This festival is held annually in the spring at the Cleveland Clinic Medina Hospital Medical Office Building. The format is similar to a graduating art major in college who is required to hold a senior show. Portfolios and individual entries are accepted. The Visual Art Festival High School Senior Show provides the opportunity for high school senior visual arts students to:
-- Have their unique works of art displayed publicly,
-- Have their works adjudicated, and
-- View artwork by students from other school districts in Medina County.
In 2020 the ESC of Medina County will award a $500 scholarship for a winning portolio entry and $25 awards for winning individual entries. Additionally, the Medina County Art League will present scholarship awards (totaling $2,250) to the winners of its “High School Seniors Scholarships Programs.”
* * The March 16, 2020, reception and awards presentation was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. * * *
Such partners as Cleveland Clinic Medina Hospital, Simmons Brothers Construction, CBRE Group, and Medina County Art League are vital to staging the show in such a nice venue.
An outgrowth of the Visual Art Festival is a year-round rotating student artwork display on several floors of the Medina Medical Office Building. See "Arts in Public Places" webpage.