All Oak Hills High School students electing to enroll in an Art and Design Department course will develop a Competitive Advantage, Appreciation of the Arts, Creative Thinking and Problem Solving Skills, Interdisciplinary Connections, Social and Global Awareness, and Career Preparation related to Visual Communication.
Congratulations to the OHHS Art and Design student whose art was selected as a High Merit piece for the Fall 2023 Celebrating Art competition and publication! Receiving a Top Ten or High Merit award means the art was an exceptional piece. Out of thousands of entries received for the Fall 2023 contest, it stood out as being one of the top 5% submitted. Students who have art selected as Top Ten or High Merit work will receive special recognition in the book as it is displayed as a Top Ten or High Merit piece.
Congratulations to the following students:
From Ambs’ Ceramics 1 and Ceramics 2 class:
Tamara Alkhaldi Madison Coster Elena Ferneding
Tamara AlkhaldiMadison CosterElena Ferneding
From Groh’s Art Foundations class:
Abbey Burst
From Schorsch’s Studio Art AP 2D Design, Studio Art AP Drawing, and Drawing and Printmaking class:
OHHS Art and Design students enrolled in Schorsch’s Drawing and Printmaking class had the opportunity to participate in the ARC program this year. The Taft Museum of Art’s Artists Reaching Classrooms (ARC) offers an immersive educational experience to Greater Cincinnati high school students that includes a range of activities, including museum visits, classroom sessions with professional artists, and studio tours.
Throughout the first semester, students had the opportunity to engage in meaningful interactions and mentoring with artists Kay Hurley, Cedric Cox, Kevin Muente, and Saad Ghosn. The students built an understanding of artists, art, and society, working artists’ methods, exploration of various careers in the arts and culture sector, and appreciation for the Taft Museum of Art as a local resource with a rich history.
The experiences culminate in the creation of original artworks, 5 of which could be selected for a juried exhibition at the Pendleton Arts Center Annex Gallery. Students were challenged to consider their interpretation of “Wonder” and generated works that demonstrate their approach to the term after brainstorming, project planning, and setting up their own resource images.
5 students from each participating school were selected for this year’s competition. The 5 Drawing and Printmaking students who were selected for this year’s exhibition to represent OHHS were:
Miles Frisch (10) Aubree Fuson (9) Austin Haarmeyer (9) Jackson Mundstock (9) Michael Smith (9)
The “Wonder” Exhibition, which opened on February 18th, 2024 at The Annex Gallery, showcased the work of students from Aiken, Hughes STEM, McNichols, Oak Hills, Princeton, School for the Creative and Performing Arts, Spencer School for the Gifted and Exceptional Students, St. Bernard, Summit Country Day School, Walnut Hills, Western Hills, and Winton Woods High Schools. At the opening reception, Miles Frisch received the Noteworthy Award for the Best in Show from OHHS and Jackson Mundstock took home the 1st place award!
As part of the award, Jackson will continue to learn the professional aspects of the life of an artist by being paid for the use of his image, having the work reproduced onto the Taft Museum of Art’s reusable bags, having his work showcased to funders and the community to show the outcomes of the ARC program, as well as the creation of a museum banner that will be displayed outside of the Taft Museum of Art as well as Oak Hills High School!
Jackson Mundstock, Grade 9, “Les merveilles de se demander”, Charcoal on Canson Paper
Check out “Wonder” now through March 30th, 2024 at the Annex Gallery!
Each year The Cincinnati Art Museum engages young artists to display their artwork at our 10×10 Teen Art Expo.
Students from the OHHS National Art Honor Society will be exhibiting work at the Cincinnati Art Museum! The Cincinnati Art Museum Teen Expo Volunteer Team curated an exhibition of artworks addressing the theme of “Behind the Scenes”. Artists were invited to interpret and use their creative voice to address this theme in the media of their choice. The only parameter was that works submitted had to be 2-Dimensional and only 10 inches by 10 inches.
Congratulations to the following students whose work was selected to be a part of the exhibition this year!
Finley Nguyen will be exhibiting “Setting the Stage” at the Cincinnati Art Museum
Emma Brunner will be projected in the Great Hall at the Cincinnati Art Museum
Artworks selected by the Teen Expo Volunteer Team will be displayed in the Great Hall from March 26–31, 2024. Participants are invited to an opening party planned by the team on Thursday, March 28, 2024.
Congratulations to Devon Brandenburg, Jaden Schneider, Kevin Kurre, and Caden Ginn whose artwork was selected to be part of the Accessible Expressions Ohio 2024 exhibition!
Kevin KurreJaden SchneiderCaden GinnDevion Brandenburg
Accessible Expressions Ohio (AEO) is one of the most diverse art exhibits on display. It is an adjudicated, statewide exhibition and tour of sixty 2D and 3D art by Ohio artists with disabilities in the Youth, Emerging, or Professional categories.
This year, Accessible Expressions Ohio will open on March 30th, 2024 at the Cincinnati Art Museum in Cincinnati, Ohio. The exhibit will be on display through May 12, 2024.
What is it all about…. Art Possible Ohio is a community that connects inspired artists with their passion, service providers with resources, and all citizens with creative opportunities.
Arts Possible Ohio was founded in 1986 and works together with artists of all ages who have disabilities to advocate for accessibility and inclusivity, advance careers in the creative sector, build community, and improve the academic achievement of Ohio’s students through arts integration. By bridging arts and disability, our programs and services promote inclusive spaces and accessible opportunities for Ohioans.
Accessible Expressions Ohio is one of the most diverse art exhibits on display. It is an adjudicated, statewide exhibition and tour of sixty 2D and 3D art by Ohio artists with disabilities. Artists of any age, living in Ohio, with a disability may enter in the Youth, Emerging, or Professional categories. AEO raises awareness by presenting the show in inclusive settings designed to change perceptions about disability.
Accepted artists join a talented group of artists representing all corners of Ohio. Their art will travel to a variety of community spaces across Ohio during 2024. The work will also be exhibited at www.artpossibleohio.org and on their social media platforms, Instagram and Facebook (@ArtPossibleOhio).
Congratulations to OHHS Art and Design senior Rylee Dissinger whose portfolio of works was one of the 4 Finalists selected from the 13 Semi-Finalists for the 2024 Visual Arts Competition of The Overture Awards. Rylee was nominated by Ms. Schorsch to submit a portfolio for this year’s competition. Rylee will compete against 3 other Finalists from schools around the region on March 16th at 1pm in the Jarson-Kaplan Theater at the Aronoff Center. Tickets for the event can be purchased here: Overture Awards Ceremony
The Overture Awards Competition is the area’s largest solo arts competition and offers awards in six artistic disciplines: creative writing, dance, instrumental music, theatre, visual art, and vocal music. For the 2022 competition, students may win $3,000 (one awarded in each discipline) or a $1000 finalist award. Judges at all levels of the competition are drawn from the professional arts community.
OHHS Art and Design 