12 grader from Norcross High, Honorable Mention for “Orbit” (Teacher: Kimberly Landers)

• Brandon Kim, 11 grader from Peachtree Ridge High, Honorable Mention for “Super 8”( Teacher: Joseph McSpadden)

• Lauren Burrows, 12 grader from Mill Creek High, Honorable Mention for “Blu” (Teacher: Vicki Gladden)

In all, art enthusiasts can view the creations by students from 11 Gwinnett schools, including five by Parkview High School students.

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