Howerton earns NSU Art Award

Vivian Howerton, Northeastern State University fine arts major and a Choctaw tribal member, won the First Place Best in Painting award at Northeastern State University’s 22nd Annual Juried Art Competition on April 12, 2024.

The winning oil painting is a realistic rendering of two hands holding a rosary, and its dimensions are 30×40 inches.

Vivian is the daughter of Erick and Bobbi Gillham of Poteau, Oklahoma and Troy and Bree Howerton of Greenwood, Arkansas. She is the granddaughter of Mike and Rita Pope of Poteau, Oklahoma and Bud and the late Mary Howerton of Spiro, Oklahoma.

She is completing her junior year and hopes to seek employment with the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma after achieving her bachelor’s degree.