OHHS Art and Design Students Exhibit at the Harvest Home Fair!

Posted on September 9, 2024 by OHHS Art and Design

This past weekend, Lily Clark and Michael Smith were featured in the Harvest Home Fair General Exhibition. Recent graduate Lily Clark, from the class of 2024, took home 2nd place in the Adult Ceramics category and Michael Smith, grade 10, won “Best of Show” for the 9-12 Art category! Lily had recently exhibited her work at the Contemporary Arts Center as a part of the School Outreach Program and Michael’s was featured at the Taft Museum of Art’s Artists Reaching Classrooms exhibition at the Pendleton Annex Gallery.

Congratulations to Lily and Michael on this awesome accomplishment!

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

Posted on August 26, 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 19 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 Dignan-Cummins’ Ceramics 1 and 2, Honors Enamels, Mosaic, and Glass, Honors Fiber Arts, Sculpture, and Studio Art AP 3D Design classes:

Landen Banzhaf
Isabella Bishop
Anna Caito
Evelyn Dann
Grace Gray
Gretchen Isbel
Kita Kohlbrandt
Liz Ligtenberg
Sammie McDonald
Birdie Schroeder
Rori Wilson

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

Molly Audretch
Anna Caito
Aubrey Laib
Jackson Mundstock
Ethan Ridder
Annie Riley
Lizzie Schreibeis

Check out their amazing works below!

“A Changing City”: An OHHS NAHS “Cartoon for Peace and Justice”

Posted on July 27, 2024 by OHHS Art and Design

“Cartoons for Peace and Justice”, a project of SOS ART, consists of a series of cartoon books, each on a given theme of peace and justice. Each book, composed of 2 stories on the same theme, is illustrated by two different Greater Cincinnati artists or groups of artists. These books are given free to local elementary and middle schools to share with their students to teach about the concepts and content presented through the stories with the hope to inspire students’ artistic creativity in line with the addressed theme. To date, cartoon books have been created based on themes of: Acceptance, Neurodiversity, Compassion, Endangered Animals, Technology, Responsibility, Hunger, and the Environment.

Throughout the 2023-2024 school year, Ms. Schorsch collaborated with a few of the OHHS National Art Honor Society members on the creation of a cartoon book addressing the concept of Gentrification. Together, they collaborated on brainstorming the story of “A Changing City” to communicate the concept to middle school students. Kalli Langdon crafted the written portion of the tale that explains changes that have happened in the city through the eyes of the ‘Genius of Water’. Molly Audretch, Rain Magrum, Finley Nguyen, and Leah Stolla conducted research into the history of the iconic locations in our city that saw significant changes to their neighborhoods and created images to visually tell the tale. Ms. Schorsch acted as the inker and editor of the final cartoon book.

This fall, “A Changing City” will be paired with a story about the impacts of Gentrification created by students in Oaxaca, Mexico. The books will then be added to the growing library of “Cartoons for Peace and Justice” and distributed free to local schools. You can preview the story below by clicking the image.

To learn more about “Cartoons for Peace” and view the published books, visit: https://sosartcincinnati.com/cartoons-for-peace/

The Future BFA “Artist as Researcher” Exhibition @ the AAC

Posted on July 27, 2024 by OHHS Art and Design

The Art Academy of Cincinnati (AAC) recently invited Ms. Schorsch to nominate 4 OHHS Art and Design students for full scholarships, covering tuition and housing, to participate in the Future BFA program. Future BFA is the AAC portfolio and college prep program for rising High School students interested in pursuing a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in visual art, design, or creative writing in college. For three weeks in July, students from across the country assembled on campus in the historic neighborhood of Over-the-Rhine in Cincinnati, Ohio. During the Future BFA program, students took a college-level course based on artistic research and independent projects. As a result of the course and full access to the AAC studios, FBFA students produced work culminating in the final “Artist as Researcher” exhibition. In addition, FBFA students grew in their understanding of themselves and their practice as an artist and formed long-lasting friendships with like-minded peers. Upon successful completion of the Future BFA Pre-College program students gained 3-college credits as a transferable studio elective.

Congratulations again to Milo Butts, Rain Magrum, Jackson Mundstock, and Finley Nguyen on receiving full scholarships to participate in this amazing summer school opportunity! On Friday, July 26th, from 4-8 pm, a celebration of their experience took place alongside the exhibition of the artworks they created in Site 1212, located at the cornerstone of the AAC campus. Students spoke about bringing their artistic visions to life and their amazing experiences with the Future BFA program.

Celebrating Art: Spring 2024 Top Ten and High Merit Students Announced

Posted on July 21, 2024 by OHHS Art and Design

Congratulations to the OHHS Art and Design student whose art was selected as a High Merit piece for the Spring 2024 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 Spring 2024 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 Schorsch’s Studio Art AP 2D Design, Studio Art AP Drawing, and Drawing and Printmaking class:

Anna Caito
Miguel Estrada
Aubree Fuson
Cedar Krodel
Aubrey Laib
Cora Mundstock
Finley Nguyen
Lizzie Schreibeis
Michael Smith
Katelyn Stricker