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Bideawee, the Westhampton nonprofit animal shelter and hospital, has announced the winners of its eighth annual love your pet art contest.
Students from more than 30 Long Island schools submitted more than 500 entries. From grades one through eight, artworks in various media were accepted, while the high school contest was for photography.
Bideawee welcomed the public to vote for their favorites during an Art Expo from February 6 through 12, when artworks created by entire classes were also on display.
Remsenberg-Speonk Elementary School second-grader Abigail Bigora won the grade 1-2 division. East Moriches Elementary School third-grader Valeria Nazaretski won the grade 3-4 division. In the grade 5-6 division, fifth-grader Chloe Keil of James H. Boyd Intermediate School in Huntington was the winner.
Westhampton Beach Middle School eighth-grader Michelle Kryl won the grade 7-8 division and her drawing of a puppy has been selected to be featured on mailing labels that Bideawee will send to more than 30,000 supporters. Also featured on mailing labels will be a painting of a cat by Rhianna Eppler, a fourth-grader from Pennsylvania whose grandparents live locally.
In the high school division, the winner was Westhampton Beach High School freshman Emma Hargraves.
on Mar 9, 2016