Over 90 Mokena 159 students submitted their artwork for the annual ArtWorks Festival held at Lincoln-Way East High School. Artwork submitted was created during art class throughout the 2023-2024 school year. Mokena 159 had students participate from every grade, including Kindergarten!
Submissions included watercolor paintings, mandala drawings with charcoal, positive and negative leaves and flowers made with watercolor and tempera, abstract oil pastel drawings, and Aurora Borealis drawings made with charcoal and pastel, pop art drawings, shoe designs, digital art, shading, color contrasts, one-point perspectives, and tessellations.
Artwork chosen for this year’s contest was created by the following students:
Mokena Elementary School: Ella Dizon, Remy Hannigan, Mason Ponzi, Kaylee Hickey, Siena Rutkowski, Kayli Duong, Joseph Paciorek, Joeslyn Smith, Eliana Jones, Adeline Rolla, Rocco Macaluso, Jaxson Graves, Luke Rose, Madelyn Breymeyer, Kellen Lapsker, Hannah Quinlan, Lucille Chaung, Luke Cox, Aubrey Cresent, Elena Attanasio, Grant Vellenga, Hans Christensen, Cindy Yu, Amelia Fedor, Joesph Druetzler
Mokena Intermediate School: Emma Moses, Sofie Northrop, Madison Baker, Conor Byrne,
Stella Ciccarelli, Salvatore DeQuattro, Grazia Aquite, Vincent Bencic, Beau Firlit, Mia Rhodes, Lorenzo DeCarlo, Charlie Hein, Julia Klepacki, Madison Varnado, Emma Bauml, Camila Virla, Scarlett Koehler, Clara Fountain, Claudia Navarro, Adalyn Tsiamas, Rory Cox, Payton Baranak, Cassidy Grabowski, Max Attanasio, Bella Dalponte, Wyndsor Diamond, Ella Bidny, Harper Kloiber
Mokena Jr. High School: Evi Coines, Mia Terrell, Vivian Tran, John Zofkie, Michael Mcinerney, Audrey Bilus, Camila Cortez, Filip Blagojevic, Brooklyn Carlson, Gianna Sons, Khloe Munoz, Brooke Radovanovic, Faith Utterback, Makenzi Wohler, Omar Khatib, Colette Koch, Harman Singh, Scarlett Lea, Quinn Oeser, Clayton Carmody, Charlie O’Connor, Brynn Fry, Daniel Moses, Nadia Gutierraz, Lucas Oostema, Patricia Wrobel, Tyler Fox, Gianna Cazares, Aiden Skowron, Emily Shiple, Mason Jones, Drew Tridgel, Sam Carlson, Jayson Weaver, Vivian Andresen, Isabella Tooke, Kaylan Carley, Sophia Kurcab, Caden Gabalewicz, Leo Goodkind, Jensen Taylor, Ella Kaiser
The ArtWorks Fine Arts Festival is a day-long event full of exhibitions, music performances, and workshops. The exhibition features art from all three Lincoln-Way High Schools, Frankfort 157-C, St. Mary’s School, Manhattan 114, New Lenox 122, Lincoln-Way District 210, Mokena 159, and Providence High School.
Mokena 159 is proud to support the development of fine arts in all of our students!