Five Lexington County high school students have received prizes and awards in Lexington Medical Center’s 2021 “Art of Healing,” art competition.

LMC, in partnership with the Columbia Museum of Art, judged students’ drawings, paintings, photographs and sculptures that each depicted their interpretation of healing.

This year’s winners were:

• 1st Place- One Mask Away, Joey Britt

• 2nd Place- False Hope, Olivia Koss

• 3rd Place- The Struggles of Online School, Sophia Spence

• Judge’s Choice- Fracture, Timothy Harmon

• Judge’s Choice- Patchwork, Elena Funderburk

Entries focused on the impact of covid-19. Judges were Steven Ford and Jane Przbysz.

View a virtual exhibit of the artwork at https://www.columbiamuseum.org/view/ art-healing-2021 .