About 120 students from area high schools visited Barton Community College Thursday to participate in Vortex Fine and Performing Arts Day and three of them walked away with $500 scholarships from the Barton Foundation.Vortex Fine and Performing Arts Day is designed to stimulate and enhance students’ interest and excitement in the arts. Students had the option to enter their artwork in the juried exhibit in the Shafer Gallery and to sign up for various workshops presented by Barton arts faculty such as music, theater, dance, creative writing and storytelling. Scholarships were given to the three Best In Show awards.