South Tahoe High student photography on display at City Hall

Award winning photography by South Tahoe High School (STHS) students is now on display at the Lake Tahoe Airport's art gallery.

Some of the photographers were on hand a reception hosted by the City of South Lake Tahoe and Tahoe Arts Alliance on Monday, the second since the gallery was opened in June of this year. Work of local artists will hang on the walls at the entrance of City Hall at the airport throughout the year and will be rotated quarterly.

All of the photographs on the walls were created by STHS students while participating in teacher Candy Lincoln's digital arts classes. Some have since graduated.

New STHS Principal Carline Sinkler was on hand to greet the community and photographers. "Arts is where we bring out the best of our kids," she said.

She also recalled a recent conversation she had with Lincoln. "She said, I don't teach photography, I teach self expression," said Sinkler.

SLT Mayor Austin Sass was also at the reception with City Councilwomen Wendy David and Brooke Laine, City Manager Nancy Kerry and other City staff and community members.

"You make us really proud," said Sass to the students.

Those currently with art on the walls:

Alexzandria Balme, First Place 2017, CSU Photography Contest
Aria D’Aintree, 2017 Second Place National Scholastics Art Contest
Meghan Bryd, National First Place 2014, U.S. Congressional Art Contest
Christian Palacios, National Second Place 2016, U.S. Congressional Art Contest
Zoe D’Angelo, South Tahoe High School 2015
Zoe Behar, National Third Place 2015, U.S. Congressional Art Contest
Sydney Morris, First Place 2016, California CTE Photo Contest
Kyle Robertson, National Second Place 2015, U.S. Congressional Art Contest
Marin Underhill, Honorable Mention 2016, California State CTE Photo Contest
Alyx Carlson, Honorable Mention 2017, California CTE Photo Contest
Rachel Lamore, Best of Show 2015, CSU Photo Contest
Jackson Kuzmik, Honorable Mention 2017, California CTE Photo Contest
Guadalupe Jossie Ruiz, First Place 2017, California CTE Photo Contest
Briana Rettig, First Place Portfolio, National Scholastics 2014
Cassidy Harootunian, South Tahoe High School 2017
Sonam Sherpa, South Tahoe High School 2017
Sophia Mora, Honorable Mention 2017, California CTE Photo Contest
Annika Johnson, First Place 2016, California CTE Photo Contest
Kira Culp, First Place 2017, CSU Photography Contest
Angalee Brown, First Place 2015, California CTE Photo Contest
Jossie Ruiz, Honorable Mention 2017, California CTE Photo Contest
Mojo, First Place 2015, National Scholastics Art Contest
Julia Schmidseder, South Tahoe High School

The art gallery is open during airport hours and is free to the public.