Several hundred people packed the Cactus Shadows High School Fine Arts Center last month to cheer on more than 100 talented grade 3-12 students for their outstanding achievements in visual arts during the Sonoran Arts League’s 29th annual Celebration of Art and the 45th Jeff Cross Memorial.

Sponsored by the Sonoran Arts League, Cave Creek Unified School District’s Educational Community Service, Steve and Lori Greenberg, and the Kiwanis Club of Carefree, the event included students from seven CCUSD elementary, middle, and high schools as well as students from Annunciation Catholic School and Quality Interactive Montessori.

Among the students recognized was North Scottsdale resident Ella Miller, who graduated last month from Cactus Shadows High.

She and the other honorees received a gift

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