SPONSORS • AMACO\Brent • Art Academy of Cincinnati • Ashland University • Ball State University, School of Art - Muncie, IN • Blick Art Materials • Bowling Green State University, School of Art • Buckeye Ceramic Supply • Capital University - Columbus • Cleveland Institute of Art • College for Creative Studies - Detroit, MI • Columbus Clay Company • Columbus College of Art and Design • Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT)/SUNY - New York • Kansas City Art Institute (KCAI) - Kansas City, MO • Kendall College of Art and Design of Ferris State University - Grand Rapids • Laguna College of Art + Design • Marietta College, Art Department - Marietta, OH • Mayco Colors • Maryland Institute, College of Art - Baltimore, MD • McConnell Arts Center of Worthington • Montserrat College of Art - Beverly, MA • Mount St. Joseph University - Cincinnati, OH • Myers School of Art, The University of Akron • New Hampshire Institute of Art - Manchester • Ohio Art Education Association • Ohio Ceramic Supply • Ohio Designer Craftsmen • Ohio State Fair Youth Arts Exhibition • The Ohio State University, College of Arts and Sciences • Ohio University, School of Art + Design - Athens, OH • Ohio Wesleyan University - Delaware, OH • Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts - Philadelphia • Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) • School of Advertising Art - Kettering, OH • School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) • School of Visual Arts (SVA) - New York, NY • University of Dayton • University of Mount Union - Alliance, OH • University of St. Francis, School of Creative Arts - Ft. Wayne, IN • University of Toledo Department of Art

• The Governor of the State of Ohio • The Ohio Department of Education

Mandi Caskey’s 2017 Top 25 Award of Excellence The 2017 Ohio Governor’s Youth Art Exhibition

April 23 through May 18, 2017

The James A. Rhodes State Office Tower 30 East Broad Street, Capitol Square Columbus, Ohio

The Exhibition

• is a non-profit organization established in 1970 to promote the arts and to reward the youth of Ohio for their achievements in the visual arts.

• reflects the fine quality of art instruction and talent which exist in our state.

• is a valuable incentive for our young people and encourages an appreciation for the arts throughout Ohio.

The 2017 Ohio Governor's Youth Art Exhibition is a 300 piece exhibition of artwork by Ohio high school Jurors left to right: Amanda, Misty, Jean, Jimmy, Maureen, and Barbara students in grades nine through twelve selected by:

2017 STATE JURORS

Jimmy Baker of the Art Academy of Cincinnati in Cincinnati, Ohio Maureen Garvin of the Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah, Georgia Jean Hester of the Columbus College of Art and Design in Columbus, Ohio Barbara Miner of the University of Toledo, Department of Art in Toledo, Ohio Amanda Rainey of Kendall College of Art and Design in Grand Rapids, Michigan Misty Thomas-Trout of the University of Dayton, Department of Art and Design in Dayton, Ohio

State Department Cameo Display, Representative for the Department of Education Governor's Office Cameo Display, Jeff Shaw of the Governor's Exhibition Advisory Board

The seven primary jurors reviewed more than 2,500 works of student art at the state level. These 2,500 works were selected from more than 10,800 artworks entered from the 15 regions listed below.

REGIONAL DIRECTORS

Central • Hilliard • Monika Kaleps & Thad Ricker N. Central • Mansfield • Jim & Julie Buker N. Central • Willard • John Buss N. Western • Ada • Gary Wells N. Western • Napoleon • Kaitlin Helberg N. Eastern • Mantua • Jennifer Scott N. Eastern • Lyndhurst • Hadley Conner & Sarah Curry N. Eastern • Stow • Steve Pierce Eastern • Sarahsville • Bonnie Flynn Eastern • Dover • Jodi Hupp Eastern • Hubbard • Josh Macmillan Western • Dayton • Liz Whipps & Julie Anderson S. Central • Amanda • Brent Elam S. Western • Milford • Jeff Shepherd S. Eastern • The Plains • Amy Douglas

The Regional Directors listed above held Regional Judgings on March 4, 2017, transported art to Columbus for the State Judging, and may hold Regional Exhibitions in their respective regions.

THE AWARDS CEREMONY PROGRAM

• Welcome Thad Ricker, Executive Director • Introduction of the Advisory Board • Jurors’ Comments • Introduction of 2017 Regional Directors • Sponsors’ Presentation of Scholarships & Awards • Presentation of Certificates and Awards of Excellence • Adjourn to Rhodes Tower for Viewing of the Exhibition

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2017 SCHOLARSHIPS

Presentation by the Sponsors:

Art Academy of Cincinnati Mount St. Joseph University • scholarships of $10,000 a year over four years ($40,000 total) • academic scholarships ranging from $6,500 to $14,500 are available

Ashland University Meyers School of Art, University of Akron • three scholarships of $2,000 per year are available and • scholarships of $500 are available renewable New Hampshire Institute of Art Ball State University, School of Art • scholarships of up to $10,000 (per year, renewable for four years) are • Presidential Scholarships of $14,000 a year over fours years available ($56,000 total), and Fine Art Scholarships of $1,000 a year over four years, are also available Ohio State Fair Youth Arts Exhibition • free entry of up to ten artworks for all Top 25 students, entry deadline is Blick Art Materials June 20, 2017 • two gift certificates of $300 to selected drawing/painting students among the Top 25 Ohio State University, College of Art • scholarships of $1,000 are available to state exhibitors Bowling Green State University, School of Art • one $3,000 scholarship exclusively for a Governor’s exhibitor Ohio University, School of Art + Design • scholarships ranging from $10,000 to $20,000 over fours are available to Buckeye Ceramic Supply/Mayco Colors/Ohio Ceramic Supply state exhibitors • the “Ceramic Artist Award” ($250 value) given to a selected clay artist in the Top 25 Ohio Wesleyan University • scholarships are available to accepted students based on portfolio review Capital University, Department of Art • scholarships available to state exhibitors who enroll as Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts art majors • merit scholarships and Summer Academy scholarships are available based on portfolio quality College for Creative Studies College of Art & Design • merit scholarships ranging from $8,000 to $15,000 per year Savannah College of Art and Design are available an additional award of $4,000 (over four years) • scholarships of at least $3,000 are available to all state exhibitors is available for two exhibitors scholarships of at least $500 are available for the SCAD pre-college summer program for students among the top 300 in the state exhibition Cleveland Institute of Art • minimum of ten scholarships of $10,000 per year ($40,000 School of Advertising Art over 4 years) are available • scholarships in the amount of $10,000 are available to state exhibitors

Columbus College of Art & Design School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) • scholarships in the amount of $2,000 ($500 per year, over • scholarships of $2,000 are available to state exhibitors, as well as merit 4 years) are available to state exhibitors scholarships in the scholarships to those admitted amount of $10,000 ($2,500 per year, over 4 years) are available to Award of Excellence winners School of Visual Arts, New York • two merit-based scholarships are available; one at $15,000 per year the Fashion Institute of Technology, SUNY other at $7,500 per year • scholarships are available to admitted students University of Dayton Kansas City Art Institute • one scholarship in the amount of $2,500 is available, renewable up to • scholarships ranging from $12,500 to $21,000 are available three years and renewable University of Mount Union Kendall College of Art & Design • one scholarship in the amount of $2,500 is available to a state exhibitor • scholarships ranging from $1,000 to $20,000 are available art proficiencies are also available on a competitive basis as the result of a portfolio review Laguna College of Art and Design • scholarships of $1,000 annually are available to all state University of Saint Francis, School of Creative Arts exhibitors merit scholarships based on quality of portfolio are • scholarships are available for accepted students based on portfolio review also available University of Toledo, Department of Art Marietta College, Art Department • Sara Jane DeHoff Art Scholarship awards up to $2,000 to an entering • scholarships ranging from $500 to $3,500 are available based female freshman majoring in studio fine art, art education or art history on portfolio review and Art Interests Inc. Scholarship is available annually to an outstanding entering freshmen pursuing a career in studio fine art or art education. Maryland Institute, College of Art • one to ten scholarships of $8,000 and $12,000 over a four The Ohio Governor’s Youth Art Exhibition Advisory Board Scholarship years are available to state exhibitors • a one-time scholarship award of $1,000 to the senior who has the most additional scholarships ranging from $4,000 to $12,000 per artworks selected for the state Exhibition. year are available on a competitive basis • please contact your art instructor or the individual school for further details Montserrat College of Art • two scholarships at $5,000 are reserved for state exhibitors • some schools may wish to review your portfolio

2016 Ohio Art Criticism Open Winners ART CRITICISM AWARDS These students will receive certificates of merit from the sponsors, who are the Ohio Department of Education, The Ohio Governor’s Youth Art Exhibition Presented to the winners of the 2016 Ohio Art Criticism Open. Advisory Board, and the Ohio Art Education Association. These awards are always given one year later. First Place: Caroline Dziubek of Notre Dame Academy High School This year’s Art Criticism Judge was Michael Huffman, who is a Second Place: Mary Garhardinger of Notre Dame Academy High School practicing visual artist and a retired art educator. Third Place: Timothy Bekelesky of Firestone High School Honorable Mention: Sarah Drury of Firelands High School Elizabeth Pound of C-Tec High School

2 Presentation of Certificates to Students with Artworks in the State Department of Education & Governor’s Office Displays

• These displays are not open to the general public.

State Department of Education Display

Caleb Bell 10 “Jar of Color” Logan High School Sidney Caudill 11 “Flomotion” Mansfield Senior High School Amairani Chavez Juarez 12 “America the Circus” Aurora High School Nick Elam 12 “Six Arms of Hate” Amanda Clearcreek High School Sierra Henry 12 “Cat Got Your Tongue” Ontario High School Kelsee Johnson 11 “Cleansing Despair” Clear Fork Valley High School Alexis Long 12 “Eve” Logan High School Erin Long 12 “Industrial Revolution Women” Hilliard Davidson High School Paige Matthews 12 “Mist” Gahanna Lincoln High School Maya McDonald 12 “The Violet Room” Mount Vernon High School Nazyir McGowan 12 “Charcoal Facepaint” Fort Hayes Career Center Audrey Meeker 12 “Amongst Men” Olentangy Liberty High School Breyon Mills 11 “My World Too” Mansfield Senior High School Cheyanne Owrey 12 “The Corridor of Koi” Danville High School Sophie Paul 12 “Bloom” Bexley High School Morgan Perryman 12 “February” Westerville North High School Eleanor Schiltz 12 “Don’t Read The Comments” Glenoak High School Richa Sheth 12 “Shadows” Olentangy Liberty High School Richa Sheth 12 “The Art Of Loneliness” Olentangy Liberty High School Allison Simon 12 “Kwame” Firestone Community Learning Center Dallas Smith 12 “Dragons of the Crick” Mansfield Senior High School Natalie Smith 11 “Duomo” North Union High School Anastasia Sprinkle 12 “The Red Poppy” Wooster High School Kaylee Tomsich 9 “Stella” Hawken High School Olta Toska 12 “Vogue” Mansfield Senior High School

Governor’s Office Display

Kate Berkemeyer 12 “Light Houses” Hilliard Davidson High School Maeve Billings 12 “(Trans)formation” Shaker Heights High School Brianna Bohandy 12 “Beauty Within” Barnesville High School Abigail Bouton 12 “Summer ‘15” Westerville North High School Karisah Brown 12 “Soluna” Pickerington Central High School Abou Diomande 12 “Ominus Evening” Mansfield Senior High School Erik Doran 11 “Lonely Megan” Inidan Valley High School Raena Drotleff 12 “Prom Pt 2” Dublin Jerome High School Leah Gombosch 11 “Unamused” Ontario High School Alec Hall 12 “Movement of the Palm” Dover High School Hayley Jackson 10 “Papa” Barnesville High School Hayley Jackson 10 “Verda Rana” Barnesville High School Lillyanna Jenkins 11 “Honeybee” Ashland High School Abigail Judson 12 “Solipsism” Ontario High School Colleen Lacey 12 “Emerging to the Sun” Aurora High School Ashlyn Lazor 12 “Don’t Spill the Tea” Canal Winchester High School Mia Lee 9 No Title Canton South High School Yejin Lee 11 “City Scape” Fort Hayes Career Center Alex Lewis 12 “Lidded Roots” Hilliard Bradley High School Colette Lewis 11 “Roses in the Dark” Pickerington North High School Zachary Mata 12 “Imperfect Absolution” Logan High School Khiarah Miller 9 “Night Forest” Mansfield Senior High School Katelynn Mock 12 “Spaced Out” Bryan High School Sakurako Reed 12 “Soph” Aurora High School Daijha Thompson 12 “Changing Times” Hawken High School

The State Department and Governor’s Office displays are not open to the general public, but are viewed by hundreds of individuals who work in these offices. 3 State Department Display

Caleb Bell “Jar of Color” Sidney Caudill “Flomotion” Nick Elam Sierra Henry “Six Arms of Hate” “Cat Got Your Tongue”

Kelsee Johnson “Cleansing Despair”

Amairani Chavez Juarez Erin Long “Industrial Revolution Women” “America the Circus”

Paige Matthews “Mist” Maya McDonald “The Violet Room”

Alexis Long “Eve”

Nazyir McGowan “Charcoal Facepaint” Audrey Meeker “Amongst Men” 4 Breyon Mills Cheyanne Owrey Sophie Paul “Bloom” Morgan Perryman “My World Too” “The Corridor of Koi” “February”

Richa Sheth “The Art Of Loneliness”

Eleanor Schiltz “Don’t Read The Comments” Richa Sheth “Shadows”

Natalie Smith “Duomo” Allison Simon “Kwame” Dallas Smith “Dragons of the Crick”

Anastasia Sprinkle Kaylee Tomsich “Stella” Olta Toska “Vogue” “The Red Poppy” 5 Kate Berkemeyer “Light Houses” (Series of 3)

Brianna Bohandy Maeve Billings “Beauty Within” “(Trans)formation””

Abigail Bouton “Summer ‘15”

Karisah Brown “Soluna” Abou Diomande “Ominus Evening”

Erik Doran “Lonely Megan” Raena Drotleff Leah Gombosch “Unamused” “Prom Pt 2”

Alec Hall “Movement of the Palm”

Hayley Jackson “Verda Rana” Hayley Jackson Lillyanna Jenkins 6 “Papa” “Honeybee” Governor’s Office Display

Abigail Judson Colleen Lacey “Emerging to the Sun” Ashlyn Lazor “Solipsism” “Don’t Spill the Tea”

Mia Lee No Title Yejin Lee “City Scape”

Colette Lewis “Roses in the Dark”

Alex Lewis “Lidded Roots”

Zachary Mata “Imperfect Absolution” Khiarah Miller “Night Forest”

Katelynn Mock “Spaced Out” Sakurako Reed “Soph” Daijha Thompson “Changing Times”

7 PRESENTATION OF THE 25 GOVERNOR’S AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE

THE ARTIST: Mandi E. Caskey (B. 1993, Lima OH) Moved to Columbus in 2012 and attended CCAD for two years before dropping out of school. She started creating illegal street art, and became nationally recognized as “Birdy”. In 2014, Caskey started her own business, working as a full time painter, muralist, and community activist. That summer she helped revamp the Independents Fes- tival by assembling a group of artists to create massive standing mural installations, which began a tradition for following years. Caskey has been involved in Urban Scrawl, Independents Festival, Art for Life and other art related events over the last 3 years. In 2016 Caskey began painting a 28 foot mural, in the Rhodes State office Tower, as donation to the state of Ohio. That year Caskey was recognized for her public art installations, and her involvement with the change in how street art and graffiti are seen by the government. She was awarded a People to Watch award and was placed on the top 10 list of artists in Columbus. The opening of the new mural in the Rhodes Tower received national coverage and generated interest in how art and government can intertwine. Becoming a key player in the way people view public art, Caskey continues to create both murals and gallery work, as she prepares for a solo show in 2018.

THE AWARDS: Growing up Caskey was fascinated with Art History and studied a great deal about the masters of fine art. These awards are a reflection of one of her inspirations growing up. “The Garden of Earthly Delights,” by Hieronymus Bosch, is a fascinating painting in which every detail creates a piece of the larger story. Caskey has taken individual compositions from the painting and isolated them to create an entirely different narrative. She believes it is important for young artists to really understand the importance of art history, and to use that knowledge in the development of their own work.

TOP 25 STUDENTS These students will receive the 2017 Governor's Award of Excellence:

Ptah Amissah-Aidoo 12 “Headed In The Wrong” Stivers School for the Arts Maria Basile 12 “Perfect Imperfection” Olentangy Liberty High School Maddison Belinger 11 “Sea Party” Olentangy High School Darryl Bronner 11 No Title Stivers School for the Arts Isabella Camberos 12 “Assortment” Stivers School for the Arts Mona Danesh 12 “Jazzab” Hilliard Davidson High School Joscelyn Ervin 12 “Connected” Ontario High School Isabella Getgey 11 “701 East Basin” Wyoming High School Jane Goble 12 “Food For Thought” Chagrin Falls High School Laurel Heer 12 “I’ve Come Undone” Dublin Scioto High School Simon Kingston 12 “Prints” Stivers School for the Arts Wilhelmina Marks 12 “2.26.17 4:19” Ontario High School Sarah Mowrey 12 “Cat & Mouse” Olentangy High School Brie Mullins 12 “When In Doubt, Pinky Out” West Jefferson High School TaDareus Patterson 11 “Helping Out A Homeless” Springfield High School Dylan Phipps 12 “No Face, No Name” Ketterington Fairmont High Sydney Pliska 12 “Village” Hilliard Bradley High School Rhianna Powell 12 “Fog” Waynesville High School Sarthak Shah 12 “Self Portrait in Objects” Olentangy Liberty High School Emily Shonk 11 “Tasty and Fashionable” Indian Valley High School Emma Siefring 12 “Cornucupia” Olentangy Liberty High School Dante Sudilovsky 12 “Machined Misery” University School High School Bishop Taylor 12 “Tales Of The Evangelist” Laurel Oaks Career Campus Troy Taylor 12 “Zero Gravity Ode Robby Cuthbert” Ontario High School Carly Vagedes 12 “Mother Nature’s Womb” Stivers School for the Arts

EDUCATORS These art educators’ students received the 2017 Governor’s Exhibition Award of Excellence: Julie Anderson Stivers School for the Arts Edmund Merricle Stivers School for the Arts Jim Buker Ontario High School Shannon Mitchell Olentangy Liberty High School Julie Buker Ontario High School Amy Powell Ketterington Fairmont High School Sara Dittfeld Indian Valley High School Sally Ruffing Hilliard Bradley High School Rhainy Edwards Olentangy High School Benjamin Schall Dublin Scioto High School Brandan Ellars Laurel Oaks Career Campus Carrie Smith Wyoming High School Dan Gerdeman Hilliard Davidson High School Michael Starinsky University School High School Grant Gilsdorf Olentangy Liberty High School Frank Travers Stivers School for the Arts Amy Gravlin West Jefferson High School Susan Tyner Springfield High School Libby Harrold Chagrin Falls High School Lizabeth Whipps Stivers School for the Arts Jean Koeller Stivers School for the Arts Bethany Lamb Waynesville High School Abby Maurer Stivers School for the Arts Presentation of Certificates of Excellence to the student artists who make up the 300 piece exhibition 8 The Exhibition Monika Kaleps • Installation Director Melissa Fannon of DC AlphaGraphics Columbus • Poster & Catalog Design Monika Kaleps and Brandy Guffey • Catalog Photography Karen Downard • Administrative Consultant Thad Ricker • Executive Director

Iman Abukamail 10 Lauren Baker 12 Brin Beery 10 Sarah Brumbaugh 12 "Quelle Drole D'idee" "Pharaoh's Folly" "Porka" "Vegan" Athens High School Stivers School for the Arts Triway High School Brecksville-Broadview Heights High School Nicholas Adduci 12 Carly Baldwin 12 Maddison Belinger 11 "City Series at 5" "Count Your Blessings" "Sea Party" Sessile Burks 12 (Series of 3) Upper Arlington High School Olentangy High School "New Horizons" Hubbard High School Top 25 (Series of 3) Annalise Barber 12 Tiffin Columbian Nicholas Adduci 12 "The Two Annalises" River Berry 12 High School "Colonel Peneil" Finneytown High School "Growth Triptych" Hubbard High School Firestone Community Owen Burnham 11 Autumn Barr 12 Learning Center "Palpitation" Mariah Allen 12 "Vending Machine" Thomas Worthington "Tealusion" Olentangy High School Meredith Billman 12 High School Hilliard Darby High School "Romans 3:23" Maria Basile 12 Dublin Scioto High School Isabella Camberos 12 Jaden Amaya 11 "The Next Step" "Assortment" "A Curl or Two" Olentangy Liberty High School Meredith Billman 12 Stivers School for the Arts Dublin Scioto High School "Dad" Top 25 Maria Basile 12 Dublin Scioto High School Ptah Amissah-Aidoo 12 "A Beautiful Nightmare" Megan Cantwell 11 "Bullied" Olentangy Liberty Owen Bischoff 12 "Just Out of Reach" Stivers School for the Arts High School "The Majestic O" Dublin Scioto High School Bluffton High School Ptah Amissah-Aidoo 12 Maria Basile 12 Cecilia Caputo 12 "Uncut" "Perfect Imperfection" Kelsey Bishop 12 "Hidden" Stivers School for the Arts Olentangy Liberty "Bliss" Whitmer High School High School Kenston High School Ptah Amissah-Aidoo 12 Top 25 Sophia Carey 11 "Stern" Xenia Bleveans-Holm 12 "Bleached" Stivers School for the Arts Destiny Bass 12 "Collages " (Series of 2) Brookville High School "Bubble 2" Arts & College Ptah Amissah-Aidoo 12 Stivers School for the Arts Prep Academy Alexis Cartwright 12 "Headed In The Wrong" "Ohio Barns" Stivers School for the Arts Destiny Bass 12 Grace Bohlen 12 Hilliard Davidson Top 25 "Suspended" "Marbles" High School Stivers School for the Arts Orange Excel Tech Maria Anglehart 12 Alexis Cartwright 12 "Misfits" (Series of 5) Destiny Bass 12 Emma Borrow 11 "Birds in the Space" Olentangy Liberty "Sweet Treat" "Flipturn" (Series of 3) High School Stivers School for the Arts Hathaway Brown Hilliard Davidson High School High School Edmund Merricle Stivers School for the Arts Hana Arabi 11 Lauren Beard 12 Shannon Mitchell Olentangy Liberty High School "Glorified Decay" ( "Blowing Off Steam" Darryl Bronner 11 Allyson Carver 11 Amy Powell Ketterington Fairmont High School Series of 2) Ontario High School No Title "Create, Not Hate" Sally Ruffing Hilliard Bradley High School North Olmsted High School Stivers School for the Arts (Series of 4) Benjamin Schall Dublin Scioto High School McKenna Becker 12 Top 25 Buckeye High School Carrie Smith Wyoming High School Cole Aufdenberg 11 "Wide Mouth" Michael Starinsky University School High School "Nature" Revere High School Abby Brown 10 Edward Cervantes 11 Frank Travers Stivers School for the Arts Copley High School "The Cameos" "Acquatine" Susan Tyner Springfield High School Noah Beckham 12 (Series of 2) New Albany High School Lizabeth Whipps Stivers School for the Arts Sean Badger 12 "Ed" New Knoxville High School "Of Monuments and Men" Stivers School for the Arts Devin Chambers 12 Mount Vernon High School "My Mental Scars" Barnesville High School

9 The Top 25

Ptah Amissah-Aidoo Maria Basile “Perfect Imperfection” Maddison Belinger “Sea Party” “Headed In The Wrong”

Darryl Bronner No Title Isabella Camberos “Assortment” Mona Danesh “Jazzab” Joscelyn Ervin “Connected”

Laurel Heer “I’ve Come Undone”

Isabella Getgey “701 East Basin” Jane Goble “Food For Thought”

Simon Kingston “Prints” (Series of 5)

Wilhelmina Marks 10 “2.26.17 4:19” 25

Sarah Mowrey “Cat & Mouse” TaDareus Patterson “Helping out a Homeless” (video still)

Brie Mullins “When In Doubt, Pinky Out”

Dylan Phipps “No Face, No Name” (Series of 3) Sydney Pliska “Village”

Sarthak Shah Rhianna Powell “Fog” “Self Portrait in Objects”

Emily Shonk “Tasty and Fashionable” (Series of 2)

Dante Sudilovsky “Machined Misery”

Troy Taylor “Zero Gravity Ode Robby Cuthbert” Emma Siefring “Cornucupia”

Bishop Taylor “Tales Of The Evangelist” (Series of 5) Carly Vagedes “Mother Nature’s Womb” 11 Devin Chambers 12 Mona Danesh 12 Alivia Dzuro 12 Bella Garcia 10 "Drink of Deception" "I Don't Know Her" "Untitled" "Sheep Grazing" Barnesville High School Hilliard Davidson North Olmsted Finneytown High School High School High School Joshua Chaney 11 Hunter Gawne 12 "Commensalism" Mona Danesh 12 Regina Egan 11 "Kenny" Pickerington Central "Jazzab" "Sunday Evening News" Hudson High School High School Hilliard Davidson Hathaway Brown High School High School Jadon George 10 Amairani Chavez Juarez 12 Top 25 "Wifi The Monster Mutt" "No Horseplay" Michelle Ellerman 12 Pickerington Central High Aurora High School Aaris Daugherty 12 "Morph" School "Chaos" Lancaster High School Shivane Chawla 11 Stivers School for the Arts Isabella Getgey 11 "To Exist Is To Rebel" Lily Ellison 12 "701 East Basin" Ontario High School Jayvonne Davis 11 "Tactile Vertices" Wyoming High School "Mondo Burger" Hilliard Bradley Top 25 Caroline Chidester 12 Garfield High School High School "Building Shelves" Audra Gillespie 12 Upper Arlington Danielle De La Cruz 12 Lily Ellison 12 "Grandma" High School "I Wanna Get Out of Here" "Intertwined" Ashland High School Lakota East High School Hilliard Bradley Caroline Chidester 12 High School Jane Goble 12 "Rust" Garrett Decker 12 "Food For Thought" Upper Arlington "Dream On" Abigail Erickson 10 Chagrin Falls High School High School Norton High School "Rustic Crystal" Top 25 Olentangy Liberty Diamond Clement 12 Katherine Decker 12 High School Abigail Godwin 12 "Introspection Profile" "Shut Out" "The Road Home" Fort Hayes Career Center Gilmour Academy Joscelyn Ervin 12 Bellefontaine High School "Connected" Diamond Clement 12 William Deucher 11 Ontario High School Jakob Goettel 12 "Matures Bun" "Modern Movement" Top 25 "Hints of Stillness" Fort Hayes Career Center Saint Ignatius High School Lexington High School Angela Evans 12 Camden Coggburn 12 Jenna Dickenson 12 "Illicit" Kellie Graham 12 "Breaches" (Series of 3) "Alice" Ontario High School "Self Oppression" Fort Hayes Career Center Springfield High School Gahanna Lincoln Alexa Farist 12 High School Ellie Cook 11 Rachel Dinsmore 12 "Hello?" "Familiar Face" "Bird" Revere High School Ava Grannan 12 Village Academy Upper Arlington "Cycle of Life Mandala" High School Trinity Farmer 11 Wyoming High School Sarah Corbin 12 "New Perspective" "Twenty Two Percent" Zachary Doling 10 Miami Valley Career Ava Grannan 12 Thomas Worthington High "Ashes to Ashes" Technology Center "Many Hands" School Indian Hill High School Wyoming High School Madi Ferguson 12 Chris Coughlin 10 Emily Dontenville 12 "All Key'd Up" Laney Grimwood 9 "Wood Luminaire" "Artist's Lament" Indian Valley High School "Titus" University School Padua Franciscan Ontario High School High School High School Kylie Fine 12 "Missing" Bailey Hall 12 Auante Cox 12 Olivia Doyle 12 Stivers School for the Arts "Opposing Forces, Ode to "Life Wonders" (Series of 4) "Gavin, Jason, Aidan, and Robby Cuthbert" Fort Hayes Career Center Claire" (Series of 4) Jarrett Finely 10 Ontario High School Kings High School "Wahoo Indian" Angela Cuiffo 12 Ontario High School Owen Han 10 "Butler" Olivia Doyle 12 "Migration" Hudson High School No Title Sienna Float 12 Brecksville-Broadview Kings High School "Play Thing" Heights High School Mona Danesh 12 Pickerington Central "Roosari/Chador" Olivia Driscoll 12 High School Michael Hardman 10 Hilliard Davidson "Acatalepsy" "Train Tracks" High School Olentangy Liberty Lauren Fournier 12 (Series of 3) High School "Blue" Olentangy High School Mona Danesh 12 William Mason High School "Memory Loss" Aimee Duckworth 12 Cory Harris 12 Hilliard Davidson "Rocks" Jesse Freas 12 "Internet Influence" High School Hilliard Bradley "Jonah's Face" Fort Hayes Career Center High School Highland High School

12 Mae Harris 12 Abigail Hull 11 Stephanie Lagaly 11 Adam Martin 12 "Defective Lungs" "Friends" "Sunny Side Up" "Renaissance" Shaker Heights High School Napoleon High School Wyoming High School Hudson High School

Hannah Hatley 12 Trinity Jaeckels 12 Gina Lambert 11 Sarah Martin 12 "People I Know" "Deer To My Heart"/ "Exploration" "Engulfed" (Series of 3) (Series of 5) "Grin And Bear It" Pickerington North High Upper Arlington Arts & College Laurel Oaks Career School High School Prep Academy Campus Celeste Langree 12 Olivia Mascia 12 Benjamin Haward 12 Kaila Jessee 12 "Poem" (Series of 5) "Insecta" (Series of 5) "Clockwork" "Head In The Clouds" Walnut Hills High School Mentor High School Wyoming High School Stivers School for the Arts Jake Levine 12 Nathan Mattson 10 Laurel Heer 12 Lillian Johns 11 "Vibrant Night" "7 Sides And a Face Jug" "Come Here, Baby…" "Three Is A Crowd" Chagrin Falls High School Ada High School Dublin Scioto High School Hilliard Bradley High School Margeaux Lim 12 Nathan Mattson 10 Laurel Heer 12 No Title "Stacked Pots" "I've Come Undone" Heather Johnson 12 Centerville High School Ada High School Dublin Scioto High School "Pool" Top 25 Whitmer High School Olivia Lonergan 11 Macy McAdams 12 "Alejandro" "Creepcake-Devour" Kacie Heflin 12 Cesar Jurado 12 Stivers School for the Arts (Series of 4) "Personal Gardens" "Organs" Highland High School Stivers School for the Arts Hilliard Davidson Olivia Lonergan 11 High School "Cake Study" Macy McAdams 12 Mia Heidenreich 10 Stivers School for the Arts "Good Christian Med-Peail" "Intrusive Thought" Stephen Kamph 12 (Series of 3) Stivers School for the Arts "Oblinion's Eye" Sarah Lowe 12 Highland High School Perry High School "Lakeside Scenery" Rachel Hensley 12 Wyoming High School Hannah McCartney 12 "Kameron Keen" Elayna Kapelka 11 "Lose Yourself" Copley High School "Myrtle" Lauren Lowell 12 Clear Fork High School Calvert Catholic "The Escape" Chloe Hoang 10 High School Lakewood High School Hannah McCartney 12 "Fashion" "The American Man" Hilliard Bradley Lara Ketonen 11 Ethan Luedy 12 Clear Fork High School High School "Divergent" "I'll Come Back to You" Aurora High School Mansfield Senior Sun'Shynne Moon McGhee 11 Andrew Hogan 11 High School "Hardtimes" "Flower Garden" Sabrina Khan 12 Charles F Brush Edison High School "Slumped Glass Bowl" Kiara Maclin 12 High School (Series of 3) "Caged Innocence" Matthew Holland 12 Anderson High School Charles F Brush Julia Mcguire-Allen 12 "Ri Sing" High School "Dream Babies" University School Simon Kingston 12 Olentangy Liberty High School "Prints" (Series of 5) Hastings Marek 12 High School Stivers School for the Arts "All of Me" Stephanie Hoop 11 Top 25 Watkins Memorial Harley McKinney 11 "A Death in the Family" High School "Until Tomorrow" Hilliard Bradley Maria Kisker 12 Apollo Career Center High School "Market Place" Wilhelmina Marks 12 (Series of 2) "Honey, I Am Strong" Natalie McNamara 11 Stephanie Hoop 11 Oakwood High School Ontario High School "Nymph" "Scorched" Stivers School for the Arts Hilliard Bradley Montara Kiss 12 Wilhelmina Marks 12 High School "Inspired By Vangogh" "Parellel Universe" Natalie McNamara 11 Copley High School Ontario High School "Anna" Macy Horton 12 Stivers School for the Arts "Windy City" Audra Kitchen 12 Wilhelmina Marks 12 Wyoming High School "Tangled" "Feed Me" Delaney McQuown 12 Dublin Scioto High School Ontario High School "Verglas" Jamie Hoy 12 Upper Sandusky "Watch" Kristina Kreutzer 11 Wilhelmina Marks 12 High School Hudson High School "Insides Out” "2.26.17 4:22" (Series of 3) Ontario High School Delaney McQuown 12 Liam Hughes 12 Wyoming High School "Cinnamon" "Lethal Force" Wilhelmina Marks 12 Upper Sandusky Thomas Worthington Aaron Kusko 12 "2.26.17 4:19" High School High School "Performing Girl" Ontario High School Watkins Memorial Top 25 High School

13 Audrey Meeker 12 Caley Mulligan 11 Dylan Phipps 12 Edgar Rosaled 12 "A Single Tear" "Rat Wall" "No Face, No Name" "Self Portrait" Olentangy Liberty Upper Arlington (Series of 3) Firestone Community High School High School Ketterington Fairmont Learning Center High School Samuel Michael 12 Brie Mullins 12 Top 25 Juliana Runyon 11 "Cemil" "Me, Myself, and I" "Apocalypse Now" Firestone Community West Jefferson Hailey Piche 10 East Knox High School Learning Center High School "Lavendar Tea Set" Olentangy High School Jacob Russo 10 Elyza Michalski 11 Brie Mullins 12 "Out Of Focus" "Essence Of Frank" "When In Doubt, Pinky Out" Isabella Pignatiello 11 Hudson High School Lakewood High School West Jefferson "Foul Squeeze" HighSchool Brecksville-Broadview Deanna Sagaris 12 Cora Mihalick 12 Top 25 Heights High School "Face Salad" "Golden Death" Aurora High School (Series of 4) Keely Murray 12 Sydney Pliska 12 Newark Catholic "Well Rounded" "Village" Michaela Sahr 12 High School Copley High School Hilliard Bradley High School "Animal Hand" Top 25 Amanda Clearcreek Bryce Miller 12 Taylor Nadal 12 High School "He Laan Papa" "Painted in Stone" Sophie Pobuda 11 Ontario High School Dublin Scioto High School "Birdie" Nicolle Salerno 12 Stivers School for the Arts "Screech Owl" Jessica Miller 12 Christine Ohare 11 Highland High School "Synchronicity" "Abandoned Ohio" Andrew Popil 12 Lexington High School Bay High School "Caught in the Web" Jade Salyers 10 St Edward High School "Lady" Lauren Miller 12 Emi Olin 10 Ontario High School "Schizophrenic Nightmare" "Tranquility" Rhianna Powell 12 Watkins Memorial Athens High School "Fog" Susannah Schroeder 11 High School Waynesville High School "Albert and Fernando" Roxana Olt 11 Top 25 Olentangy Orange High Sydney Miller 12 "Leo" School "Sullen" Stivers School for the Arts Destiny Pullano 11 Hudson High School "Night Clouds" Yemazen Sellassie 10 Abigail Partridge 12 Margaretta High School "Big Brother" Brooke Minner 12 "Hair/Blue" Stivers School for the Arts "Make Music Colorful" Fort Hayes Career Center Rithu Rajagopala 10 Colerain High School "Africa" Sarthak Shah 12 Parnika Patel 12 Walnut Hills High School "Self Portrait in Objects" Alissa Mitchell 11 "Zoa" Olentangy Liberty "The Hot Seat" Olentangy Liberty Ryan Ramirez 12 High School Dublin Scioto High School High School "RE:straint" Top 25 Springfield High School Katelynn Mock 12 TaDareus Patterson 11 Richa Sheth 12 "Sick" "Helping Out A Homeless" Sakurako Reed 12 "In Bloom" (Series of 3) Bryan High School Springfield High School "That One Bad Family Olentangy Liberty Top 25 Reunion Picture" High School Anastasia Montgomery 11 Aurora High School "Butterfly Ring" John Payiavlas 12 Jackson Shillinglaw 10 Groveport Madison "The Subconscious" Sakurako Reed 12 "Spineless" High School (Series of 2) "RIF (Rest in Finland)" Stivers School for the Arts Warren G. Harding High Aurora High School Aliya Mosher 10 School Alexa Shin 11 "Souvenirs" Sakurako Reed 12 "Daisy's End" Dover High School John Payiavlas 12 "Sakura" Revere High School "Self Portrait with Brush" Aurora High School Sarah Mowrey 12 Warren G. Harding High Emily Shonk 11 "Introspection" School Kimberly Roberts 12 "Tasty and Fashionable" Olentangy High School "Your Simple Solution" (Series of 2) Colin Pender 12 Bryan High School Indian Valley High School Sarah Mowrey 12 "New Ground" Top 25 "Cat & Mouse" St Edward High School Kimberly Roberts 12 Olentangy High School "You'll Never Make it Out of Emma Siefring 12 Top 25 Max Peralta 12 This Small Town Alive" "Mac n' Chimps" "No Skating" Bryan High School Olentangy Liberty Caley Mulligan 11 St Edward High School High School "Letters" Leonel Rodriguez 12 Upper Arlington Amalia Petreman 11 "Expressions" (Series of 3) Emma Siefring 12 High School "Abyss" Hamilton High School "The Liquid Path" Stivers School for the Arts Olentangy Liberty High School

14 Emma Siefring 12 Troy Taylor 12 Elijah Wagner 12 Yirmeyah Yehuda 12 "Cornucupia" "Zero Gravity Ode "A Bug Mask You Punk" "SADD The People Olentangy Liberty Robby Cuthbert" Athens High School Series 2" High School Ontario High School Fort Hayes Career Center Top 25 Top 25 Elijah Wagner 12 "Breaking Through" Yirmeyah Yehuda 12 Graham Smith 12 Carrie Terrell 12 Athens High School "Conversation People "Hepaestus's Cradle" "Negative Space" Series 3" Chagrin Falls High School Kettering Fairmont Lauren Waldrop 12 Fort Hayes Career Center High School "Recycled Eyes" Graham Smith 12 Olentangy Liberty Yirmeyan Yehuda 12 "Children of Tender Teigan Thackston 12 High School "The People Series 8" Indifference" "Pan" Fort Hayes Career Center Chagrin Falls High School Fairfield Local High School Jenny Wang 12 "Portrait of Jenny Wang" Nicolas Zara 11 Keyondee Smith 10 Cheyenne Thomas 12 Firestone Community "Counter Balancell" "Reflections on McKinley" "Lord Flacko" Learning Center Ontario High School Warren G. Harding Granville High School High School Misty Waters 12 Nicolas Zara 11 Rebecca Tiedman 12 "Yarn for Me" "Atypical" Yeeun Song 11 "The Lurking" Tiffin Columbian Ontario High School "I Can't Think Of The Words" Euclid High School High School Dublin Scioto High School Abigail Trapani 12 Hannah Weisburn 11 Grace Steiner 12 "Thrifting" "The Holy (G)rail" "Mountainscape 2" Hilliard Bradley Revere High School Wyoming High School High School Logan Wells 11 Sydney Stek 10 Josh Trout 12 "Meta" "May" "Office Space" Butler Tech Arts & College Perkins High School School of the Arts Prep Academy Andrew Underwood 9 Margaret Whipps 12 Emily Steward 11 "Laface" "Photographic Memories" "Lost at Tea" Ontario High School Upper Arlington Whitmer High School High School Carly Vagedes 12 Grace Stiles 12 "The Impact of Memories" Lydia Wickham 12 "Secluded" Stivers School for the Arts "ICU" (Series of 4) Hudson High School Circleville High School Carly Vagedes 12 Jessica Stitts 12 "Memories of a Joanna Wiedl 12 "Alien" Forgotten Man" "Lost Head" Mount Vernon High School Stivers School for the Arts Dublin Coffman High School

Maya Stoffer 11 Carly Vagedes 12 Kenneth Wilder 12 "Treecityscape" "Anatomy of a Forest" "Diesel-EP" (Series of 3) Wyoming High School Stivers School for the Arts Fort Hayes Career Center

Dante Sudilovsky 12 Carly Vagedes 12 Connor Williams 12 "Machined Misery" "Mother Nature's Womb" "Journey" University School Stivers School for the Arts Wyoming High School High School Top 25 Top 25 Mikayla Willis 12 Luke Villarreal 10 "Joey" Bishop Taylor 12 "Flying Fortress" Barnesville High School "Mediocre" (Series of 2) Lakota East High School Laurel Oaks Faith Wilson 11 Career Campus Camille Volk 11 "Broken Thought" "Golden Touch" Dover High School Bishop Taylor 12 Revere High School " A Friend of a Friend" Lilia Winkler 10 (Series of 4) Camille Volk 11 "Other Mother" Laurel Oaks "Pumpkins" Thomas Worthington Career Campus Revere High School High School

Bishop Taylor 12 Camille Volk 11 Meagan Worthy 12 "Tales Of The Evangelist" "Wattes Bottles" "Jeff the Llama" (Series of 5) Revere High School Bowling Green High School Laurel Oaks Career Campus Alexander Vuksta 12 Taylor Wright 12 Top 25 "Spaghetti" "Morgan's Ice Cone" Hudson High School Circleville High School

15 2017 ADVISORY BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Thad Ricker – Executive Director, Art Educator

George R. Fichter – Chair Governing Board/Senior Consultant, School Match Wes Blizzard – Director Emeritus, Retired Art Educator William Decker – Treasurer, Artist, Retired Arts Educator Karen Downard – Administrative Consultant, Technology Educator Ann Boeckman – Residence Manager to the First Lady of Ohio Beverly Farlow – Attorney At Law, Farlow and Associates L.L.C. Linda Fowler – Fiber Artist, Executive Director of Quilt/Surface Design Int., LTD. Laura Tawill – President, Ohio Art Education Association, Art Educator Monika Kaleps – Artist, Photographer/Installation Director Mark Nagel – Art Educator, Upper Arlington High School Nancy Pistone – State Art Education Consultant Jeff Shaw – Art Educator, Capital University/ Painter

THE OHIO GOVERNOR'S YOUTH ART EXHIBITION

The Ohio Governor’s Youth Art Exhibition, now in its forty-seventh year, is dedicated to the edu- cational and artistic advancement of our talented young people in the state of Ohio. The Exhibi- tion is open to all of Ohio’s 1,052 high schools, both public and private, chartered by the State of Ohio Department of Education. Our purpose is to provide all budding young artists of the state with opportunities to advance their talent, whether that be through scholarships or simply experi- encing the process of entering their work in a competition. The Exhibition is a valuable incentive for our young people; it encourages an appreciation for the arts throughout Ohio and reflects the fine quality of art instruction and talent that exist in our state.

The process of selecting art works for the State Exhibition begins on a regional level. The state is divided into 15 regional locations, with high school students in each region invited to enter work in that regional judging. Each region has a designated Regional Director, who is respon- sible for choosing the judges for his or her region and arranging specifics of the event.

This state judging takes place in Columbus; however, the judges for this level of competition are chosen from all over the country and are generally professional artists themselves, college level instructors, or both.

From the more than 10,800 regional entries from the 15 regions, approximately 2,500 are se- lected to enter the state judging. State jurors then select 300 for the actual Exhibition, with 25 of the 300 chosen to receive the Governor’s Award of Excellence. Scholarships are offered to seniors by more than 30 universities and colleges of art. The selection of students to be offered scholarships is left strictly up to those institutions who offer them. The Governor’s Exhibition is merely a vehicle through which schools and students are brought together.

The Exhibition opens at the James A. Rhodes State Office Tower, across from the state capitol, in April and closes near the end of May. An awards ceremony is held at the Columbus Ath- enaeum in the students’ honor prior to the opening. The attendance at the awards ceremony is over 700 and the Exhibition attendance is at least 1,200. At the Exhibition awards ceremony, students receive Awards of Excellence and scholarship awards.

16 SPONSORS • AMACO\Brent • Art Academy of Cincinnati • Ashland University • Ball State University, School of Art - Muncie, IN • Blick Art Materials • Bowling Green State University, School of Art • Buckeye Ceramic Supply • Capital University - Columbus • Cleveland Institute of Art • College for Creative Studies - Detroit, MI • Columbus Clay Company • Columbus College of Art and Design • Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT)/SUNY - New York • Kansas City Art Institute (KCAI) - Kansas City, MO • Kendall College of Art and Design of Ferris State University - Grand Rapids • Laguna College of Art + Design • Marietta College, Art Department - Marietta, OH • Mayco Colors • Maryland Institute, College of Art - Baltimore, MD • McConnell Arts Center of Worthington • Montserrat College of Art - Beverly, MA • Mount St. Joseph University - Cincinnati, OH • Myers School of Art, The University of Akron • New Hampshire Institute of Art - Manchester • Ohio Art Education Association • Ohio Ceramic Supply • Ohio Designer Craftsmen • Ohio State Fair Youth Arts Exhibition • The Ohio State University, College of Arts and Sciences • Ohio University, School of Art + Design - Athens, OH • Ohio Wesleyan University - Delaware, OH • Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts - Philadelphia • Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) • School of Advertising Art - Kettering, OH • School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) • School of Visual Arts (SVA) - New York, NY • University of Dayton • University of Mount Union - Alliance, OH • University of St. Francis, School of Creative Arts - Ft. Wayne, IN • University of Toledo Department of Art

• The Governor of the State of Ohio • The Ohio Department of Education

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