Senior Sinclair Myhre, president of the Art Club, is an artist that lives and breathes for her talent. Every day, she spends up to four hours working on her talents. After exploring over twelve different mediums, Myhre has found her main passion in graphic design, sculpture and photography.

This year, Myhre submitted nine pieces into the Minnesota Scholastic Art Contest and received two Gold Key Awards (the highest honor of recognition you can receive) four Silver Key Awards and three honorable mentions.

“Last year, I got two honorable mentions and I was ridiculously happy about that. If you could imagine just how surprised and happy I was this year, you would be overwhelmed,” Myhre said.

Both of Myhre’s Gold Key Awards were submitted by Jayne Hudgins, the Orono art teacher, who has been fortunate enough to see Myhre grow in her creativity and passion for art in all types of media.

“Sinclair is a wonderful, self motivated student who I see more like a gifted apprentice. My job is to provide her with basic skills, encourage exploration into new media, to push her work further and take advantage of all the opportunities available,” Hudgins said.

According to Minnesota Scholastic of Art, artists that have been awarded a Gold Key Award will be placed in the National Scholastic Art Awards competition that will be held in New York.

The first Gold Key Award was to Myhre’s Layering Portfolio containing all of her photography in an artistic layout. The second Gold Key Award is of a black and white photo shoot from the shoulders up. The figure, wrapped in a black scarf with its hands covered by black gloves, presses up against a white wall. This photo is called The Reality of Darkness.

Today, these and the rest of Myhre’s submitted work, are displayed in the Regis Art Center in Minneapolis.

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“To see all of her work displayed and all was pretty cool because I got to see how many people she beat to the top. All that work really paid off,” brother Jack Myhre said.

Not all of Myhre’s art pieces are created and entered into competitions. Many are created as gifts for her close family. Earlier in the year, she made an eleven inch tall ceramic fox to give to her little brother, Jack, who is obsessed with foxes.

“I think the main thing is that she has a gift when it comes to visual talents. Her brain is wired differently because of the dyslexia. I have shown her that on the flip side of this challenge is a gift of a creative look on life,” mother Shawn Myhre said.

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