TWO
BHS ART STUDENTS WIN AWARDS
IN
PIEA
INTERNATIONAL PHOTO COMPETITION
Two
Bayonne
High School art students received awards
in the 2008 PIEA International
Student-Teacher Photo Competition and Exhibition. Sarah Ehrhard received an Honorable Mention award for her computer-assisted image titled
“On the Same Path”. Robyn Drag was awarded an Honorable Mention for her Digital
Photograph titled “Boy and Irons”. Both
images were produced in the BHS Photography and Digital Imaging Labs. Sarah, a
senior, is a Computer Graphics student of Mrs. Charlann Meluso. Robyn, also a senior, is a Photography
student of Mr. Thomas G. Hart. Mr. Hart
and Mrs.Meluso’s students have received top awards in
this competition many times in the past. Last year, BHS received both First and Third place awards in the
Computer -Assisted category. In 2006 BHS
garnished 5 top awards including Grand Prize. In 2005, BHS received 4 top awards and in both 2004 and 2003 BHS
received 3 top awards including Grand 
Prize both years.
In
addition, this year Mrs. Meluso received an Exhibitor
award in the Teacher /Staff category for her digital photograph titled “ Love is Original”.
The
Photo Imaging Education Association (PIEA) received 6,150 images from
1,309 entrants representing 115 schools in 9 countries including
Australia
,
Canada
,
Guatemala
,
Honduras
,
India
,
New Zealand
,
South Africa
, the
United
Kingdom
and the
USA
. 118 winning images were selected. Students
and teachers collectively won over $159,000 in valuable prizes from 81 generous
sponsors from 4 countries, making this the best-endowed international student
photo competition in the world. All of
the winning images will be exhibited in two International Traveling Exhibitions
on tours to
Australia
,
South Africa
,
Canada
,
the
USA
and the
United Kingdom
from 2008 until 2010.
To
see the list of winners and view the 2008 Gallery of Winners and other past
year’s winners, visit this website: www.pieapma.org and click on “Gallery”.
Prize both years.