Miamitown is gearing up to celebrate their Bicentennial! As a part of the celebration, “The Art & Design Spot” and the “Miami Historical Society” launched a design competition called “Paint the Pots”. The Painting and Mixed Media students tackled the task of generating designs to be painted on the pots that will line route 128 in time for the oldest Memorial Day parade in the state of Ohio.

The following students had their designs selected to be painted and displayed:

Taylor Cherry
Livia Taleff
Sydney Goins
Kaitlyn Delaney
Alyssa McCarthy

The Painting and Mixed Media students will be hard at work completing the designs in time for the parade. Once completed, the painted pots will remain along route 128 as a part of the commemoration of Miamitown’s Bicentennial.

Mr. Groh is excited to announce that the 16th Biannual Student Photography Show will be opening at Aroma’s Java and Gelato Friday, April 29th, at 7pm. Come join them for live music by Corey Watzek, great photography, and the camaraderie of young artists. The work  showcases Photography students from Darkroom, Digital, and Photography AP. All the work will be for sale and 100% of the proceeds go directly to the artist.

Come show your support! The party usually goes well past 9pm. 

Each spring, the Congressional Institute sponsors a nationwide high school visual art competition to recognize and encourage artistic talent in the nation and in each congressional district. Since the competition began in 1982, more than 650,000 high school students have participated.  Students submit entries to their representative’s office, and panels of district artists select the winning entries. Winners are recognized both in their district and at an annual awards ceremony in Washington, DC. The winning works are displayed for one year at the U.S. Capitol.

Congratulations and good luck to Taylor Helms, Caden Adams, Alyssa McCarthy, Autumn Shelton, Madison Biehl, and Alyssa Weber on being selected to submit work for the 1st round of the competition.

Stay tuned for information regarding voting for pieces and who advances!

CelebratingArt.com is devoted to the promotion and appreciation of student art. The intent of their student art contests is to motivate student artists.The top entries are published in an anthology that will record the creative works of today’s student artists.

Several OHHS Art and Design students recently submitted work and were invited to be published in “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” 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: