Avon Lake Students Excel in Scholastic Art Exhibition

Congratulations to the 19 Avon Lake High School art students earning honors in the 2021 Scholastic Art Show. ALHS students earned 6 Gold Keys, 10 Silver Keys, and 16 Honorable Mentions.

The 53rd Annual Lorain County Regions Scholastic Art Exhibition (Erie, Huron and Lorain county students) is a virtual exhibition this year featuring 335 works that were selected by esteemed jurors for inclusion in this show. Gold Key works will advance for national adjudication and winners will be announced later this month.

Avon Lake High School art teachers submitting the artwork include: Yvonne Craigo and Christian Fredriksen.

To view the virtual show now through March 19, click: https://sites.google.com/firelandsschools.org/lcrscholasticartawards/home

Images attached are the Gold Key Winners (we regret, we were unable to obtain an image for Emma Prettyman’s artwork).

6 Students Won Gold Key Honors

• Jackie Grissinger, grade 12, photography – Snow Day
• Jake Grode, grade 11, photography – In my Garden
• Evelynn Powers, grade 11, photography – Comfort
• Emma Prettyman, grade 12, drawing and illustration – My brother
• August Resar, grade 11, photography – Blossom
• Margaret Sindelar, grade 12, photography – Power Towers

8 Students Won Silver Keys (10 keys total)

• Bevin Baker, grade 11, digital art – Modern Day Hand Color
• James Barnes, grade 12, photography – Faux Fur
• Shrihari Deshpande, grade 9, drawing and illustration – Be organic
• Emma Prettyman, grade 12, (2 Silver keys), drawing and illustration – Why; and drawing and illustration – Duck
• August Resar, grade 11, (2 Silver keys) photography, Tied together; and photography – A day in the Life
• Margaret Sindelar, grade 12, photography – Museum walls
• Sophia Stack, grade 12, digital art – Gesture on Route
• Ian Walsh, grade 9, photography – Brother Brother

12 Students Received Honorable Mention Honors (16 honors total) 

• Dakota Bedient, grade 9, digital art – Skeletal dragon
• Shrihari Deshpande, grade 9, drawing and illustration – A boy with his pets
• Brett Enders, grade 12, mixed media – Faun
• Jackie Grissinger, grade 12, photography – Flower pot
• Austin Olinger, grade 10, digital art – vector creature: Peacock
• Evelynn Powers, grade 11, (2 honorable mentions), digital art – affluenza; and mixed medium – Brownstone
• Mackenzie Roberts, grade 12, digital art – Bubbly hippo
• Ella Rudkin, grade 12, (2 honorable mentions), photographer – Flying over the Atlantic; and photography – Rolling through town
• Adrian Salco, grade 11 (3 honorable mentions), digital art – Self-portrait; digital art – Japanese landscape; and mixed media – Judy Garland
• Margaret Sindelar, grade 12, photography – Through the ice
• Sydney Whitehead, grade 12, drawing and illustration – Self portrait
• Graham Wilkinson, grade 9, photography – Reflections