Nebraska Young Artist

Lavaley Receives Young Artist Award

Hayden Lavaley stands next to his award-winning piece of art. The Osceola junior recently was named a Nebraska Young Artist Award winner. Photos provided
Hayden Lavaley stands next to his award-winning piece of art. The Osceola junior recently was named a Nebraska Young Artist Award winner. Photos provided

LINCOLN — Hayden Lavaley, a junior at Osceola, has won a Nebraska Young Artist Award from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts.

The annual awards recognize 11th grade students from Nebraska for their talents in visual art, dance, music, theatre, and film and emerging media arts. Lavaley’s specialty area is visual arts.

Fifty-nine students from more tha…