Creative young minds celebrated at Evening with the Arts

Marlinton Woman’s Club hosted its annual Evening with the Arts Thursday at the Pocahontas County Opera House.

The room was decorated with bouquets of lilacs as guests perused the art show and enjoyed music and poetry recitations offered by local students.

 Cash prizes were awarded to the winners in the Pocahontas County High School Art Show: $20 for first place, $10 for second and $5 for third place.

The winners in each category are:

Marker: first place, Cammie Ryder; second, Maria Workman; third, David Gibb.

Pen and Ink: first, Tessa Kiner; second, Kayla Sharp; third, Jaime Wallis.

Watercolor: first, Maria Workman; second, Jennalee Meck and Tessa Kiner; third, Jennalee Meck.

Pencil: first, Josie McCarty; second, Daphne Hilleary; third, Hunter Curran.

Pencil Portrait: first, Maria Workman; second, Logan Hively; third, Ryliegh Vaughan.

Mixed: first, Eden Lester; second Taylor Alderman; third, Matthew Moore and Kylian Dennison.

Tempera Paint and Watercolor: first, Stephen Lester; second Rachel Burns and Daphne Hilleary; Rayna Smith and Josey Duncan.

Colored Pencil: first, Joslyn Simmons; second, Jaime Wallis; third, Sarah Warder.

Acrylic: first, Ryliegh Vaughan; second, Lindsay Browning and Kylian Dennison; third, Brienna Oscar and Ty Cochran.