Art Forms celebrates MBJH student talent

Each year, the Junior Spartan PTO organizes Art Forms, a visual, literary and performing arts competition that affords some of Mountain Brook Junior High School’s most talented students the opportunity to have their abilities appreciated by the community. 

The visual art works were displayed at the school and on the Junior Spartan PTO website, where for the first time, parents and students could vote for their favorite works. The highlight of Art Forms is the annual Showcase at the MBHS Fine Arts Center, where students took to the stage recently to entertain a packed house. After the performances, the winners in all categories were announced and prizes were awarded. Eighth-grader Grace Cope took home the big prize of the night, with her piano performance of “How Great Thou Art.”

Performing Arts

Seventh Grade

Third place - Tess Levine

Second place - Lucy Windle

First place - Stanton Langley & Max Simon

Eighth Grade

Third place - Hayden Sledge & Lacy Smith      

Second place - Mary Carrington Gullage

First place - Simona Shirley

Ninth Grade

Third place - Abigail Ross Barlow

Second place - Emily Donahue

First place - Brantley Goodman

Best Overall: Grace Cope

Literary Arts 

Honorable mention, poetry - Emily Bolvig

Third place, poetry - Eleanor Swagler

Second place, poetry - Kat Goodman

First place, poetry - Rachel Estreicher

First place, fiction - Sarah Long

Best Overall: Sarah Long

Visual Arts 

Seventh Grade - Spartan Choice*

Third place - Harrison Little

Second place - Mary Frances Torbert

First place - Olivia Bell

Eighth Grade - Spartan Choice*

Third place - Lucy Smith

Second place - Lucy Smith

First place - Macey Miller

Ninth Grade - Spartan Choice*

Third place - Eleanor Swagler

Second place - Emily Bolvig

First place - Gabe Ivker

*Voted on by MBJH students and families online

Seventh Grade

Third place - Mary Frances Torbert

Second place - Annabel Davis & Harrison Little (tie)

First place - Olivia Bell

Eighth Grade

Third place - Katherine Price

Second place - Mary Arden Pennington

First place - Macey Miller

Ninth Grade

Third place - Gabe Ivker

Second place - Eleanor Swagler

First place - Emily Bolvig

Best Overall, Visual Arts

Emily Bolvig