BCS Main

Art Purchase Award

Every year Bethany Christian Schools selects a piece of art created by a student for purchase and display. The winning works are on display throughout the school. Listed below are the winners of the award since its inception in 1978.

Past Award Recipients

1978 Watercolor Terri Anne Stern Senior
1979 Copper Tooling Peggy Schrock Sophomore
1980 Eggshell Mosaic Peggy Schrock Junior
1981 Acrylic Painting Roz Brenneman Senior
1982 Sand Painting Troy Risser Freshman
1983 Acrylic Painting Jerrol Shaum Junior
1984 Airbrush Jerrol Shaum Senior
1985 Copper Tooling Colleen Schleining Freshman
1986 Ink Drawing Sheila McElmurry Junior
1987 Acrylic Painting Dawn Hochstetler Senior
1988 Batik Gretchen Nyce Junior
1989 Ink Drawing Nina Bailey Freshman
1990 Linocut Cheryl Hochstetler Senior
1991 Copper Tooling Darryl Eichorn Senior
1993 Ceramic Vase Tammy Sawatzky Junior
1994 Acrylic Painting Sarah Kingsley Senior
1995 Midnight Flight Crystal Rogers Senior
1996 3-D Sculpture:
Jesus on the Cross
Ben Hartman Junior
1997 Steel Sculpture Greg Stahly Senior
1998 Charcoal Drawings Rachel Paulovich Senior
1999 Painting: Anne Frank Brenda Harley Senior
2000 Photography:
Photos of Hands
Renee Glick Senior
2001
DrawingTony Ganger
Senior
2002
Photograph
Zac Albrecht
Senior
2003
Study of Picasso's
"Old Man with a Guitar"
Sarah Roth
Senior
2004
Drawing and TransferHannah Gerig
Senior
2005
Pastel Drawing
Adie Gerig
Junior
2006Charcoal DrawingAdie Gerig
Senior
2007
Acrylic PaintingMaggie Baldridge
Senior
2008
PhotographCourtland Jones
Sophomore
2009Photo of two guitarsMary RothSenior
2010Photo of a horse
Emma GerigSenior
2011Pencil drawingShina ParkSenior

2010 Emma Gerig, senior: Photo of horse.2010 Emma Gerig, senior: Photo of horse.

2011 Shina Park, senior: Drawing2011 Shina Park, senior: Drawing