A work of art by Riley Elementary School sixth-grader Alexa Sanchez was shown at a national convention last week, elementary art teacher Shannon Wedel said.

Sanchez was one of 10 students in Great Bend Public Schools whose art is on display this month as part of the statewide Youth Art Month Exhibit in Topeka. The district’s two elementary art teachers, Wedel and Miraya Starnes, each chose one piece of art from each of the five schools they serve: Eisenhower, Jefferson, Lincoln, Park and Riley. The Youth Art Month Exhibit was hosted by the Kansas Art Education Association.

Sanchez created a color wheel design that was displayed all month at the Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library. After being selected for the national exhibit, a copy of her work hung at the National Art Education Association convention March 20-22 in Louisville, Kentucky.

“A very limited number of works were selected from entrants K-12, and she is the only one of my students chosen,” Wedel told Riley Principal Beth Rein. “Congratulations.”