21 Plainfield Artists Honored In Southwest Prairie Art Conference

PLAINFIELD, IL — Twenty-one students from Plainfield high schools were awarded and honored at the Southwest Prairie Art Conference this year.

The students from all four Plainfield Community Consolidated School District 202 high schools were among more than 120 students to participate in the conference, which took place March 8 at Joliet Central High School.

Here's a look at who participated and placed in the event:

Plainfield East High School

• Kaitlyn Jones, senior, mixed media – First Place
• Kaylee Ruiz, junior, analog photography – First Place
• Angelyn Wong, senior, animation - First Place
• Vilandy Zacarias, junior, printmaking - First Place
• Nicolas Ramirez, senior, commercial design - Third Place
• Juliana Alicea, freshman - Up and Coming Artist
• Lilia McCormick, senior
• Karina Navarro, senior, drawing neutral
• Jasmine Ortiz-Richardson, junior
• Jocelyn Smith, senior, digital photography
• Corwin Townsend, senior, digital art

Plainfield South High School

• Evelyn Myers, senior, digital photography - First Place
• Faith Pondelicek, senior, drawing color - First Place
• Sonya Puidokas, senior, ceramics wheel thrown - Second Place
• Amanda Ross, junior, ceramics hand built - Second Place
• Lilly Moeller, junior, ceramics hand built - Honorable Mention
• Natalie Abbott, sophomore - Up and Coming Artist
• Lizzie Block, senior, sculpture
• Anna Moeller, junior, computer-generated art
• Viviana Ramos, junior, photography digital
• Vanessa Valdes, junior, painting acrylic
• Grace Weiss, senior, ceramics wheel thrown

Plainfield North High School

• Liam McManaman, senior, watercolor painting – Second Place
• Morgan Long, junior, watercolor painting – Third place
• Ava Bhatti, junior, drawing neutral – Honorable Mention
• Parker Anderson, freshman, Up and coming Artist and Honorable Mention
• Sophie Arcos, senior, acrylic painting
• Charlotte Campbell, senior, drawing color
• Brenden Dyer, senior, drawing neutral
• Layla El Moubaraki, sophomore, drawing color
• Olivia Haubert, junior, acrylic painting
• Bridget McCollom, junior, acrylic painting
• Jillian Ryan, senior, mixed media-shallow relief

Plainfield Central High School

• Naomi Barnes, senior, computer-generated art – Third Place
• Ava Sommerfeld, senior, painting (acrylic) – Third Place
• Jasper Dolude, senior, printmaking – Honorable Mention
• Alexia White, junior, drawing (color) – Honorable Mention
• Lauren Zigmant, senior, ceramics (hand built) – Honorable Mention
• Isabella Platt, sophomore, art of blending - Up and Coming Artist
• Billy Betzwiser, senior, photography (digital, minimal alterations)
• Ollie Cavenaile, junior, mixed media
• Bella Esquivel, junior, ceramics (hand built)
• Ruth Laskowski, senior, painting (watercolor)
• Hannah Strange, senior, drawing (color)