Spotlight finalists announced

The Music Center of Los Angeles County has announced the 30 high school student artists in photography and twodimensional art who have been named semifinalists in the 2007 Music Center Spotlight Awards Visual Arts competition.

Local semifinalists are Agoura High School seniors William Carroll, 18, and Brandon Ybarra, 17, in the category of digital photography.

All semifinalists will have their work shown at the Bobbie Greenfield Gallery in Bergamot Station in Santa Monica, where the winners will be announced at a reception on March 11.

More than 760 high school students submitted original artwork for this year's competition. To select the winners, a panel of artists and arts professionals will meet with each semifinalist to review and discuss their work.

Winners are selected in both photography and twodimensional art. The awards in each category are first place, $6,000; second place, $3,000; and five honorable mentions, $250. All semifinalists receive $100.

In addition, winners will be presented with trophies during the Music Center Spotlight Awards at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion on April 14.

For more information about the awards program, call (213) 972-3300 or visit www. musiccenter.org.