Congratulations and thank you to all of this year's participants!

Over 200 students, teachers and community members joined Riverside Healthcare at the Seventh Annual Art 4 Heart event at The Majestic in Kankakee on Thursday, February 22. The reception featured artwork submitted by 53 talented high school students depicting the journey to a healthy heart through the artist's eye.

Submissions included intricate drawings, paintings, sculptures, photography and more from the following schools:

• Bishop McNamara High School
• Bradley Bourbonnais Community High School
• Central High School
• Dwight Township High School
• Herscher High School
• Iroquois West High School
• Kankakee High School
• Kankakee Trinity Academy
• Momence High School
• Peotone High School
• Reed-Custer High School

Pictured Left to Right: Emma Maze (Canvas Painting); Katrina Hosek (Ceramic Mugs); Dr. Arshad Yousuf; Skylar Goode (Ceramic with Lights); Lisa Hanley; Beth Saathoff (Ceramic Games);Kathryn Kurtz (Framed Print); Christina Loraine

The following awards were presented by this year's guest juror, Lisa Hanley, an award-winning local artist, Christina Loraine, Curator of Art 4 Heart and Dr. Arshad Yousuf, cardiothoracic surgeon at the Riverside Heart & Vascular Institute:

• Grand Prize: Katrina Hosek, Bradley Bourbonnais Community High School
• 1st Runner Up: Beth Saathoff, Bradley Bourbonnais Community High School
• 2nd Runner Up: Kathryn Kurtz, Bishop McNamara High School
• Social Media #riversidea4h: Skylar Goode, Grant Park High School
• Doctor's Recommendation: Emma Maze, Reed-Custer High School

To view video footage of this year's Art 4 Heart event, click here.

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