Five Middleburg Academy students were recently awarded high-place ribbons, and two more received honorable mentions, at Franklin Park's "Past, Present and Future" Art Show. The annual event for Loudoun County youth, age preschool to high school, is in its twelfth year. Overall, there were ninety entries across a broad range of mediums. All works are on display in the lobby gallery of the Franklin Park Performing and Visual Arts Center in Purcellville through Sunday, February 27th.

The judges, local artists Jan Blacka, Meredith Hilt and Jan Hundsamer, based their decisions on rendering, originality and overall presentation. Under the direction of Art Department Chair Wayne Paige, Middleburg Academy ribbon winners in the high school category were as follows. In First Place: Byung Won An, (grade 11), for a pen and ink drawing, "Android." Tying for Third Place: Kathy Kwak (grade 11), acrylic on paper, "Let's Go Party," and Gabby Pittaluga (grade 10), markers on paper, "Dreamscape." April Yoo (grade 11), received Honorable Mention for a mixed media submission, "Lines."

Ceramics, instructed by Linda Northrup at Middleburg Academy, was its own category at the Franklin Park Show. In Second Place: Travis Kim, (grade 12), "Tribal Plate." Third Place: Mo Salih, (grade 9), "Tribal Bowl." Honorable Mention went to Mo Alie-Cox, (grade 11), "Tribal Bowl."