2011 Visual Art Festival - HS Senior Show

Art League Scholarship Awards Announced

by Elaine Taylor

Medina County Schools' Educational Service Center and

Medina County Art League

Announce Scholarship Awards

The Medina County Schools' Educational Service Center and the Medina County Art League have announced the award winners of this year’s Medina County Art League Continuing Art Education Scholarships. On April 28, this year’s festival opened its doors to 120 works of art by 17 local high school students. The Medina County Art League presented the 2011 Scholarship Awards at the awards reception on May 16, 2011, at 7 p.m. The following high school seniors who are continuing their art education at college received awards:

First Place	Adam Valco	$1,000
	Highland HS (Bonnie Kubilus, teacher)
	Planning to attend Cleveland Institute of Art

Second Place	Remington King	$700
	Medina HS (Elaine Taylor, teacher)

Third Place	Heidi Loos	$550
	Medina HS (Elaine Taylor, teacher)
	Planning to attend Indiana Wesleyan Univ.

Honorable Mention	Sara Willhoite	$350
	Medina HS (Elaine Taylor, teacher)

Steinmetz Award	Scott Brady	$200
	Medina HS (Elaine Taylor, teacher)

by Elaine Taylor

Barbara Johns with students

Barbara Johns, Medina County Art League Scholarship Committee Chair, stated, “Our challenge is to find the students who not only have talent but who can create with their heart. We believe we have done this and are happy to announce the award winners. We also believe the teachers play a large part in the quality of work the students produce and would like to thank them for giving our students the tools to help them develop their artistic abilities.”

“Medina County Art League has a raffle of donated painting from participating artists in our annual Art in the Park event, held on the third Sunday each year in July. For several years the league has added to the raffle earnings making the Scholarship Awards an outstanding amount of money for the students. This year is no different. We have set aside $2,800 to be distributed, including the new Lois Steinmetz Memorial Award,” Barbara Johns continued.

As a high school senior portfolio show, the format is similar to a graduating art major in college who is required to hold a senior show. Entry was open to graduating high school seniors who are students of visual arts teachers in the Medina County schools. Students must have worked on the entries during school hours or in connection with regular school class work. The seniors were judged from their portfolios containing at least five pieces of art showing a diversity of their talent.

This event is presented by the Medina County Schools’ Educational Service Center in partnership with: