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 2022 competition, students may win $3,000 (one awarded in each discipline) or $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 Henry Groh, Flynn Koehler, Skylei James, Sophia Osborne, and Mars Shorten who were nominated by Ms. Schorsch to participate in this year’s competition. Check out a sampling of their portfolio of work submissions below:

Henry Groh

Flynn Koehler

Skylei James

Sophia Osborne

Marshall Shorten

Semi-Finalists will be posted on the CAA’s website by 5pm on Friday, January 21st, 2022.

“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 43 OHHS Art and Design students were invited to be published in the Fall 2021 “Celebrating Art”!  Only the best art is selected to be included in the full-color hardbound art book, “Celebrating Art”. Additionally, final judging for “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’ Art Foundations, Graphic Art Foundations, and Ceramics classes:

Irem Bakici
Own Beuerlein
Lily Clark
Nadine Conteh
Scout Estes
Serenity Gray
Emma Mondary
Adrianna Russ
Adriana Schupp
Vixen Witt

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

Kaylin Bailey
Rachel Donskey
Riley Hobbs
Skylei James
Sophia Motz
Laurel Schiffmeyer
Carly Shiplett

From Kopf’s Digital Art Foundations and Painting and Mixed Media classes:

Emma Ballentine
Matthew Burg
Caden Cadle
Teagan Charles
Jason Nguyen
Elizabeth Savage
Eli Stone

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

Anna Ackman
Dahlia Baer
Sydney Berting
Zachary Brooks
Anna Caito
Emery Charles
Elizabeth Clark
Ellie Cox
Kelsey Gallagher
John Gray
Henry Groh
Isabella Hart
Ashlynn Kleier
Flynn Koehler
Abby Linenkugel
Sophia Osborne
Anne Riley
Elisha Sebastian
Sarah Young

The National PTA Reflections competition was developed as a way to encourage students to explore their talents and express themselves. The Reflections Program has inspired millions of students to reflect on a specific theme and create original artwork.  Each year, students in grades Pre-K through 12 are recognized for bringing the theme to life through film production, dance choreography, literature, music composition, photography, and visual arts. The 2021-2022 Reflections program theme is “I Will Change The World By…”

Best of luck to the following students who submitted work for this year’s competition and stay tuned for results!

Visual Arts and Photography Entries

“Selections 2021” is a biennial exhibition and awards gala, hosted since 1983, that spotlights artworks created by talented area junior and senior high school students as selected by their art teachers. Congratulations to the 2021 OHHS Art and Design students selected for this year’s exhibition:

Selected by OHHS Art Teacher, Bridget Dignan-Cummins:

Ella Goodman, Grade 12: Honors Fiber Arts with Mrs. Dignan-Cummins
“Sinking Into Serenity”, Macrame

Riley Ludwig, Grade 12: Studio Art AP 3D Design with Ms. Schorsch
“Photosynthesis”, Mosaic

Selected by OHHS Art Teacher, Steve Groh:

Jackson Jones, Grade12: Digital Photography with Mr. Groh
“Cracked”, Digital Photograph

Cole Toberg, Grade12: Digital Photography with Mr. Groh
“Stop and Go”, Digital Photograph

Selected by OHHS Art Teacher, Jamie Schorsch:

Ellie Cox, Grade12: Studio Art AP 2D Design with Ms. Schorsch
“Daily Drip”, Graphite

Sophia Osborne, Grade11: Studio Art AP 2D Design with Ms. Schorsch
“Mom’s Bakery”, Graphite

“Selections 22021” will be held in the Studio San Giuseppe Art Gallery, located on campus at Mount St. Joseph University, Cincinnati OH.

Exhibition Dates:  November 21 – December 16, 2021
Virtual Awards Gala: 1pm, Sunday, November 21st. Scholarship winners will be announced at this time.