News - ALHS students excel at Regional Scholastic Art Show

Published on January 30, 2024

Avon Lake High School is pleased to announce another successful showing from our students in the Regional Scholastic Art Show In total, 52 works were accepted with 14 Gold Keys (highest honor), 20 Silver Keys, and 18 honorable mentions earned.

Now in its 56th year in the Lorain County region, the show takes place in the Beth K. Stocker Gallery at the Stocker Arts Center on the campus of Lorain County Community College, 1005 N. Abbe Road, Elyria, and is sponsored by Nordson Corporation. The exhibit draws from public, parochial, and private middle and high schools from Lorain, Erie, and Huron counties. Over 1,600 works are entered annually and 550 were selected for exhibition. All Gold Key works move forward for national judging in New York City.

The categories of art include Architecture & Industrial, Ceramics & Glass, Comic Art, Design, Digital, Drawing & illustration, Editorial Cartoon, Expanded Projects, Fashion, Film & Animation, Jewelry, Mixed Media, Painting, Photography, Printmaking, Sculpture, and Senior Art Portfolio.

The show runs through Feb. 15. Gallery hours for the public are: Daytime: Mondays - Fridays from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Evening: Tuesdays, Wednesday, and Thursdays from 4 to 6:30 p.m. and Sundays from 1 to 3 p.m. (All dates and times are subject to change).

Congratulations to the ALHS students listed below:
Gold Keys
Kayci Balog, junior; Sofia Distefano, junior; Anthony Ferrari (2), senior; Hattie Rose Hobar (2), senior; Maria Ieropoli (2), sophomore; Ella Monchein (2), senior; Madelyn Sakach, junior; and Owen Sears (3), senior.

Kaila Ungar, senior
Gold Key Portfolio - “self disdain”

Silver Keys
Natalie Avarello, sophomore; Kayci Balog (2), junior; Nola Banks, junior; Sally Butler, junior; Sofia Distefano, junior; Christina Elios, senior; Andrew Feher, sophomore; Ian Gerhart (2), senior; Hattie Rose Hobar, senior; Evelyn Krupa, junior; Alyssa Qualiotto, senior; Ana Paragios, freshman; Marisa Summerfield, senior; Clara Thomas (2), sophomore; Kaila Ungar (2), senior; and Griffin Walsh, sophomore.

Honorable Mentions
Kayci Balog, junior; Sofia Distefano, junior; Christina Elios, senior; Abby Evans, freshman; Andrew Feher, sophomore; Anthony Ferrari, senior; Marc Grozav (2), junior; Hattie Rose Hobar, senior; Rae Nelson, sophomore; Sydney Patterson, sophomore; Alyssa Qualiotto (2), senior; Grady Shannon (2), sophomore; Marisa Summerfield, senior; Nina Szewczyk, junior; and Andrei Toader, sophomore.

Thank you to our Avon Lake High School art teachers Yvonne Craigo and Christian Fredriksen.