Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks and Governor Brian Schweitzer announced the winners of the 16th annual Montana State Parks Poster Contest and recognized the winning students during a brief ceremony May 20 in the State Capitol building.
"These young Montanans have artistic talent and equally important to me, a deep sense of the natural resources and beauty that make Montana the special place that it is," said Gov. Schweitzer. The theme for this year’s contest was: "State Parks: Montana Masterpieces."
First place in the Montana State Parks Poster Contest went to Bryce Haugan of Edgerton School in Kalispell. Second place went to Madison Apple of Central School in Whitefish. Third place went to two artists: Tess Whittlesey of Yellowstone National Park and Gardiner Public School and Mariah Gladstone of Helena's Smith School.
Three students received honorable mention: Makayla Schlieman of Smith School in Helena; Kassi Candler of Lolo School in Missoula; and Vanessa Mattfeldt of East Side School in Glasgow. All students received tee shirts screened with their winning art work and the top winners received savings bonds: $150 for first place, $100 for second place, and $50 for each of the two third place winners.
First place in last years Montana State Parks Poster Contest went to Bryce Haugan of Edgerton School in Kalispell. Haugan's carefully drawn study of Wayfarers State Park captures the shimmery quality of a summer sunset on Flathead Lake.
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Third place went to two artists, one is Mariah Gladstone of Helena's Smith School. Gladstone executed a sophisticated, angular collage featuring images of First Peoples Buffalo Jump (Ulm Pishkun), Lewis & Clark Caverns, Lone Pine and Wild Horse Island state parks.
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Three students received honorable mention: Makayla Schlieman of Smith School in Helena; Kassi Candler of Lolo School in Missoula; and Vanessa Mattfeldt of East Side School in Glasgow.
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Three students received honorable mention: Makayla Schlieman of Smith School in Helena; Kassi Candler of Lolo School in Missoula; and Vanessa Mattfeldt of East Side School in Glasgow.
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Second place in the contest went to Madison Apple of Whitefish who attends Central School. Apple's impressionistic rendering of Makoshika State Park was charged with energy.
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Third place went to two artists, one was Tess Whittlesey of Yellowstone National Park and Gardiner Public School. Whittlesey's work portrayed the quaint details of Bannack State Park in rich weathered browns and metallic golds.
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Three students received honorable mention: Makayla Schlieman of Smith School in Helena; Kassi Candler of Lolo School in Missoula; and Vanessa Mattfeldt of East Side School in Glasgow.
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FWP 2005 poster contest winners are congratulated by Gov. Brian Schweitzer at the State Capitol May 20, 2005. Standing left to right in front row: Kassi Candler of Lolo School in Missoula; Vanessa Mattfeldt of East Side School in Glasgow; Tess Whittlesey of Gardiner Public Schools in Yellowstone National Park; Madison Apple of Central School in Whitefish. Back row standing by Gov. Schweitzer left to right: Bryce Haugen of Edgerton School in Kalispell; Mariah Gladstone of Helena's Smith School and Makayla Schlieman of Smith School in Helena.
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