“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.

The OAEA (Ohio Art Education Association) High School Show showcases Ohio’s Emerging Artist artistic efforts. The Emerging Artist show is dedicated to showcasing artistic efforts of students who have only had the chance to take one or two art classes in high school. The competitive professional forum is intended to prepare young artists for their creative future in college or in an art career. This showcase is designed to inspire new artists to excel in areas of drawing, painting, sculpture, crafts, computer art, photography, and printmaking. Everyone involved should be proud of the students who inspire, creative thinking, problem-solving and skillful techniques.  

This year’s exhibition showcases 135 works of art by students in grades nine through eleven from across the state. The work will be on display from October 4th through November12th, 2021, at the Columbus College of Art & Design.   

Congratulations to the following students from Ms. Schorsch’s Drawing and Printmaking and Painting and Public Art classes for being selected to exhibit at this year’s Emerging Artist show.

Raegan Louis, “Blooms”
Sophia Osborne, “Childhood Memories”
Mia Schorsch, “Infinite Sadness”
Leah Stolla, “My Name is Malala”
Sarah Young, “Precious”

OHHS Art and Design teacher, Jamie Schorsch, recently had her work “Persephone” selected for the DAAP Made 2 Exhibition!

The exhibition is a showcase for the talents within and the alumni of the University of Cincinnati College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning (UC DAAP). The curated exhibition of contemporary artwork highlights work created by DAAP alums, professors, emeriti, and graduate students using diverse media and techniques with a focus on innovative trends in Contemporary Art.

Artist Statement

Greek mythology attributes the establishment of seasons to the Goddess Demeter, who brings about barren soils and withering crops during the months of her daughter Persephone’s departure and blooms and new life upon her return from Hades. “Persephone” is an autobiographic intrinsic, and extrinsic, evaluation of the personal experiences and concepts of the seasons of life. The lexicon of floral imagery is rooted in symbolism related to the analysis of personal life events that have impacted the construction of my own identity. The narrative piece constructs a conceptual and visual dialogue based upon the dichotomous nature of life, much like the branching of flora themselves. The left side of the double portrait is populated by fallen leaves, sticks, and the cypress; a plant commonly associated with death, mourning, despair, and sorrow. Through varying religions, mythologies, and philosophies, the left side is often associated with darkness, or emergence from darkness, and represents seasons of life characterized by bleakness. The flora on the right side serves to counterbalance the season of despair through the incorporation of azaleas, dandelions, and celandines. Azaleas serve as a representation of gratitude, temperance, and womanhood while the celandines represent joys to come. The dandelion, incorporated for its association with overcoming hardships, is represented both in bloom and in decay in order to emphasize the cyclical nature of the ascending and descending phases of life. To echo the symbolic dialogue, the rendering style on the left of the image is mechanical and desaturated in an effort to emphasize the sense of decay while the right is softly saturated and chromatic to allude to the vibrancy of life. The bird depicted, the Nuthatch, was specifically selected for its symbolic representation of cycling through processes of life events. The Nuthatch serves as a moderator between the phases of life and stands in confrontation with the season of despair or as an observer of the “duet of shade and light” within one’s life.

There will be an exhibition opening reception from 6-9pm on September 3rd, 2021, and the showcase will run through October 2nd at the Indian Hill Gallery located at 9475 Loveland Madeira Road, Cincinnati, OH 45242.