Art Show at Oswego Expo Draws Record Number of Artists

Submitted by Fox River Academy of Music & Art:

Fox River Academy of Music & Art held its annual art show at the Oswego Consumer Business Expo at Oswego High School on April 12. With more than 350 artists, this year had a record-breaking number of entries.

The following schools entered work into the show: Boulder Hill, East View Kindergarten Center, Lakewood Creek, Old Post, Southbury Elementary, Thompson Jr. High, Oswego High School and Oswego East High School. 

Other surrounding school districts also participated: Centennial Elementary in Plano, Hope Wall School in Aurora, Newark High School, Plainfield East High School, Yorkville Middle School, Yorkville High School and Fox River Academy of Music & Art. Adult Amateur Artists also participated.

The event was a juried show with two professional artist judges. Award winners listed below:

Kindergarten-2nd Grade

• 1st  Derek Zahorak, East View Kindergarten Center
• 2nd  Jordan Trader, Old Post Elementary
• 3rd Alexa Johnson, Old Post Elementary

3rd-5th Grade

• 1st  Mathew Von Vooren, Boulder Hill Elementary
• 2nd  Aiden Peterson, Centennial Elementary
• 3rd Grace Tartol, Old Post Elementary

6th -8th Grade

• 1st  Rhiannon Speckman, Yorkville Middle School
• 2nd  Kylie Buchmeier, Thompson Jr. High
• 3rd Nick Brody, Yorkville Middle School

9th-12th Grade

• 1st  Jessica Holt, Oswego High School
• 2nd  Hannah Loeffelholz, Oswego High School
• 3rd Dylan Zimmerman, Old Oswego High School

Adult Amateur

• 1st  Ronda Bennett, Oswego
• 2nd  Marjorie Colley, Montgomery
• 3rd Walter Lesus, Sandwich