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Matanzas students win top awards at Daytona State College art show competition

Mei Butler won Best in Show, while Devon Hoffman and Olivia Rabbat won first place in their categories.

By Brent Woronoff
| 8:00 a.m. January 3, 2024

Mei Butler, Matanzas art teacher Amy Taylor, Devon Hoffman, Matanzas Art Department Chair Katrina Vitkis, Olivia Rabbat and Matanzas Principal Kristin Bozeman with the Flagler County School Board. Photo by Brent Woronoff

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Three Matanzas High School students won top awards at Daytona State College’s sixth annual art show competition.

"Among Us" by Mei Butler, who won Best in Show. Courtesy Flagler Schools.

Senior Mei Butler won Best in Show. Junior Devon Hoffman took first place in the 2D category and sophomore Olivia Rabbat won first place in the 3D category.

Students from Flagler, Volusia and surrounding counties entered the competition with 45 pieces chosen by DSC faculty members out of 175 entries. DSC art club students determined the top awards.

Fear Dreams by Devon Hoffman, who won first place in the 2D category. Courtesy Flagler Schools

All three Matanzas winners took home a prize package containing art supplies. Butler was also awarded a scholarship for a visual art or art history course at Daytona State College.

The three students were honored at the Dec. 19 Flagler County School Board meeting with Katrina Vitkis, the Matanzas Art Deparment Chair and sculpture and 3D art teacher; and Amy Taylor, the school’s drawing and painting teacher.

Principal Kristin Bozeman led the presentation.