If you weren’t already aware, the Brush Art Department is one of the crown jewels of the SEL District. Every year, Brush art students win awards at local, state, and national competitions and a surprising number of students go on to pursue fine arts or applied arts careers. Brush will be one of the 11 regions in the state of Ohio for the Governor’s show this year. Brush Art teachers will take in an enormous amount of student artwork to be judged regionally, as the most central region in Northeastern Ohio. Works selected by judges at Brush will go to Columbus for a state final judging. The event is from 7:30 -5pm Saturday, March 5th.
In keeping with tradition, Brush students swept the recent Scholastic Art and Writing Awards. Brush students received 22 awards at the 36th Annual Scholastics Art & Writing competition. This exhibit showcases Cuyahoga County’s finest young talent. Judges sorted through 3,000 pieces of artwork and writing samples before choosing the finalists that were on display at the Cleveland Institute of Art’s Reinberger Gallery from January 14- 30th.
All pieces receiving the highest merit of “Gold Key” will continue to be judged at the national competition in New York City.
Congrats to the following students:
GOLD KEY AWARDS
Danae Scoville
Aquatic Blues, Mixed Media
Educator: Sarah Curry
Lexi Steverding
Fire and Ice, Painting
Educator: Sarah Curry
SILVER KEY AWARDS
Ava Glessner
Alicia, Drawing and Illustration
Educator: Sarah Curry
Ava Glessner
Bugging Me, Drawing and Illustration
Educator: Sarah Curry
Jaylen Hawkins
Black Bun, Drawing and Illustration
Educator: Sarah Curry
Kiara Maclin
Somewhere Over the Rainboots, Digital Art
Educator: Hadley Conner
Lexi Steverding
Wild Things, Painting
Educator: Sarah Curry
Mike Taddeo
Shadows, Photography
Educator: Hadley Conner
H(ONORABLE MENTION AWARDS
Mikayla Colston
Petals in the Sky, Photography
Educator: Hadley Conner
Alicia Feliciano
St. Felicia the Patron of Farewells, Painting
Educator: Sarah Curry
Alicia Feliciano
Destination Destiny, Mixed Media
Educator: Sarah Curry
Sam Fisher
Pica So Kawaii, Painting
Educator: Sarah Curry
Jaylen Hawkins
Pillsbury Dough Boy, Drawing and Illustration
Educator: Sarah Curry
Jaylen Hawkins
Resting Bitch Face, Painting
Educator: Sarah Curry
Jaylen Hawkins
I Don’t Know What to Name This, Art Portfolio
Educator: Sarah Curry
Kiara Maclin
Let’s Go Bowling! Photography
Brush High School
Educator: Hadley Conner
Chassidy Smedley
Vibe, Painting
Educator: Sarah Curry
Lexi Steverding
Sweet Nothings, Painting
Educator: Sarah Curry
Lexi Steverding
Jane, Painting
Educator: Sarah Curry
Lexi Steverding
Singles, Painting
Educator: Sarah Curry
Jesse Waxman
Candy Still Life, Drawing and Illustration
Educator: Sarah Curry
Clarke Wheeler
Kids in Snow, Photography
Educator: Hadley Conner
The SEL Experience Project 