Fall 2024 “Celebrating Art” OHHS Art and Design Students to Be Published

Posted on December 19, 2024 by OHHS Art and Design

“Celebrating Art” is devoted to the promotion and appreciation of student art. The intent of their student art contest is to motivate student artists. The top entries are published in an anthology that will record the creative works of today’s student artists.

Students recently submitted work and 89 OHHS Art and Design students were invited to be published in the Summer 2024 “Celebrating Art”! Only the best art is selected to be included in the full-color hardbound art book, “Celebrating Art”. Additionally, final judging for the “Top Ten Artist” and “High Merit Artist” awards will be completed and announced soon. The following students should feel honored. This is not a contest where every entry is invited to be published and is a highly selective competition. Thousands of entries were not invited to be published. Being published represents a lot of talent, hard work, and dedication from students.

Congratulations to the following students:

From Ambs’ Ceramics 2 and Art Foundations classes:

Arien Mesbah
Celeste Bruker
Claudia Borcherding
Dylan Johnson
Eliot Flaig
Gaberiel Gaustad
Gloria Wilson
Jillian Hayden
Kinsley Walker
Mikaela Spangler
Nelly Wimp
Sophia Tirado
Travis Harvey
Tyler Hirth
Tyler Woycke
Aarian Hughes
Evelyn Good
Logan Rasetter
Ava Visjager
Charlie Archer
Tyleigh Helms
Tamara Alkhaldi
Alivia Petra
Alyssa Bowling-Tomlin
Ava Bunke
Averie Thomas
Brooklyn Stanley
Mackenzie Grantmaier
Shawn Fellow
Valeria Garcia Cortez

From Dignan-Cummins’ Ceramics 1, Honors Enamels, Mosaic, and Glass, Honors Fiber Arts, Sculpture, and Studio Art AP 3D Design classes:

Aubrey Laib
Branden Rentz
Fiona Taft
Maddie Hildebrand
Sam Getz
Skyla Blevins
Evelyn Dann
Jamicka Williams
Leo Ruthven
Maggie Heydorn
Anna price
Carisa Allen
Casey Wheeler
Emma Mondary
Eric Dew
Grace Gray
Gretchen Isbel
Lauren Huster
Lexi Predmore
Maddie Smith
Olivia Young
Sammy McDonald
Savannah Shoemaker
Victor Benken
Will Dennison
Zoe Wuerdeman

From Kopf’s Art Foundations, Digital Art Foundations, and Painting and Public Art classes:

Max Kontonickas
Weson Smyth
Catherine Glogowski
Ahleya Velasco
Lyla Mendoza

From Schorsch’s Drawing and Printmaking, Art Foundations, and Studio Art AP 2D Design and Drawing classes:

Lyla Haste
Mylla Davis
Trenton Duttenhoffer
Aubree Fuson
Aurora Studenka
Austin Haarmeyer
Baylee Moorman
Jackson Mundstock
John Team
Solstice McGuire
Madde Garrison
Kendalyn Kress
Lydia Wilson
Rachel Wunderlich
Sophia Wehman
Adriana Russ
Alysse Niewoehner
Annie Riley
Bethany Bachman
Emma Brunner
Gladys Lopez Felix
Jordan Tinsley
Kayla Linkenfelter
Lizzie Schreibeis
Molly Audretch
Olivia Widener

Art Foundations Students Unite to Create Mural Honoring Altruism and Awareness

Posted on December 11, 2024 by OHHS Art and Design

In a powerful demonstration of art as activism, Ms. Schorsch’s Art Foundations students recently created a temporary collaborative mural inspired by the Black Lives Matter! mural by Cincinnati artist collaborative Black Art Speaks. This project was designed to honor Day Without Art, a day of awareness for World AIDS Day, and to emphasize the importance of altruism in social change.

The mural, displayed in the Auditorium Hallway, features bold, colorful designs and messages from individual artworks that students created in class that expressed ideas related to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, unity, compassion, and the power of taking action through art. For the creation of their individual artworks, students explored iconic street art activists Keith Haring and Banksy and selected an approach that resonated with their personal voice. Each student contributed an individual element, which evolved to form a cohesive piece symbolizing collective strength.

As part of their preparation, students explored the concept of altruism using vocabulary strategies rooted in the Science of Reading. They deconstructed the word into its morphological components: alter- (root meaning “other”) and -ism (suffix denoting a belief or practice). Through guided discussions, students examined how altruism reflects selflessness and empathy, connecting its meaning to both the fight against HIV/AIDS and broader themes of social justice that they explored through the UN SDGs.

“This was more than an art project—it was an opportunity for students to engage critically with issues affecting our world while building their skills in literacy and visual expression,” said Ms. Schorsch.

The mural serves as a vibrant reminder of the enduring role of art in addressing societal challenges and underscored the importance of community and compassion in creating a better world. The mural will be on display at Oak Hills High School through the spring as a feature of the 4th annual SOS ART Youth Exhibition, in which over 300 students from Southwestern Ohio schools participate, the OHLSD PTA’s Global Fair, and the OHLSD Art and Design Exhibition and Events.

As an extension, throughout the week, Schorsch’s National Art Honor Society students sold artworks and collected $100 in donations for UNICEF to aid them in their goal of working toward an AIDS-free world by improving protections for children and families against HIV infection and making treatment services more accessible.

2025 OHHS Art and Design Overture Awards Nominees to Participate in Regional Competition

Posted on December 10, 2024 by OHHS Art and Design

The Overture Awards is a program that recognizes, encourages, and rewards excellence in the arts among Greater Cincinnati students in grades 9-12. Its mission is to encourage arts education as an integral part of a student’s academic experience and to create an environment that encourages training in, and appreciation of, the arts. The Overture Awards Competition is the area’s largest solo arts competition and offers awards in six artistic disciplines: creative writing, dance, instrumental music, theater, visual art, and vocal music. For the 2024 competition, students may win $3,000 (one awarded in each discipline) or a $1,000 finalist award. Judges at all levels of the competition are drawn from the professional arts community.

Best of luck in the Regional Competition to OHHS Art and Design students who were nominated by Ms. Schorsch to participate in this year’s competition:

Grace Gray
Alysse Niewoehner
Annie Riley
Lizzie Schreibeis

Check out a sampling of their portfolio of work submissions below:

Stay tuned to learn about students advancing to the Semi-Finals which will be announced on January 17th, 2025.

Exploring “I/Us”, “The Beauty Within”, and “Sacred Space” with the Taft Museum of Art’s ARC Program

Posted on December 9, 2024 by OHHS Art and Design

The Taft Museum of Art’s Artists Reaching Classrooms program (ARC) immerses high school art students in Cincinnati’s visual arts community, artistic practices, exhibitions, and marketing strategies while exposing them to careers in the arts. This year, Drawing and Printmaking students are participating in this amazing program which consists of 1 museum visit and 4 classroom visits during the 1st semester, culminating in an exhibition at the Annex Gallery in the winter. This semester, students have been working alongside Cedric Michael Cox to experience the practices of a professional artist firsthand. Cedric also lead students in the creation of a collaborative artwork based upon the theme of “I/Us”, and an individual piece, for the Annex Gallery exhibition.

The experiences culminate in the creation of original artworks for exhibition at the Annex Gallery. Students were challenged to consider their interpretation of “The Beauty Within” or “Sacred Space” and generated works that demonstrate their approach to the term after brainstorming, project planning, and setting up their own resource images. Using a model for Juried Exhibitions, students selected 6 artworks for framing for the exhibition, 6 artworks that will be matted for the physical display in addition to sculptures, and the remaining will be displayed in a virtual exhibition in the gallery space.

Congratulations to the 6 Drawing and Printmaking students who were selected for framed participation in this year’s exhibition:

Madison Haley
Cody Leopold
Lilliana McGuire
Baylee Moorman
Alexandra See
Aurora Studenka

Congratulations to the 6 Drawing and Printmaking students who were selected for matted participation or sculptural display in this year’s exhibition:

Grace Gray
Sofia Grillo Tepe
Brandin Henderson
Colin Klaserner
Sydney Lehman
Alexis Predmore
Lukas Schwab
Natalie Weil

The Taft ARC Exhibition will open at the Annex Gallery, 1310 Pendleton St., Cincinnati, OH 45202, on February 16th and run through March 28th, 2025. The OHHS Drawing and Printmaking students will be exhibiting alongside students participating from: Aiken H.S., McNichols H.S., Princeton H.S., School for Creative and Performing Arts, Spencer Center for Gifted and Exceptional Students, Walnut Hills H.S., and Western Hills H.S.

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