“An Artistic Discovery,” a nationwide high school visual art competition sponsored by the Congressional Institute, aims to showcase the artistic talents of high school students. This annual competition is open to students in grades 9-12 who are residents of Ohio’s First Congressional District. All suitable artwork will be displayed for two weeks in May at the Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal and all applicants will be invited to attend an awards reception to announce the winners.

First Place:  Artwork will hang in the U.S. Capitol, along with other pieces from students around the country, for one year.
Second Place:  Artwork will hang in Congressman Chabot’s Washington, D.C. office for one year.

Top Hamilton County student:  Artwork will hang in Congressman Chabot’s Cincinnati

The top 20 pieces selected are now available for voting on the website at https://chabot.house.gov/forms/form/?ID=3059.

Voting closes next Friday, May 6th,  at 12 pm.  Only one vote per email account will be counted.

Please show your support of the Oak Hills High School student entries and VOTE!

Taylor Helms’ piece is #2, “Illuminated” and Alyssa Weber’s is #18, “Fishay, Fishay”.

Thank you for your help in getting the student’s art displayed in Washington!  in 2014 OHLSD was represented in our Nation’s Capitol Building by Cameron Suter’s work. Let’s see if we can make it happen again!

FutureNOW takes place over the span of two weeks committed to celebrating the artwork of students. UC-DAAP Architecture Professor Udo Greinacher and Oak Hills High School Art Department Coordinator Jamie Schorsch curate their students’ productions.

The Studio Art AP exhibition represents a selection of works from the Studio Art AP Portfolios created by the Oak Hills High School students enrolled in Studio Art AP 2D Design, 2D Design: Photography, 3D Design, and Drawing. The pieces displayed were selected from the Breadth and Concentration sections of the portfolio submissions and exemplify the extremely high level of rigor, commitment and accomplishment that AP Studio Art students can achieve. The exhibition is organized annually as part of a celebration of AP student work and recognition of student accomplishments throughout the academic year. The exhibition also serves to inform and expose students, teachers, parents and members of the community to the Studio Art AP program and the diverse subjects, styles, media, techniques and expressions that students choose to pursue.

Oak Hills High School Junior and Senior students, enrolled in Jamie Schorsch’s Studio Art AP Drawing and 2D Design classes, Steve Groh’s Studio Art AP 2D Design: Photography class, and Bridget Dignan-Cummins’ Studio Art AP 3D Design class, are represented in the exhibition.

Join us a the FutureNOW Exhibition opening reception on May 6th, from 5-8 pm.

Miamitown is gearing up to celebrate their Bicentennial! As a part of the celebration, “The Art & Design Spot” and the “Miami Historical Society” launched a design competition called “Paint the Pots”. The Painting and Mixed Media students tackled the task of generating designs to be painted on the pots that will line route 128 in time for the oldest Memorial Day parade in the state of Ohio.

The following students had their designs selected to be painted and displayed:

Taylor Cherry
Livia Taleff
Sydney Goins
Kaitlyn Delaney
Alyssa McCarthy

The Painting and Mixed Media students will be hard at work completing the designs in time for the parade. Once completed, the painted pots will remain along route 128 as a part of the commemoration of Miamitown’s Bicentennial.

Mr. Groh is excited to announce that the 16th Biannual Student Photography Show will be opening at Aroma’s Java and Gelato Friday, April 29th, at 7pm. Come join them for live music by Corey Watzek, great photography, and the camaraderie of young artists. The work  showcases Photography students from Darkroom, Digital, and Photography AP. All the work will be for sale and 100% of the proceeds go directly to the artist.

Come show your support! The party usually goes well past 9pm.