This exhibition supports and promotes the visual arts in Ohio and the contiguous states by providing High School students with an opportunity to experience the competitive jurying process and to professionally exhibit their artwork. Students talent is also recognized through cash awards and educational scholarships.

Jonathan Juravich, Juror
Raegan McCormack, Student Curator

Opening Online November 9, 2020

Live zoom reception & awards ceremony:
Thursday November 19, 2020 at 7:00 pm
Click here to attend the live ceremony >

JUROR VIDEO STATEMENT: Juror Jonathan Juravich—the 2018 Ohio Teacher of the Year and finalist for 2018 National Teacher of the Year—is an artist and art educator at Liberty Tree Elementary, Powell, Ohio. He mentors future art educators as adjunct faculty at Otterbein University, his alma mater. Juravich challenges students to make the world a better place through art. In his work as an artist, coach, and educational leader, he hopes to do the same.

Jessica Sillus
Alexander
watercolor on paper
10″ x 15″
Olentangy Orange High School

Abby McDonell
Happiness
acrylic on canvas board
16″ x 20″
Lakota West High School

Grace Hoppel
An Afternoon On The West Coast
16″ x 20″
digital photography
Lakewood High School

Abi Reyna
From the Ashes
acrylic on paper
16″ x 20″
Miller City New Cleveland School

Ella Chaffee
Drowning in Plastic
oil pastel on pastel paper
20″ x 16″
Lakota West High School

HONORABLE MENTION ($75)
Sadie Zeedrich
Scattered
mixed media
20″ x 25″
Mentor High School

HONORABLE MENTION ($75)
Lauren Sabol
Serendipity 2
digital photography
59.3″ x 39.6″
The Wellington School

Marialinda Fabiola Roblero Escalante
Cuddler in Winter
color pencil on pastel paper
18″ x 14″
Lakota West High School

Jessica Sillus
Eternal Melancholy
acrylic on canvas
18″ x 24″
Olentangy Orange High School

Nicholas Steven Monastra
Artist’s Pressure
24″ x 18″ x 5/8″
acrylic, pencil, canvas, photoshop
Buckeye Senior High School

FIRST PLACE ($200)
Shelby Lynn Hannahs
Two Hearts Beat as One
charcoal pencil on paper
16″ x 20″
Union Local High School

Madeline Miesle Stokes
Visions of the Past
iPhone photograph montage digitally enhanced
20″ x 16″
Wayne Trace High School

Anna Schneer
Stay-Cation, 2020
graphite, permanent marker on paper
16″ x 10″
Delphos St. John’s High School

Sadie Zeedrich
The Fortune Teller
ink monoprint
14.5″ x 16″
Mentor High School

Olivia Delpra
The Skeletons are Ready
acrylic paint on canvas
11″ x 14″
Mentor High School

Olivia Delpra
Scrumptious Apples
acrylic on canvas
11″ x 14″
Mentor High School

Madison Hovest
Square with Nature
acrylic on paper
18″ x 28″
Pandora-Gilboa High School

Abbey Krile
Be U•Nique
mixed media
12″ x 15″
William V. Fisher Catholic HS

Clayton Conley
Atlanta Metro
photography
C-TEC of Licking County

Nola Williams-Riseng
If You Want It
guache on paper
28″ x 18″
Lakewood High School

THIRD PLACE ($100)
Katherine Evert
You Want Sauce?
oil pastel on paper
20″ x 16″
Lakota West High School

Gavin Matthew Burchfield-Slagle
Self-Portrait
1730 X 1729 pixels
Adobe Illustrator
Canton South High School

Yuxin Fu
Starring Contest
photography, Canon 800D camera
The Wellington School

Madisyn Klayko
Little Dog, Big Heart
scratchers/clayboard
Union Local High School

Ella Chaffee
Produce Insomnia
oil pastel on pastel paper
20″ x 16″
Lakota West High School

Marcus Schwartz
Pride
mixed media
24″(h) x 12″(l), 12″(d)
Pickerington North High School

Veronica Reibenstein
Avocado Pregnancy
photography & Photoshop
8.5″ x 11″
Canton South High School

Isabella Whilding
Last One Standing
photography
10″ x 8″
Beavercreek High School

Brianna Lipari
Male Portrait
photography
Canton South High School

Abigail Bergert
Intense
black & white digital photography
24″ x 18″
Canton South High School

Serenaugh Kavanaugh
Nap Time
graphite on paper
8″ x 10″
Oak Harbor High School

Trang Huyen Nguyen
The Struggle
pen & ink on paper
8″ x 10″
Lakota West High School