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A Special Report from the Art Department

Posted on 27. Jan, 2010 by admin in Uncategorized

Each month the presenting staff member for the high school report also gives information to the PTO on the events within their department.  This month’s report from David King highlights the Art Department 7-12.  Because the list of award winners at Chagrin was long, I decided it deserved its own post. 

Art Department News

Maggie Robinson won TWO American Vision Awards (best four pieces in the show) and the Sue Wall Award (best painting) at a recent art show -- here is her award-winning work "Popcorn Shop".

• The Middle school is hosting an Art Forum to be held on March 17^th, St. Patrick’s Day.  This is an event that will include the Chagrin Valley Middle School Conference.  An artist or group of artists will come in and work with the students in a workshop format.  There will be two workshops for each participant that day, one in the morning and one in the afternoon.

High School Photography News:

This year’s 1st semester photography students had a very exciting field trip to the Rotunda building downtown Cleveland which has been abandoned for years. Photos of this experience will be on the CF website soon.

Past 2 years 2nd semester Photography has participated in the community summer art show called “CLICK” put on by the Chagrin Falls Library. Students have received several of the top awards.

Paige Cameron was offered a $40,000-64,000 scholarship to the CIA as a sophomore! This is her award-winning work "Self-Portrait".

High School Computer Graphics News:

Recently 8 of my students participated in the “Cleveland Rock-Off” design competition. We are still waiting to get our results back.

Last year my students participated in a design competition put on by the Chagrin Valley Rec. for a new logo design. Eric Seegot created the winning design.

Misc. High School Art News

2010-2011 we will be running a Digital Photography Course pilot.

Digital Academy has been an excellent experience and I am learning and practicing on show casing student work on the Web.

The site is not complete but is coming along nicely…look for it in the future.

The AP classes are taking a field trip to see the Scholastics show and a tour of the Cleveland Institute of Art studios.

(Find out more about the show.)

Complete List of Art Show Award Winners

Felina Allen (10th -Kenn Hetzel)   “Untitled”   Honorable Mention

Paige Cameron (10th -David King)   “Self Portrait”   Gold Key, The Cleveland Institute of Art Recognition Award

Ariel Dreicer (12th -David King)   “Sarah with Blue Rose”   Honorable Mention

Mike Fields (12th – Kenn Hetzel)   “A Satire on Human Greed”   Honorable Mention

Tom Kilian (12th -David King)   “Self-Portrait in Black”    Honorable Mention

Ashley Lockemer (11th -Kenn Hetzel)   “Untitled”    Honorable Mention

Taylor Parrish (12th-Amy Fenton)   “Self Portrait in Corn Stalks”    Silver Key

Taylor Parrish (12th-David King)    “Art Portfolio”    Gold Key

Daniel Pecchio (11th -Kenn Hetzel)   “Genocide Crest”  Silver Key

Danielle Pisczak (12th -David King)   “Sunglasses”    Silver Key

Maggie Robinson (12th- David King)   “Popcorn Shop”   Gold Key, American Vision Nominee

Maggie Robinson (12th -David King)   “Self Portrait”   Gold Key, American Vision Award Nominee, The Sue Wall Painting Award

Maggie Robinson (12th-David King)  “Self Portrait”    American Visions Nominee

Sam Schiferl (11th -David King)    “The Kitchen Mirage”   Silver Key

Eric Seegott (11th-Kenn Hetzel)   “Untitled”   Silver Key

Kaitlin Wolfe (12th- David King)   “St. Patrick’s Cathedral”   Silver Key

Cat Wood (12th- Dawn Serazin)   “Here, boy!”   Gold Key

Gold Key awards are juried in NYC.

Congratulations to everyone!