Avon Lake Excels at Regional Scholastic Art Show

Avon Lake High School Junior Ella Monchein, “Of Mice and Men”

The Avon Lake High School (ALHS) Art Department is pleased to announce a successful showing at the 55th annual Regional Scholastic Art Show, sponsored by Nordson Corporation, currently on display in the Stocker Arts Center at Lorain County Community College.

Student artists from 22 high schools from Lorain, Huron and Erie counties submitted over 1,600 works of art to be judged and 650 works were selected for the show.

In total, ALHS received: 11 Gold Keys, 25 Silver Keys, and 47 Honorable mentions.

During the 2023 Regional Scholastic Art Show, 100 total Gold Keys were awarded, and of those 100, five art pieces were chosen as American Vision winners (Best in Show). Avon Lake High School junior Ella Monchein received one of the five American Vision awards. An ALHS student has won this particular award two years in a row!

From the pool of five, a panel of jurors in NYC will select one artist from each of the Scholastic’s 100 regional affiliates to receive an American Visions Medal. Artists who win at this national level will be recognized in NYC in June.

Avon Lake High School art teachers are Yvonne Craigo and Christian Fredriksen.

All works are currently on display in the Stocker Arts Center at Lorain County Community College, 1005 N. Abbe Road, Elyria, now through Feb. 16. The Stocker Gallery days/hours open to the public include: Mondays thru Fridays from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. • Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays (evenings) from 4 to 6:30 p.m. • Sundays from 1 to 3 p.m.

For more information, go to https://www.lorainccc.edu/stocker/beth-k-stocker-art-gallery/

ALHS Gold Keys winners (category and name)

Fiona Bornhorst (grade 11): Photography, Domino Effect
Sally Butler (grade 10): Photography, Honoring Georgia
Maria Drabkin (grade 11): Photography, Portrait of a Mother
Amanda Duffy (grade 11): Digital Art, Festive Fuzziness
Anthony Ferrari (grade 11): Painting, Cactus Triptych
Ava Gabriel (grade 11) 2 Gold keys: Photography, Sun Rays; Photography, Touch Up
Phia Kerner (grade 11): Digital Art, Self Portrait
Kate Leininger (grade 10): Photography, Lovely Lauren
Ella Monchein (grade 11): Painting, Of Mice and Men
Owen Sears (grade 11): Photography, Salted Tire

ALHS Silver Keys (category and name)

Gavin Andrews (grade 10): Photography, Distressed
Maya Austerman (grade 11): Photography, 102
Kayci Balog (grade 10): Photography, Vignette
Tugso Bayarbadra (grade 11): Photography, Depth of swings
Brynn Bondar (grade 12) 2 Silver keys: Photography, Reflection; Photography, Point of View
Fiona Bornhorst (grade 11): Photography, In the Gutter
Keira Castelli (grade 11): Digital Art, Nathaniel
Winnifred Davis (grade 12) 2 Silver keys, Film & Animation, The Silence in The; Painting, Under Appreciated
Maria Drabkin (grade 11): Photography, Hand on Wheel
Tori Farran (grade 10): Drawing & Illustration, elements of art
Anthony Ferrari (grade 11): Digital Art, Shadow of the Beast
Marc Grozav (grade 10): Photography, repetition
Caiden Harman (grade 11): Photography, Side Skate
Phia Kerner (grade 11): Drawing & Illustration, Drawings
Evelyn Krupa (grade 10): Digital Art, Covered in Fruit
Kate Leininger (grade 10): Photography, A/C
Ella Monchein (grade 11): Photography, Matryoshka Dolls
Mikhail Pyltsov (grade 12): Painting Venice, Piazza San
Owen Sears (grade 11) 2 Silver keys, Photography, Electrical Pole; Photography, Angry Child
JJ Toth (grade 12): Photography, Firebird #1
Caden Whittaker (grade 9) 2 Silver keys: Photography, who brought a jet; Photography, peak into the beast

ALHS Honorable mentions (category and name)

Caitlin Allen (grade 11) 3 honorable mentions: Drawing & Illustration, Marked at Birth; Drawing & Illustration, Puzzled; Painting, Landscape
Gavin Andrews (grade 10) 2 honorable mentions: Photography, Mirror reflecting branches; Photography, The mask
Evan Balwani (grade 11) 2 honorable mentions: Photography, Rio; Photography, Always On Top
Brynn Bondar (grade 12) 2 honorable mentions: Digital art, Sign of the Times; Photography, Zippy the Monkey
Fiona Bornhorst (grade 11): Photography, Grown Over
Brooke Bradley (grade 12): Photography, Art of Lines
Nick Brun (grade 12) 2 honorable mentions: Digital art, Pi Fly; Digital art, Watching
Sally Butler (grade 10): Photography, Forgotten Childhood
Samantha Covell (grade 12): Ceramics and glass, Cactus Makes Perfect
Winnifred Davis (grade 12) 3 honorable mentions: Digital art, Good Mourning Mother; painting, A Fawn in the Woods; Digital art, In Her Element
Sofia Distefano (grade 10): Photography, Dad’s Baby
Maria Drabkin (grade 11) 3 honorable mentions: Photography, Woman on the Pier; Photography, Reflection in the Sky; Photography, Kayaks
Elyse Dusek (grade 9), Photography, Silence
Ava Gabriel (grade 11) 3 honorable mentions: Photography, Crash; Photography, Caution; Photography, Big Wheels
Marc Grozav (grade 10) 2 honorable mentions: Photography, restoration; Photography, reconstruction
Caiden Harman (grade 11) 2 honorable mentions: Photography, “Haunted” House; Photography, The Flower Bridge
Anna Haugh (grade 9): Digital art, Citrus Fly
Amy Henry (grade 9): Photography, Beach Waves
Kate Leininger (grade 10): Photography, Huntington Shore
Enam Mahayri (grade 12) 2 honorable mentions: Photography, Depth of Field, The Playground; Photography, Depth of Field, The Wood
Ella Monchein (grade 11), Photography, deadhead buck
Mikhail Pyltsov (grade 12) 3 honorable mentions: Painting, Taj Mahal in Aggra; Painting, Portrait of Sergei Witte; Drawing & Illustration, Spring
Madelyn Sakach (grade 10): Digital art, Lantern Mantis
Owen Sears (grade 11) 2 honorable mentions: Photography, Depth of Bikes; Photography, Pier to the Lake
Griffin Shannon (grade 10): Photography, Repetitive abstraction
Marisa Summerfeild (grade 11) 2 honorable mentions: Photography, Under the Table; Photography, Bike Pedal
Caden Whittaker (grade 9) 2 honorable mentions: Photography, Ruptured Duck; Photography, Retired Angle