COLUMBUS — Local youth artists Addie Werland and Rhonda Schonenberg won awards in the Texas Garden Clubs Recycled Art Sculpture Contests at the District and State levels. Keep Columbus Beautiful and Columbus Garden Club worked with the Live Oak Art Center to bring the Recycled Art Sculpture Contest to Columbus.
Sculptures by local students created from recycled materials advanced to the District and State competitions sponsored by Texas Garden Clubs.
Addie Werland won first place at District IV Coastal Prairie Council and at Texas Garden Clubs in Division 3. Rhonda Schonenberg won first place at District IV and second Place at Texas Garden Clubs in Division 5.
Awards were presented by District IV Director Sharon Wegenhoft, Live Oak Art Center Director Erin Storey and Columbus Garden Club President Regena Williamson.
Keep Columbus Beautiful and Columbus Garden Club will be working with the Live Oak Art Center again to bring the 2026 Recycled Art Show to Columbus in the fall. Students in grades 1 through 8 are eligible to enter.
