Avon Students Excel at Regional Art Show

The 54th annual Lorain County Region Scholastic Art Exhibit, sponsored by Nordson Corporation, is running now through Friday, March 11 at Lorain County Community College’s Beth K. Stocker Art Gallery.

This exhibit draws from public, parochial, and private middle, high schools and homeschoolers from Lorain, Erie, and Huron counties. Art teachers enter more than 1,200 original works of art from student artists each year. Professional judges then choose more than 500 pieces of art that are hung salon-style in the Beth K. Stocker Art Gallery in the College’s Stocker Art Center.

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This year, Avon High School artists had the best showing ever at the Regional Scholastic Art Competition with 63 entries, representing 35 student artists chosen for this juried show.

10 AHS entries received the highest honor of a Gold Key (top 100 in the show)
14 AHS entries received the honor of a Silver Key
39 AHS entries received Honorable Mention

The categories of art include architecture, ceramics, glass, comic art, design, digital, drawing, illustration, editorial cartoon, fashion design, jewelry, mixed media, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, video game design, and Senior portfolio.

Below are lists of the winners with grade level noted, as well as number of keys and mentions earned in ( )

Gold Key Winners

Julianne Hildman, 10 • Rich’a Jones, 10 • Isabella Keller, 10 (2) • Amy Klimkowski, 11 • Elena Ko, 10 • Aliqi Kule, 12 • Madelyn Lammers, 10 • Sarah Pomfrey, 10 • Jaelyn Stewart, 12

Silver Key Winners

Caelin Burke, 12 (3) • Julianne Hindman, 10 • Isabella Lane, 10 (3) • Olivia Michelsen, 12 (4) • Josh Stitchick, 10 • Elizabeth Woods, 11 • Isabella Lane, 10

Honorable Mention Winners

Aliqi Kule, 12 • Sydney Brown, 12 • Caelin Burke, 12 • Evelynn Cortino, 10 • Adeline Dreger, 10 • Sofia Gerovac, 10 • Kendall Guthrie, 12 • Julianne Hindman, 10 • Abigail Hurst, 12 • Beyza Inal, 10 (2) • Isabella Lane, 10 • Isabella Keller, 10 (2) • Wyatt Koehler, 12 • Sarah Lewis, 12 • Madison Lozon, 9 • Olivia Michelsen, 12 • Annalisa O’Donnell, 10 • Emma Owens, 10 • Julie Petersen, 12 (3) • Rachel Cox, 12 • Corinne Sarver, 12 • Casey Schilf, 11 (2) • Noah Seager, 12 (2) • Victoria Sidoti, 10 • Jaelyn Stewart, 12 • Josh Stichick, 10 • Sydney Brown, 12 • Sonya Umarova, 12 • Bahar Zehir, 12

Several Avon Middle School students also earned honors in the show. Names and info below.

Sofia Valdez (grade 8) – 3 Gold Key Awards • Isabel Sikora (grade 8) – 1 Silver Key Award • Samantha Kato (grade 8) – 1 Silver Key Award • Kiera Raab (grade 8) – 3 Honorable Mentions • Bethany Sherwood (grade 8) – 2 Honorable Mentions • Majesty Mayfield (grade 8) – 2 Honorable Mentions • Kaitlyn Fischer (grade 7) – 2 Honorable Mentions • Sophia Montero (grade 8) – 1 Honorable Mention

Because of the overwhelming popularity of this exhibit, the Beth K. Stocker Art Gallery, 1005 N. Abbe Road, Elyria, is open extended hours through the run of the exhibit (March 11):