Congratulations to our 54th Annual selected High School artists!
Juror’s statement:
Rob Millard-Mendez,
Professor of Art at the University of Southern Indiana in Evansville, Indiana
I would like to thank Edward Trover and the rest of the staff at the Swope for inviting me to be the juror for the 54th Annual Student Exhibition, it is a great honor. Thanks also go out to the students who submitted work to the exhibition, it takes courage to send your work out to be evaluated by a stranger. I would also like to thank the art teachers and parents who support and challenge the young artists who submitted work to the show. While jurying, I looked at a few different criteria: originality, strength of concept/content, and quality of execution.
The overall quality of the work in the show is quite high. I was impressed with the creativity in the work. There are many pieces that take risks and show strong design and drawing skills. Some of the work in the show is a bit somber, which is understandable, considering the events of the past twelve months. I made a conscious effort to choose pieces with bright colors and uplifting content. I hope that the show buoys the moods of viewers while also acknowledging that we have all been through a difficult time.
If you are a student who submitted work to the show and did not get in, I sincerely hope that you keep making your art in your own way! Jurying an exhibition like this one is (by its very nature) subjective. It is likely that a different juror would have chosen a very different show.
Juror’s High School Merit Awards
Pump, white charcoal pencil
Julia Goulding, Junior, Terre Haute North High School
Entity of Distortion, cardboard and paint
Olivia Greve, Senior, West Vigo High School
Not-So-Still-Life, graphite on paper
Nathan Hawkins, Sophomore, South Vigo High School
Rose Crusher, pencil and colored pencil
Elisabeth Hayes, Junior, Greencastle High School
RBG, linocut
Hannah Rush, Junior, Bloomfield High School
Other Selected High School Entries:
IBLIDK, conte on paper
Cansas Rhodes, 10th, Bloomfield High School
Comfortably Arbitrary, pencil, colored pencil
Madison England, Senior, Bloomfield High School
Fossilized Nature, opaque watercolor and charcoal
Samantha Strader, Senior, Booker T. High School
No Thoughts, opaque watercolor and charcoal
Mabel Lewis, Senior, Greencastle High School
Final Rest, digital drawing
Jasmine Weddle, Senior, Greencastle High School
Shut Up, digital painting
Eihi Yoshinaga, Senior, Greencastle High School
Flower Dance, ink and watercolor
Ahnyka Pryce, Junior, Greencastle High School
Time Theory, charcoal
Jay Evans, Senior, Greencastle High School
Tom Cat, gouache
Abigail Beauchamp, Senior, Greencastle High School
Off Beat Kazoo, pencil
Ian Abendroth, Junior, Hutsonville High School
Living in a World of Fuzz, chalk pastel
Lexi Evans, Sophomore, Hutsonville High School
Aaron, pen, ink on paper
Rachel Teska, Freshman, Hutsonville High School
Selfportrait, acrylic paint on canvas board
Trinity Rector, Senior, South Vermillion High School
Edgar, pencil on paper
Aubrie McIntyre, Senior, South Vermillion High School
Stars & Dots, oil pastel on paper
Chloe Rippy, Senior, South Vermillion High School
Claire, chalk on paper
Aubrie McIntyre, Senior, South Vermillion High School
Flower Power, chalk on paper
Aubrie McIntyre, Senior, South Vermillion High School
Brenden, oil pastel on paper
Aubrie McIntyre, Senior, South Vermillion High School
Hanging Still-Life, paper mache mask
Aubrie McIntyre, Senior, South Vermillion High School
Selfportrait, paper mache mask
Abrielle Nestler, Sophomore, South Vermillion High School
Masking Off Stage, tempera paint on paper mache
Gray (Grace) Mathieu, Junior, South Vigo High School
Masquerades, tempera paint on paper mache
Kaitlyn David, Junior, South Vigo High School
The Medieval Swan, tempera paint on paper mache
Jadyn Grimes, Senior, South Vigo High School
Egg on Toast, graphite on paper
Sonya Woolston, Junior, South Vigo High School
Think Outside the Circle, colored pencil on paper
Nevaeh Shouse, Junior, South Vigo High School
Spirit, colored sand; colored pencil on tagboard
Elisa Williams, Senior, South Vigo High School
Gracie, photograph
Audra Allen, Freshman, South Vigo High School
Visions of Cotton Candy, pencil on paper
Malyssa McGranahan, Junior, Terre Haute North High School
Song of Life, pencil on paper
Connor O’Rourke, Junior, Terre Haute North High School
Aware of Itself, white charcoal pencil
Connor O’Rourke, Junior, Terre Haute North High School
Somethin Like That, pencil
Connor O’Rourke, Junior, Terre Haute North High School
Celebrity, oil paint
Amelia Spaugh, Freshman, Terre Haute North High School
Psycho, cardboard, paint
Amelia Spaugh, Freshman, Terre Haute North High School
Mountainside, oil paint
Connor O’Rourke, Junior, Terre Haute North High School
Golden Flower, acrylic on canvas with lashes
Charlie Lawson, Junior, West Vigo High School
Participating High Schools and Instructors
Bloomfield High School, Bloomfield, Indiana
Wyatt LeGrand, instructor
Booker T. Washington High School, Terre Haute, Indiana
Christine Ellis, instructor
Greencastle High School, Greencastle, Indiana
Robin A. Johnson, instructor
Hutsonville High School, Hutsonville, Illinois
Angela Compton, instructor
South Vermillion High School, Clinton, Indiana
Joshua Kersey, instructor
Terre Haute North Vigo High School, Terre Haute, Indiana
Edward Holloman and Addie Thompson, instructors
Terre Haute South Vigo High School, Terre Haute, Indiana
Emilee Chervenko and Mindy Lewellyn, instructors
West Vigo High School, West Terre Haute, Indiana
Sara Laughlin, instructor
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