Ms. Schorsch’s Studio Art AP 2D Design and Drawing students are participating in the Art Academy of Cincinnati’s Artist & Writer in Residence program. The program focuses on the 21st Century Thinking skill of ‘Creativity’ and how to think like an artist. Students have been working with our Artist in Residence, Jay DeFazio, exploring the creative process necessary to developing the Concentration section of their Studio Art AP portfolios. The Concentration of the portfolio focuses on the investigation of a theme which they selected to research and explore through the creation of a body of artwork. Students embarked on the Artist in Residence experience by discussing creativity and brainstorming, participated in group critiques of their works, and recently visited the 2019 Scholastic Art Exhibition at the AAC. At the exhibition, students explore 5 floors of artwork, identified works that impacted them, and crafted letters to the students who created those artworks in various school throughout the Greater Cincinnati area as a means of critical reflection.

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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 their dull appearance. Some people are less likely to use them given their negative aesthetic impact to 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 and Ms. Schorsch’s NAHS students will be creating 4 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 Allyson Albertz, McKenzie Becker, Matthew Burg, and Cierra Mays on the selection of their design by the “Save Local Waters” committee for this year’s event!

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 2019 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 Allyson Albertz and Kaitlyn Delaney, who were nominated by Ms. Schorsch to participate in this year’s competition.

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Allyson Albertz

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Kaitlyn Delaney

Registration time for the 2019-2020 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.

OHHS Art and Design Department Course Offerings 19_20 SY

Here’s who to contact with course questions:

Jamie Schorsch
schorsch_j@ohlsd.org
Art and Design Department Coordinator
Art Foundations; Drawing and Printmaking; Studio Art AP 2D Design and Drawing; AP Art History

Daniel Couch
couch_d@ohlsd.org
3D Animation; 3D Computer Aided Design; 3D Modeling; Advanced AutoCAD; Architectural Design; Graphic Art Foundations

Bridget Dignan-Cummins
dignan-cummins_b@ohlsd.org
Ceramics; Fashion Studio; Honors Enamels, Mosaics, and Glass; Honors Fibers; Sculpture; Studio Art AP 3D Design

Kristy Kopf
kopf_k@ohlsd.org
Digital Art Foundations; Graphic Art Foundations; Painting and Mixed Media

Francine Gibson
gibson_f@ohlsd.org
Illustrator; Photoshop; Publication Design and Printing Technology; Technical Graphics; Video Technology

Steve Groh
groh_s@ohlsd.org
Darkroom Photography; Digital and Alternative Photography: Studio Art AP 2D Design Photography