Students excel in artwork

by DONNA SHURR
OHS teacher

In order to rec­og­nize the cre­ative achieve­ment in art by stu­dents in grades 7-12, the Scholas­tic Art & Writ­ing Awards Pro­gram, the largest annual art com­pe­ti­tion in Amer­ica was founded in 1923. The Scholas­tic Art Pro­gram in Lorain County receives major finan­cial sup­port from the Nord­son Cor­po­ra­tion Foun­da­tion, and addi­tional sup­port from Lorain County Com­mu­nity Col­lege, the Stocker Foun­da­tion and the LCCC Foun­da­tion for the regional art competition.

The mis­sion of the Lorain County Regional Scholas­tic Art Exhibit is “to encour­age and rec­og­nize excel­lence in the visual arts and to pro­vide guid­ance and sup­port to teens for whom cre­ativ­ity may be a life path.” The Lorain County Regional Scholas­tic Art Exhibit Com­mit­tee is an all-volunteer not-for-profit orga­ni­za­tion. It has served Lorain County stu­dents in grades 7-12 for 44 years. This regional net­work of art teach­ers encour­ages and cel­e­brates the cre­ativ­ity of the county’s teenagers, pro­vid­ing inspi­ra­tion and val­i­da­tion for Lorain County’s next gen­er­a­tion of visual artists.

Although 49 pieces were sub­mit­ted, the 44th Annual Lorain County Regional Scholas­tic Art Exhi­bi­tion included art­work from 28 Ober­lin High School stu­dents with 35 works of art accepted into the show. They were on exhibit at the Beth K. Stocker Art Gallery at Stocker Arts Cen­ter, Lorain County Com­mu­nity Col­lege. All the out­stand­ing works in the exhi­bi­tion were awarded a Gold Key (the most out­stand­ing work), a Sil­ver Key (a sec­ond place award) or an Hon­or­able Men­tion in the exhibit.

Ober­lin High School was rep­re­sented by both art and ceram­ics classes.

Stu­dents from teacher Danielle Camino’s art classes par­tic­i­pated in the Scholas­tic Art competition.

A Gold Key was awarded to sopho­more Eli­jah Wood whose work will advance to New York City for national judging.

Sopho­more Neva Rus­tad received two Sil­ver Keys. Hon­or­able Men­tions were given to the fol­low­ing stu­dents: Sojourner David­son, Kristina Vukovich (2), Kalif Townsel, Kier­rah Pritch­ett, Jazz Thomas, Tay­lor Egan (3), Han­nah Kim (2), Bran­don Pritt, Melvin Med­ina, Rachel Mentzer, For­rest Lock­lear, Wyatt Lock­lear, Kayla Kuzak, Kevin Boyer, Tay­lor Ander­son, Tyler Thomas, Emily Ras­mussen (2), Isaac Kim (2), and Marissa Hart.

Seven stu­dents in Donna Shurr’s ceramic class also received recog­ni­tion for their accom­plish­ments in ceramic art. Receiv­ing Hon­or­able Men­tions were Tay­lor Ander­son, Kevin Boyer, Kayla Kuzak, For­rest Lock­lear (2), Wyatt Lock­lear and Tyler Thomas.

The national judg­ing is cur­rently tak­ing place and win­ners will be announced in March.

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