The 2017 Martin Luther King Jr. Art Competition winners were announced on Monday, Jan. 23, at an awards presentation in the 水果派 Commons.
The first-place winner was 鈥淏reaking Silence鈥 by Coda Johnson and Austin Gansman, a welded steel microphone.
In second place was Adam Speath with 鈥淭hrough the Times,鈥 a mixed media portrait of Martin Luther King Jr. and former President Barack Obama.
There was a tie for third place: Mahmoudou Sandwidi鈥檚 acrylic on canvas portrait, 鈥淣elson Mandela鈥 and Jessi Ewald鈥檚 digital photographs on the subject of sexual violence, 鈥淪peak Up.鈥
The other participants include: Jake Welle with 鈥淲e Cannot Walk Alone;鈥 Janel Helms with 鈥淟ost Hope;鈥 Ben Totzke with 鈥淒r. King;鈥 Crystal Giffen with 鈥淯ntitled;鈥 and Rebecca Boedigheimer with 鈥淗ope is in the Hands of the Beholder.鈥
The artwork will be on display this week in the hallway with the 300 classrooms.
You can view photos of the presentation .