Two Eagle students showcase talent at Art Slam
BERL TISKUS | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 1 year, 4 months AGO
Two Eagles River School students join in with their concert phone lights at the Art Slam held last Thursday. (Berl Tiskus/Leader)
TERS student vocalist Markie Marks sings for the crowd at the Art Slam. (Berl Tiskus/Leader)
Two Eagle River student Ray McDonald's photo of bison in the snow might have been taken 50 years ago or last winter. (Berl Tiskus/Leader)
Akasha Amaya made and beaded baby moccasins for the Art Slam at Two Eagle River School. (Berl Tiskus/Leader)
Student artist Bluesky FirstStrike had a 2-D painting in the Art Slam at Two Eagle River School. (Berl Tiskus/Leader)
Reporter Berl Tiskus joined the Lake County Leader team in early March 2023, and covers Ronan City Council, schools, ag and business. Berl grew up on a ranch in Wyoming and earned a degree in English education from MSU-Billings and a degree in elementary education from the University of Montana. Since moving to Polson three decades ago, she’s worked as a substitute teacher, a reporter for the Valley Journal and a secretary for Lake County Extension. | May 8, 2025 12:00 AM
Emcee Tilden Sankadore held up his cell phone flashlight and started swaying to the song one of the Two Eagle River students was singing and the audience joined him.
Singing was one of the many talents on display last Wednesday at Two Eagle River School’s 23rd annual Art Slam.
In addition, students performed a clarinet solo and hand drum songs, and showed photography, beadwork, paintings, drawings, quilts and drums they made. Several read poems or compositions they had written.
Among the many wonderful photos was one by Boyce Roberts of a carnival complete with a ferris wheel and all the lights at dusk in Havre, and a sepia-hued image by Ray McDonald of bison in winter that struck an austere, nostalgic note.
Sean Dalbey, art teacher at TERS, and English teacher Rebecca Dalbey were staging the Art Slam. Sean said a couple of gallery owners in Missoula came up to judge paintings and photography.
Artist Sean Burrafato had a painting selected by the Missoula judges for a youth show this fall. He was excited and had many other examples of his work on his phone.
The students, teachers, parents, grandparents and elders who attended all enjoyed the show, which preceded last weekend’s prom.
Students chose the following winners:
Quilts: 1st Place - Toki Einspahr;
Beadwork: 1st Place - Bryce Roberts; 2nd - Akasha Amaya; 3rd - Keke Tenas
Moccasins: 1st - Akasha Amaya; 2nd - Emma Bel Spotted Eagle
Traditional/Nontraditional Arts: 1st - Sierra Hall; 2nd - Dezalyn Lindquist; 3rd - Emma Bel Spotted Eagle
2-D Art: 1st and 2nd - Mark Antoine; 3rd - Bryce Roberts
3-D Art: 1st - Sophia Armijo; 2nd - Bryce Roberts; 3rd - Arorah Madplume
Photography: 1st Place - Jayvian Burke; 2nd - Blue Sky First Strike; 3rd - Landon Rider
Poetry: 1st - Josey Usher; 2nd - Ray McDonald
Prose: 1st - Tilden St. Goddard; 2nd - Emma Bel Spotted Eagle; 3rd - Payton Perry
Music: 1st - Abby Sinclair; 2nd - Thomas Addison and Payton Perry; 3rd - Mark Antoine
TERS student vocalist Markie Marks sings for the crowd at the Art Slam. (Berl Tiskus/Leader)
Two Eagle River student Ray McDonald's photo of bison in the snow might have been taken 50 years ago or last winter. (Berl Tiskus/Leader)
Akasha Amaya made and beaded baby moccasins for the Art Slam at Two Eagle River School. (Berl Tiskus/Leader)
Student artist Bluesky FirstStrike had a 2-D painting in the Art Slam at Two Eagle River School. (Berl Tiskus/Leader)ARTICLES BY BERL TISKUS
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