Registration time for the 2020-2021 school year will be here soon! Take some time to review the updated Art and Design Department course offerings and contact any of the Art and Design Department teachers with your questions.
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Each year, the Alliance partners with more than 100 visual arts and literary arts organizations across the country to bring the Scholastic Awards to local communities. Teens in grades 7–12 (ages 13 and up) apply in 29 categories of art and writing. In 2019, students submitted nearly 350,000 works of art and writing to the Scholastic Awards. Submissions are juried by luminaries in the visual and literary arts, some of whom are past award recipients. Panelists look for works that best exemplify originality, technical skill, and the emergence of a personal voice or vision.
Award notifications are in! Congratulations to these very talented OHHS Art and Design students on their accomplishments this year in the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards.
Gold Key Winners
Below are the works that earned Gold Keys, the highest level of achievement on the regional level. Approximately 7 – 10% of all regional submissions are recognized with Gold Key Awards and all are considered for national-level recognition.
Darrien Bockting
Samantha Bradley
Paula Connelly
Tatiana Gonzalez
Haley Schneider
Destanie Sexton, with 2 Gold Keys
Mackenzie Sexton
Silver Key Winners
Approximately 10 – 15% of all regional submissions are recognized with Silver Key Awards.
Tatum Barkley
Morgan Becker
Brody Best
Alaina Broughton
Caden Cadle
Dylan Combs
Kylie Cornelius, with 2 Silver Keys
Ellie Cox
Kaitlin Garrison, with 2 Silver Keys
Bricklin Gibbs
Alyssa Giordano
Henry Groh
Chloe Howie
Megan Kallmeyer
Bridget McCarthy
Susan Park
Emma Sedlack
Destanie Sexton
Mackenzie Sexton
Carly Shiplett
Chad Smith
Marin Smyth
Sophia Zupp
Honorable Mentions
Approximately 15 – 20% of all regional submissions receive Honorable Mention Awards.
Micaiah Allen, with 2 Honorable Mentions
Ryan Bach
Samantha Bradley
Alaina Broughton, with 3 Honorable Mentions
Sarah Carter, with 2 Honorable Mentions
Jade Case
Zoe Chirumbolo- McKee
Abby Cole
Kylie Cornelius
Jessica Cushing
Riley Groh
Brooklyn Hart, with 2 Honorable Mentions
Alexis Hetzel
Chloe Howie, with 2 Honorable Mentions
Cannon Kartye
Emma Manring
Abigail Marcum
Chloe Meadows
Audrey Meyer
Susan Park
Cailee Plunkett
Mayson Reperowitz
Sabrina Ryland
Elisha Sebastian
Emma Sedlack, with 2 Honorable Mentions
Mackenzie Sexton, with 2 Honorable Mentions
Kyla Sprague
Anna Thomas
Kian Wapole
Harley Westfelt
Art and Writing Awards Ceremony: February 21, 2020
The Scholastic Art and Writing Awards will take place at the School for the Creative and Performing Arts, located at 108 W. Central Parkway in downtown Cincinnati. We invite you to join us at the AAC after the ceremony to view the artwork from talented young artists around the region.
Ceremony Times:
7th through 10th grades: 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm
11th grade through 12th grade: 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm
“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 41 OHHS Art and Design were invited to be published in the Fall 2019 “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 Foundation classes:
Reagan Louis
Olivia Burnett
From Dignan-Cummins’ Sculpture; Fiber Arts; Ceramics; Enamels, Mosaics and Glass; and Studio Art AP 3D Design classes:
Jordan Burke
Sarah Carter
Jessica Cushing
Madelyn Erskine
Alexis Hess
Sami Hoffman
Selena Holmes
Becca Jones
Audrey Meyer
Madison Roempp
Carly Shiplett
Cassie Steven
Ashley Urk
Brianna Wermuth
Katie Wooddell
From Jacobs’ Art Foundation classes:
Cannon Kartye
Tatiana Gonzalez
From Kopf’s Painting and Mixed Media and Digital Art Foundations classes:
Samantha Bradley
Alaina Broughton
Lillian Cordell
Alyssa Miller
Susan Park
Elisha Sebastian
Haley Schneider
From Schorsch’s Drawing and Printmaking and Studio Art AP 2D Design and Drawing classes:
Micaiah Allen
Alaina Broughton
Sarah Carter
Brooklyn Hart
Alexis Hetzel
Chloe Howie
Rebecca Kaiser
Lily Lang
Alyssa McRoberts
Kyle Okamoto
Cailee Plunkett
Mayson Reperowitz
Emma Sedlack
Destanie Sexton
Mackenzie Sexton
The District level PTA Reflections winners have been announced. “Look Within” is the theme for this year’s PTA Reflections Program which has been bringing the arts to life form more than 10 million students since 1969. Reflections encourages students of all ages to unleash creative talents and be inspired; express themselves imaginatively in their artwork; experience the fun and joy of making art; tap into critical-thinking skills to create art inspired by the annual theme, and receive positive recognition for their original works of art.
The winning entries have been sent on for further judging at the county level and could advance as far as the state and national level! Congratulations to the following OHHS Art and Design students on their accomplishments:
Photography
Darrien Bockting
Kayla Kessen
Kyla Sprague
Visual Arts
Callee Plunkett
Carly Shiplett
Selena Holmes
Literature
Elisabeth Keith
Day Without Art (DWA) began on December 1st, 1988 as a national day of action and mourning, aligned with World AIDS Day, in response to the AIDS epidemic. Over 800 U.S. art and AIDS groups participated in the first Day Without Art by shutting down museums, sending staff to volunteer at AIDS services, or sponsoring special exhibitions of work about AIDS. Over the years, Day Without Art has grown into a collaborative project in which an estimated 8,000 national and international museums, galleries, art centers, AIDS service organizations, libraries, high schools, and colleges take part. Oak Hills High School has been a part of this tradition for over 23 years.
In 1997, Day Without Art switched the approach to a Day WITH Art, in order to recognize and promote increased programming of cultural events that draw attention to the continuing pandemic. The name was retained as a reminder of the impact the disease had on the arts and entertainment communities, but parentheses were added to the program title. Day With(out) Art highlights art projects intended to inspire communities to action by creating art and awareness about AIDS.
The artist’s role as a social commentator and activist has been engrained in the history of civilization and culture. Art and its creation as a response to social and political issues can be a powerful catalyst for influencing and raising public awareness resulting in positive social change. Art has a long history of using social commentary as a weapon of change or enlightenment. German expressionist artist Kathe Kollwitz created artworks that centered on themes of poverty, unemployment and worker exploitation during WWI and WWII. Mexican muralist Diego Rivera used his art as a tool to vocalize for the oppressed against their oppressors. In April 1937, the world learned the shocking truth about the Nazi Luftwaffe’s bombing of Guernica, Spain- a civilian target- through Pablo Picasso’s great anti-war painting, Guernica. American Pop artist Keith Haring created public works to raise awareness about issues of drug abuse, corruption in government and societies- such as the Berlin Wall in Germany and South Africa under apartheid. These artists expressed their opinions and message to the literate and illiterate alike and earned worldwide recognition.
To mark the anniversary of this event, the Art and Design Department at Oak Hills High School focuses on the positive and influential role the arts play in AIDS activism- as well as in other social, global and political issues. Artwork will remain uncovered as a way to draw attention to the possible future roles our current art students may play in our globalized future.
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