OHHS Art and Design Painting the Town!

Posted on August 31, 2018 by OHHS Art and Design

Over the course of the hot summer months, OHHS Art and Design artists have been working to beautify our city! Check out the fabulous murals they created around town below:

Cincinnati Paints by Numbers: Fiona

This summer marked the launch of a new mural series by ArtWorks: Cincinnati Paints-By-Numbers. The rotating mural project provides the public the opportunity to purchase a ticket and paint alongside the ArtWorks team. The inaugural theme for 2018 was Cincinnati’s favorite hippo, Fiona. OHHS Art and Design junior Brooklyn Hart worked as an Apprentice on this project, designed by Lucie Rice, which was selected by a jury and public voting earlier in the spring.

Building Inclusive Communities: A Mural Project of Visionaries + Voices and ArtWorks
Mural Dedication is September 5th at 5:30pm!

OHHS Art and Design junior Emma Sedlack worked as an Apprentice this summer on the ArtWorks and Visionaries + Voices partnership mural located in Oakley. The goal of the project was to build a more inclusive community through creative collaboration between Artworks and V+V artists. Visionaries + Voices is a non-profit organization that provides exhibition opportunities, studio space, supplies, and support to area visual artists with disabilities.The collaboratively designed mural was executed by a team of Apprentices from both organizations.

Emerge
Mural Dedication is September 18th at 5pm!

Taylor Helms, an OHHS Art and Design 2016 alumn, worked as an Apprentice this summer on the 125th anniversary mural for the Woman’s Art Club of Cincinnati. Artist Tine Westerkamp designed this beautiful piece for the oldest and longest running women’s art club in the United States!

Taylor was also award the ArtWorks Biggie Award this summer. Over the past 6 years, Taylor has worked as an Apprentice on 10 different projects all over the Queen City!

Check out some of Taylor’s past projects below!

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Paint the Town Red

While the students were busy at work beautifying Cincinnati this summer, OHHS Art and Design teacher Jamie Schorsch was creating a large scale mural for the Miami University Regionals: Hamilton Campus. Schorsch was a part of a team of three other local artists working with StreetSpark on the creation of the mural. Stephen Smith designed the mural selected for the Miami University Regionals Hamilton campus as a part of their 50th-anniversary celebration…this is also the first mural on ANY of the Miami University campuses!

You can find out more information about the programs and locations of the murals here: ArtWorks at www.artworkscincinnati.org and Streetspark at www.fittoncenter.org/streetspark.

OHHS Art and Design Teachers Exhibiting New Works!

Posted on August 19, 2018 by OHHS Art and Design

OHHS Art and Design teachers Steve Groh and Jamie Schorsch have been busy making new artwork for exhibitions around Cincinnati. Both shows opened this past weekend!

“Wax Nostalgic:1994”, which opened at BLDG in Covington, is an art exhibit inspired by pop art and culture. The exhibit features more than 50 local, regional and national artists whose works came together to celebrate the most influential year of that decade. “Wax Nostalgic” was guest curated by Chris Breeden, the general manager of Arnold’s Bar & Grill. You can check out the “Wax Nostalgic: 1994” between 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., and by appointment Monday through Friday, through September 14th.

Below is Groh’s artist statement about his piece:

“Scream Spirit”
Digital Print on Metal

“In 1994, the Supreme Court ruled on a copyright law case that established that a commercial parody can qualify as fair use. That same year, Edvard Munch’s famous painting “The Scream” was stolen and then recovered three months later. This manipulated image is a pastiche that uses that iconic image as a springboard for reflecting on some of the notable events that occurred during that equally iconic year”.

Steve Groh
“Scream Spirit”
Digital Print on Metal

The exhibition opening for “Visioning Human Rights” and “25” took place at the Fitton Center or Creative Arts in conjuncture with and Artist Panel Discussion and the Season Launch party with over 1400 visitors in attendance.

“25” is a multi-media invitational group show curated by the Fitton Center’s Director of Exhibitions, Cat Mayhugh, with help from the Fitton Center’s Exhibitions Selection Committee and Staff. The invitational show features 25 artists who are highly engaged with the Fitton Center for Creative Arts’ exhibitions, education, outreach and StreetSpark programs and/or are active players in the City of Hamilton arts community.

The exhibition takes place concurrently with the premier of a new traveling narrative quilt show curated by Dr. Carolyn Mazloomi, titled “Visioning Human Rights in the New Millennium: Quilting the World’s Conscience”, featuring international artists of the Women of Color Quilters Network and inspired by the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights. The goal of the ” 25″ was to extend the discussion of human rights sparked by Dr. Mazloomi’s timely exhibition by creating artwork in response to the human rights concepts presented in the articles presented in the UN Declaration of Human Rights. You can check out the “Visioning Human Rights” between 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., through September 28th.

Below is Schorsch’s artist statement about her pieces:

“Routine Education”
Article 3 Right to Life, Liberty, Personal Security and Article 26 Right to Education
Archival Ink, Alcohol Marker, Prismacolor Pencil, Acrylic, and Collaged Materials

“Routine Education” is a commentary on the issue of gun related violence continually impacting American schools. The vultures depicted in the work were selected for their symbolic representation in relation to life events, specifically as signifiers of death. The numbers, compiled through research, are juxtaposed with the vulture imagery to represent the amount of documented shootings, deaths, and injuries that have occurred in American schools from the 18th century until March of 2018″.

Jamie Schorsch
“Routine Education”
Article 3 Right to Life, Liberty, Personal Security and Article 26 Right to Education
Archival Ink, Alcohol Marker, Prismacolor Pencil, Acrylic, and Collaged Materials

“Migrant Refuge”
Article 14 Right to Asylum in other Countries from Persecution
Archival Ink, Alcohol Marker, Prismacolor Pencil, Acrylic, and Collaged Materials

“Mass displacements and exoduses have occurred throughout human history. “Migrant Refuge” addresses the issues of the acceptance of refugees seeking asylum on an increasingly global scale. Millions of individuals, and families, attempt to migrate and establish new roots but face deportation and entry refusal on many fronts. The sparrows juxtaposed with countries that have most recently experienced mass exoduses are meant to serve as a directive to nurture our fellow humans”.

Jamie Schorsch
“Migrant Refuge”
Article 14 Right to Asylum in other Countries from Persecution
Archival Ink, Alcohol Marker, Prismacolor Pencil, Acrylic, and Collaged Materials

.Links to articles related to the exhibitions are provided above.

“Paint the Town Red”

Posted on August 19, 2018 by OHHS Art and Design

OHHS Art and Design teacher Jamie Schorsch was hard at work this sweltering summer creating a large scale mural for the Miami University Regionals: Hamilton Campus. Schorsch was a part of a team of three other local artists: John McCoy, Abby Martin and Stephen Smith, working with StreetSpark on the creation of the mural. Formed through a partnership between the City of Hamilton and the Fitton Center for Creative Arts, StreetSpark is a program founded to further the art identity in the city through exciting public art projects. This program creates arts engagement by producing high-quality murals, building opportunities for local artists, and enhancing the visual appeal of the city. StreetSpark brings visible murals and artwork into the community with the goal of fueling Hamilton with art. Stephen Smith designed the mural selected for the Miami University Regionals Hamilton campus as a part of their 50th-anniversary celebration. Stephen finds inspiration for his whimsical paintings in Hamilton’s historic architecture which has largely impacted the design of “Paint the Town Red.”

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OHHS Art and Design Students Selected for the 2018 OAEA Emerging Artist Show

Posted on August 14, 2018 by OHHS Art and Design

The OAEA (Ohio Art Education Association) High School Show showcases Ohio’s Emerging Artist artistic efforts. The Emerging Artist show is dedicated to showcasing artistic efforts of students who have only had the chance to take one or two art classes in high school. The competitive professional forum is intended to prepare young artists for their creative future in college or in an art career.

The Emerging Artist show will be on display September 10th through October 20th in the 2nd floor lobby of the State Teachers Retirement Building (STRS), 275 East Broad Street, in Columbus, OH. To celebrate the teachers and students there will be a reception on October, 20th at the STRS building. The students will be awarded with certificates, prizes and some works will be selected in different categories for special rewards. The ceremony will begin at 2:00 and end around 3:00.

One hundred fifty-three out of two hundred-forty pieces of artwork were selected for this juried show from the nine OAEA regions in the state of Ohio. This show is designed to help motivate and inspire new artists to excel in areas of drawing, painting, sculpture, crafts, computer art, photography and printing. Everyone involved should be proud of the students who inspire, creative thinking, problem solving and skillful techniques.

Congratulations to the following students from Ms. Schorsch’s Drawing and Printmaking and Painting and Mixed Media classes for being selected to exhibit at this year’s Emerging Artist show.

Emma Sedlack “Blooms”
Destanie Sexton “Internal Patterns”
Chad Smith “Abstract Thinking”

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