Wayne State University James Pearson Duffy Department of Art and Art History Art Department Gallery 150 Art Building 5400 Reuther Mall, Detroit, MI 48202 Telephone: (313) 577-2423 Fax: (313) 577-3491

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Exhibition: 2021 TRI-COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL EXHIBITION Dates: March 11 through April 9, 2021 Opening Reception: Thursday, March 11, with Awards Presentation from 6-7:30PM on Zoom Zoom Registration Link: https://tinyurl.com/krpxkh8 Contact: [email protected]

Detroit, MI, March 1, 2021 – The James Pearson Duffy Department of Art & Art History is pleased to present its annual Tri-County High School Exhibition, March 11 through April 9, 2021. This year’s exhibition will be held virtually at waynestategalleries.org. An opening reception with an awards presentation will be held on Thursday, March 11 from 6-7:30PM on Zoom. Members of the Department of Art and Art History will be on hand to celebrate students and their creative achievements.

This exhibition features approximately 80 selected artworks created by high school students from Macomb, Oakland, and Wayne counties. At the opening reception, seven awards will be given to students for their outstanding artworks in the exhibition. The awards include First Place, Second Place, Third Place, Teacher Award, and three Honorable Mentions.

Artworks by students from the following high schools are included in this year’s exhibition: Bloomfield Hills High School, Cass Technical High School, Dakota High School, Detroit Country Day High School, Fraser High School, Grosse Ile High School, East, International Academy of Macomb, Lake Orion High School, Mumford High School, , Oakland Christian High School, Plymouth Christian Academy, Richmond High School, Rochester High School, Sterling Heights High School, Utica High School, Walled Lake Northern High School, and West Bloomfield High School.

The James Pearson Duffy Department of Art and Art History is a division of Wayne State’s College of Fine, Performing and Communication Arts, educating the next generation of visual artists, designers and art historians. Wayne State University, located in the heart of Detroit’s midtown cultural center, is a premier urban research university offering more than 350 academic programs through 13 schools and colleges to more than 28,000 students.

Infatuation, 2021, SoEun Park, watercolor, International Academy East