The Educational Service Center of Medina County and the Medina County Art League have announced the award winners of this year’s Medina County Art League Continuing Art Education Scholarships. On March 7, this year’s festival opened its doors to over 150 works of art by 42 local high school students. The Medina County Art League (MCAL) presented the 2018 Scholarship Awards at the awards reception on Monday, March 19, at 7 p.m. The following high school seniors who are continuing their art education at college received awards:
| First Place | Allyson Carver | $1,000 |
| | Buckeye HS (Ryan Kerns, teacher) | |
| | Planning to attend Kent State University | |
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| Second Place | Holly Sammon | $700 |
| | Highland HS (Bonnie Kubilus, teacher) | |
| | Planning to attend Cleveland Institute of Art | |
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| Third Place | Tyler Glasenapp | $550 |
| | Medina HS (Bobbie Foy, teacher) | |
| | Planning to attend The University of Akron |
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Hon. Mention | Sara Keener | $350 |
| | Cloverleaf HS (Julie Krueger, teacher) | |
| | Planning to attend Kent State University | |
Janet Baran, Medina County Art League Scholarship Committee Chair, stated, “I taught art for 36 years before retiring recently. I taught Advanced Placement Studio Art for the last 16 years of my career. I took on the Scholarship Committee because I truly miss working with students and seeing their world. I had three other judges working together with me, and we were bowled over by the quality and maturity of many of the works. We were looking for consistency across the works, sensitivity to the medium, and a point of view. These students are the ones who will carry on reaching out to the community and making our world a better and more interesting place in which to live."
Medina County Art League has a raffle of donated artwork from participating artists at its annual Art in the Park event, held annually on the third Sunday in July. For many years the league has added to the raffle earnings, making the Scholarship Awards an outstanding amount of money for the students.
High school seniors who are students of Medina County visual arts teachers were eligible to participate. Scholarship portfolios, non-scholarship portfolios, and individual entries were accepted. Artwork was to be original, school appropriate, and created in conjunction with school assignments. Portfolios were required to contain five pieces of art showing a diversity of talent. For students entering portfolios, the format is similar to a graduating art major in college who is required to hold a senior show.
The winners for the non-scholarship portfolio entries are as follows:
| First Place | Jesse Freas |
| Highland HS (Bonnie Kubilus, teacher) |
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| Second Place | Emily Walburn |
| Medina HS (Bobbie Foy, teacher) |
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| Third Place | Olivia Kichurchak |
| | Medina HS (Bobbie Foy, teacher) |
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Individual entry winners are listed below:
| First Place | Dagny Sacksteder |
| | Order vs. Chaos |
| | Highland HS (Pat Wise, teacher) |
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| Second Place | Lisa Wangler |
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| | Cloverleaf HS (Julie Krueger, teacher) |
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| Third Place | Madelyn Young |
| | Ram of Pride
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| Highland HS (Bonnie Kubilus, teacher) |
The 2018 Medina County Visual Art Festival—High School Senior Show continues to run through April 18 in the South Medical Office Building, Entrance D, 970 East Washington Street, Medina. Show hours are as follows: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. (Monday-Thursday), 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Friday), and 8 a.m. to noon (Saturday).
This event is being presented by the Educational Service Center of Medina County in partnership with:
- Medina County Art League
- Cleveland Clinic Medina Hospital
- C.B. Richard Ellis
