The Rain Barrel Art Project was created to promote the use of rain barrels throughout the Ohio River Valley area through a creative and educational medium. The Rain Barrel Art Project desires to educate people on environmental issues like stormwater runoff, watersheds and water conservation.

Rain barrels continue to grow in popularity across the country. However, one of its biggest drawbacks is its dull appearance. Some people are less likely to use them given their negative aesthetic impact on residential and commercial landscaping, even though they conserve water and save money. The “Save Local Waters” initiative believes that producing beautiful artistic rain barrels that have unique painted details will make them more desirable and naturally increase interest to promote their use.

This year, Ms. Kopf’s Painting and Mixed Media students will be creating 3 Rain Barrels for this year’s event. Congratulations to all of the students who were selected by their peers to submit pieces for the jurying.

Congratulations to Alaina Broughton (12), Juliana Meads (10), and Sarah Young (9) on the selection of their design by the “Save Local Waters” committee for this year’s event!

Congratulations to OHHS Art and Design student Cailee Plunkett whose portfolio of works was one of the 14 selected from the 67 Regional entries to advance to the Visual Arts Semi-Final Competition of The Overture Awards. Cailee will compete against 13 other Semi-Finalists from schools around the region on February 8th.

The Overture Awards Competition is the area’s largest solo arts competition and offers awards in six artistic disciplines: creative writing, dance, instrumental music, theatre, visual art, and vocal music. For the 2020 competition, students may win $4,000 (one awarded in each discipline) or $1000 finalist award. Judges at all levels of the competition are drawn from the professional arts community.

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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, theatre, visual art, and vocal music. For the 2020 competition, students may win $4,000 (one awarded in each discipline) or $1000 finalist award. Judges at all levels of the competition are drawn from the professional arts community.

Best of luck in the Regional Competition this weekend to our OHHS Art and Design students who were nominated by Ms. Schorsch to participate in this year’s competition: Alaina Broughton, Brooklyn Hart, Lily Lang, Cailee Plunkett, Mayson Reperowitz, Emma Sedlack, Destanie Sexton, and Mackenzie Sexton. You can check out their portfolios below!

Alaina Broughton

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Brooklyn Hart

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Lily Lang

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Cailee Plunkett

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Mayson Reperowitz

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Emma Sedlack

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Destanie Sexton

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Mackenzie Sexton

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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

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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

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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