5th Annual Juried High School Art Exhibition

Posted Oct 27, 2023

November 27 – December 7, 2023
Phoebe Kraus, Student Curator
Chaz O’Neil, Juror
Miller Gallery, 33 Collegeview Road, Westerville, OH
Reception:
Saturday, December 2, 2023 from 3 – 5p
Announcement of awards and Juror remarks begin at 3:30p

Scroll down to see artwork selected for the exhibition.

Otterbein’s Annual Juried High School Art Exhibition supports and promotes young artists in Ohio and the contiguous states. Students gain experience preparing and submitting their artwork for review by a qualified arts professional. Cash awards totaling $600 are given to the top work selected by the Juror. Talent scholarships and the option for portfolio review and additional scholarships to attend Otterbein are offered to all students who jury into the exhibition.

This year, students from 50 Ohio high schools entered over 400 works of art for review.

Banner image: Minnie Czekansky,  Alethophobia: Fear of the Unknown, mixed media, 16″ x 25″, Jackson High School, Best of Show 2023.

 

Location and Hours

Miller Gallery
Art & Communication Building
33 Collegeview Road
Westerville, OH 43081

M - F 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Sa & Su 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Closed Holidays and Breaks

614-823-1792

All exhibitions are free and open to the public.

Artwork Juried into the Exhibition

08 Seaturtle

Museum Director Award
Maya Runkle

Sea Turtle
acrylic
Jonathan Alder High School

25 Arcade

Ella Gifford
The Arcade
digital photography
Andrew Osborne Academy

48 Bluebelldaisymeadow

Piper Fischer
Bluebell Daisy Meadow
ceramic
New Albany High School

58 Wiresculpture

Moussa Sene Diouf
Wire Sculpture #1
mixed media
Columbus Africentric Early College 

02 Swimming

2nd Prize
Ryann Stirling
Swimming

digital photograph
Lakewood High School

49 Wrongexit

Anna Ryzenman
Wrong Exit
acrylic
New Albany High School

27 Earthwater

Megan Smith
Earth and Water Vase

ceramic
Columbus Academy

 

04 Tatoos

Honorable Mention
Addison Byler
Tattoos

Columbus Alternative High School

13 Aging

Abbey Murphy
Aging
digital photography
Fort Hayes Career Center

03 Risingprotection

3rd Prize
Michael Dorwaldt
Rising Protection
metal & wood
Olentagy Orange High School

11 Intothelight

Markayla Johnson
Into the Light
digital photography
Fort Hayes Career Center

26 Blend

Isabella De La Cerda
The Blend
ceramic
Hilliard Bradley High School

39 Habeascorpus

Adam Sterling
Habeas Corpus
mixed media
Thomas Worthington High School

29 Iconiccomfort

Katelyn Browett
Iconic Comfort
graphite
Licking Valley High School

 

45 Lateforwork

Morgan Gaboric
Late for Work
acrylic
Centerburg Local Schools

 

32 Penproject

Catherine Dorrian
Pen Project
pen
Hilliard Bradley High School

 

17 Itwasadream

Valeria Aguilar Graces
It Was All a Dream
digital photography
Fort Hayes Career Center

05 Lookback

Honorable Mention
Rachel Tong
I’m There If You Look Back

acrylic
Olentangy Orange High School

 

24 Memory

Student Curator Award
Aurelia Massa
Memory of a Beautiful Day
oil pastels
Dublin Jerome High School

14 Thecolors

Ja’Laura Morris
The Colors Beneath Midnight
digital photography 
Fort Hayes Career Center

10 Broken

Eliott Koehler
Broken

digital
Fort Hayes Career Center

 

01 Thelake

1st Prize
Keira 
Ordonio
The Lake
oil paint
Dublin Jerome High School

09 Worldworm

Stavros Maish
The World Worm
porcelain & wood
Columbus Academy

59 Travelii

Lauren Cvetichan
Travel II
pen & charcoal
Mentor High School

 

12 Reflection

Askyia Hughley-Miller
Reflection of a Building
digital photography
Fort Hayes Career Center

 

44 Mistymorning

Kai Rozmiarek
Misty Morning
photography
The Wellington School

47 Golgi

Anne Campbell
Golgi
ceramic
Thomas Worthington High School

20 Drowzy

Quinn McGonigle
Drowsyszs
paint on wood panel
Fort Hayes Career Center

50 Apples

Stacey Lefton
Apples
acrylic
New Albany High School

 

46 Renewal

Paige Knupp
Renewal
color pencil
Hilliard Bradley High School

43 Rememberingthedirt

Faculty Award
Alex Wettrich
I Keep Remembering the Dirt Under Your Nails, I’d Eat You If I Could
mixed media
Olentangy High School

15 Dearmstate

Dylan Reyes
Dreamstate
digital photography
Fort Hayes Career Center

57 Keepaplace

Aria Klailee-Watanatham
Keep a Place for Me
acrylic
Dublin Scioto High School

 

18 Angeleye

Thomas Jauchius
Angel Eye
ceramic
Columbus Academy

23 Reflectivevision

Julie Moran Teran
Reflective Visions
digital photography
Thomas W. Harvey High School

22 Lastgoodbye

Saviour Carter
Last Goodbye
digital photography
Fort Hayes Career Center

 

16 Colorfulchaos

Mackenzie Hoover
Colorful Chaos
digital photography
Fort Hayes Career Center

 

60 Optics

Olivia Eckhardt
Optics
acrylic
Westerville Central High School

19 Whosthere

Tyler Sprague
Who’s There
digital photography
Fort Hayes Career Center

38 Finedining

Allison Williams
Fine Dining
color pencil, gel pen
Jackson High School

56 Wistfulthinking

Taylor Dreska
Wistful Thinking
Watercolor, Gouache, Colored Pencil
St. Francis DeSales High School

36 Kim

Gwyneth Lori
Kim K.
ceramic
Caldwell High School

61 Selfisolation

Ceramic Sculpture Award
Rylee Bryant
Self-Isolation
ceramic
Centerburg Local Schools

06 Hothead

Honorable Mention
Evelyn Mejia
Hotheaded

acrylic
New Albany High School

51 Underwater

Jocelynn Huston
Underwater
digital photography
Amanda Clear Creek High School

21 Peoplewatcher

Elina Tiwari
People Watcher
ceramic
Columbus Academy

53 Conjoined

Via Blair
Conjoined
photography
Dublin Scioto High School

54 Sweetdreams

Turner Gilliland
Street Dreams
digital photography
Lakewood High School

37 Morgan

Alexis Hupp
Morgan Wallen Bust
ceramic
Caldwell High School

 

07 Only1099

Ashley Fox
Only 10.99
ink pens
Watkins Memorial High School

52 Whiterabbit

Nick Salvato
White Rabbit
color pencil
New Albany High School

62 Themeyoudontsee

Lilliana Rodriguez Hill
The Me You Do Not See
color pencil & charcoal
Dublin Scioto High School

55 Oviraptor

Dorian Bristol
Oviraptor Philoceratops
ceramic
Columbus Academy

35 Mouthmug

Lillian Bailey
Mouth Mug
ceramic
Columbus Academy

31 Mrbones

Lydia Ratinaud
Mr. Bones
acrylic
Columbus DeSales High School

30 Scratchystreet

Adeline Stonis
Scratchy Street
micropens
St. Francis DeSales High School

40 Comfortablycomforted

Carl Gracie
Comfortably Comforted by Discomfort
charcoal
Mentor High School

41 Vulvacious

Johanna Carlyle
Vulvacious
copper sheet metal, wire, beads
Cleveland Heights High School

63 Tags

Katherine Kristel
Tags
photography
The Wellington School

64 Gamenight

Jillian Cowan
Game Night
acrylic
Worthington Kilborne High School

34 Teapot

Ceramic Vessel Award
Isabel Li
Teapot!!(omg)
ceramic
Olentangy Liberty High School

42 Shelter

Emma Naypauer
Shelter
acrylic
Cleveland Heights High School

33 Blindbeauty

Olivia Garcia
Blinded Beauty
pencil
Westerville Central High School

 

28 Manyofthesame

Betty Agbitor
Many of the Same – Mancala
watercolor
New Albany High School

Congratulations to Our Student Artists!