All Oak Hills High School students electing to enroll in an Art and Design Department course will develop a Competitive Advantage, Appreciation of the Arts, Creative Thinking and Problem Solving Skills, Interdisciplinary Connections, Social and Global Awareness, and Career Preparation related to Visual Communication.
The OAEA (Ohio Art Education Association) High School Show showcases Ohio’s Emerging Artists’ artistic efforts. The Emerging Artist show is dedicated to showcasing the 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 the 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 over 138 works of art by students in grades nine through eleven from across the state. The work will be on display at the Columbus College of Art and Design in June!
Congratulations to the following students on being selected to exhibit at this year’s Emerging Artist exhibition.
This past weekend, the state level of judging for The Ohio Governor’s Youth Art Exhibition, took place. The Exhibition, now in its 54th year, is dedicated to the educational and artistic advancement of our talented young people in the state of Ohio. The exhibition is open to all of Ohio’s 1,112 high schools, both public and private, chartered by the State of Ohio Department of Education. The exhibition is a valuable incentive for our young people; it encourages an appreciation for the arts throughout Ohio and reflects the fine quality of art instruction and talent which exist in our state.
The process of selecting artworks for the state exhibition begins on a regional level. The state is divided into 15 regional locations, with high school students in each region invited to enter work in that regional judging. Each region has a designated Regional Director, who is responsible for choosing the judges for his or her region and arranging specifics of the event.
The state judging takes place in Columbus; however, the judges for this level of competition are chosen from all over the country and are generally professional artists, college level instructors, or both.
State jurors selected 320 pieces for the exhibition with 25 of the 320 chosen to receive the Governor’s Award of Excellence. Scholarships are offered to seniors by over 30 universities and colleges of art.
Congratulations to the following students whose work was accepted into the state level exhibition:
Molly Audretch, “An Upward Glance” Cedar Krodel, “Harbinger”
Molly AudretchCedar Krodel
Congratulations to the following student whose work was accepted into the state level exhibition and received Top 25 designation:
Grace Gray, “Hug Me”
Grace Gray
The exhibition will be on display at the James A. Rhodes State Office Tower, 30 East Broad Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215 from April 21st – May16th. An awards ceremony will take place in The Riffe Center Capitol Theatre, 77 South High Street, Columbus, OH 43215 on April 21st at 2:00 pm.
OHHS Art and Design students enrolled in Schorsch’s Drawing and Printmaking class had the opportunity to participate in the ARC program this year. The Taft Museum of Art’s Artists Reaching Classrooms (ARC) offers an immersive educational experience to Greater Cincinnati high school students that includes a range of activities, including museum visits, classroom sessions with professional artists, and studio tours.
Throughout the first semester, students had the opportunity to engage in meaningful interactions and mentoring with artists Kay Hurley, Cedric Cox, Kevin Muente, and Saad Ghosn. The students built an understanding of artists, art, and society, working artists’ methods, exploration of various careers in the arts and culture sector, and appreciation for the Taft Museum of Art as a local resource with a rich history.
The experiences culminate in the creation of original artworks, 5 of which could be selected for a juried exhibition at the Pendleton Arts Center Annex Gallery. Students were challenged to consider their interpretation of “Wonder” and generated works that demonstrate their approach to the term after brainstorming, project planning, and setting up their own resource images.
5 students from each participating school were selected for this year’s competition. The 5 Drawing and Printmaking students who were selected for this year’s exhibition to represent OHHS were:
Miles Frisch (10) Aubree Fuson (9) Austin Haarmeyer (9) Jackson Mundstock (9) Michael Smith (9)
The “Wonder” Exhibition, which opened on February 18th, 2024 at The Annex Gallery, showcased the work of students from Aiken, Hughes STEM, McNichols, Oak Hills, Princeton, School for the Creative and Performing Arts, Spencer School for the Gifted and Exceptional Students, St. Bernard, Summit Country Day School, Walnut Hills, Western Hills, and Winton Woods High Schools. At the opening reception, Miles Frisch received the Noteworthy Award for the Best in Show from OHHS and Jackson Mundstock took home the 1st place award!
As part of the award, Jackson will continue to learn the professional aspects of the life of an artist by being paid for the use of his image, having the work reproduced onto the Taft Museum of Art’s reusable bags, having his work showcased to funders and the community to show the outcomes of the ARC program, as well as the creation of a museum banner that will be displayed outside of the Taft Museum of Art as well as Oak Hills High School!
Jackson Mundstock, Grade 9, “Les merveilles de se demander”, Charcoal on Canson Paper
Check out “Wonder” now through March 30th, 2024 at the Annex Gallery!
OHHS Art and Design 