Hundreds of students gathered in the Memorial High School cafeteria on Saturday, Feb. 24, waiting for their turn to be interviewed by judges for the 2024 regional VASE competition. Each student had the opportunity to enter up to two works, and all together PHS students brought 232 artworks to the competition. 194 of those works earned a score of four, the highest score an artwork can receive at VASE. 13 works by 12 PHS artists were also selected to advance to the state VASE competition, which will be held in San Marcos, Texas on April 26 and 27. The VASE competition is divided into four divisions based on the number of high school art courses a student has taken, and only the top 10% of artworks in each division advance to state.
Many PHS students also earned medals for high scores on their artwork, although they did not get selected to advance to state. The gallery below shows artwork by some of the medalists.
*some of the quotes that appear in this article have been pulled from students’ intent forms, written explanations that are entered along with their piece.