Wendi Lu receives Vestavia Hills Art Association award

Wendi Lu, a recent graduate of Vestavia Hills High School, was this year’s recipient of the Vestavia Hills Art Association’s Art Achievement Award. She is the daughter of Minqing Lu and Mingyan Hu.

Lu plans to attend Columbia University in New York this fall and major architecture. Professional artists and art educators of the Vestavia Hills Art Association’s Scholarship Committee said they were especially impressed by her unique drawing ability and exceptional creativity. She displayed a quality of empathy to social issues as well. Her compositions in pen and ink were outstanding while her creations with color readily displayed a “wow” factor. The overall quality and volume of Lu’s work attested to her industrious nature. Her work was viewed during Vestavia Hills High School’s Art Show.

The VHAA Art Achievement Award is an annual award of $300 presented on the merits of a student’s apparent artistic talent, academic standing and how the award will be applied. This year the award included an additional $100 gift certificate from Alabama Art Supply Inc. The award is presented to a graduating senior who is continuing his or her education in the visual arts, art education or a related field.