The Holmdel Creative Arts Association (HCAA) sponsored its inaugural HCAA Student Photo Contest earlier this spring. Holmdel students in grades 1-12 submitted photographs. Ninety-four entries were accepted, with subjects that ranged from nature shots to cityscapes and portraits to pets.
The four judges who chose the winners are photographers and included Paul Ozzello, Danny Sanchez, Steve Strickland and Jill Kaiser. They scored each photograph on a 10-point scale.
A third-grade student, G. Gosney, of Holmdel Village School, received the grand prize for her photograph, “Beach Ball.”
Additional winners included V. Chneider of Holmdel High School, J. Hipschman of W.R. Satz School, A. Su of Indian Hill School and L. Ronan of Village School.
HCAA members are planning to produce a 2015-16 “Arts in Holmdel” calendar, which will include all the photographs that were submitted for the contest as well as photographs from other arts events in Holmdel. The calendars are scheduled to be available through HCAA in September. For more information, visit www.holmdelparents.org.