Silhouette Visual Journals

Students in Photography classes at PHS have been shooting silhouette photos in class. They have also created designs in their Visual Journals based on a silhouette to include layering over text, transparency, and repetition through embellishment. Here are a few of their amazing designs! More to come later!

Congrats to PHS Art Students! Scholastics Art Competition 2014-15

Congratulations to the 2015 Scholastic Art Award winners at PHS! Grace Weir (IB Art) received 2 Gold Key Awards in Fashion. Hannah Rust (Photography 2) and Olivia Kwiecinski (IB Art) won Silver Key Awards in Photography, and Honorable Mention was awarded to Colette Beard (IB Art) for Mixed Media; Frederik Lilleor (IB Art and Photography 2),  Kyrah Dillingham (Photography 2),  and Brandon Mullins (Photography 2) for Photography; and Kiana Foster (IB Art) for Painting. Congrats Art students!! The Exhibit opens Jan. 23 at 6pm at the Art Academy of Cincinnati and will run through Feb. 6. The Awards Ceremony is Jan. 30 at the Northern KY Convention Center. 

 by Kyrah Dillingham

 by Hannah Rust

 by Colette Beard

 by Grace Weir

 by Grace Weir

 by Brandon Mullins

 by Kiana Foster

 by Olivia Kwiecinski

by Frederik Lilleor

Scholastics Results for 2013-14

Princeton High School Art Department would like to announce the students who have had work recognized in the Regional Scholastics Art Competition. This is one of the most widely recognized art competitions for middle and high school students in the US. The competition begins at the regional level and judges choose works or portfolios for three different awards: Honorable Mention, Silver Key, and Gold Key. These works will be displayed at a regional exhibition at River Center in Covington. All Gold Key winners go on to compete at the National level during which Gold and Silver Keys are awarded in New York City.

Award recipients from Lindsay Holliday's, Emily Lie's, and Melissa Sand's classes include: 

Gold Key Award: Elizabeth Britton; Silver Key Awards: Olivia Kwiencinski, Skyler Wilson, Colette Beard, Kaetlyn Culter, Tim Fortner, and Maddie Lohmeier; Honorable Mentions: Julia Denny, Colette Beard, William Cheney, Elizabeth Britton, Megan McGuire, Breaunna Robinson, Brooke Snelling, and two for Jordan Richardson. 

Identity by Liz Britton 

Received a Gold Key Award

Please join us for the ceremony,  2/21/2014 at the Northern Kentucky Convention Center, One West RiverCenter Blvd. Covington, Kentucky  41011. 9th & 10th Grade - 7 pm; 11th & 12th Grade - 8 pm.

The exhibition is across the street at 100 Rivercenter on the 10th Floor (Above First Watch) and remain open until 10 pm following the ceremony.

Exhibition Dates: 2/7/2014 - 2/21/2014. Madison Place 100 West RiverCenter Blvd.Covington, KY  41011

Opening Night Friday, February 7, 2014  (5 to 9 pm) Saturdays & Sundays  (noon to 3 pm) Monday - Friday (9 to noon & 4 to 7 pm) Exhibition Runs from February 7 – 21

For more information visit:  http://www.artandwriting.org or http://www.artmachineinc.org

One Word for 2014

One Word for 2014

Theme:

Every New Year's day many people in the US resolve to make a change or reach a goal and as we know too well the resolutions are usually broken in a matter of three weeks.

Why not simplify this idea by choosing one word to guide you in 2014?

One word: we can remember it and focus on it and do it. Then you have meaning and mission with that word that gives you passion and purpose to live throughout the year.

Watch the 3 minute clip from the Today show with guest and motivational speaker John Gordon here: http://www.today.com/video/today/53957503#53957503

How do you choose the one word for you?

Visual Challenge (Objectives):

Choose a single word to guide you in 2014.

Express your word visually in a unique and creative way.

Complete this work by the deadline. Your work will be displayed digitally along with the work of your peers!

Find out how students at PHS expressed their One Word in their Visual Art by viewing the gallery here:

https://picasaweb.google.com/116055350805865877454/OneWordFor2014?authuser=0&feat=directlink

Fairytales, Myths, and Legends by Photo 2

 La Lorona by Maria Galan

 Little Red by Aleah Hunn

 Red Riding Hood by Kaitlyn Culter

 Jasmine by Diamond Grissom

 Ruby Slippers by Tory Pullum

 Pocahantas by Ally Cox

 Vampire by Megan McGuire

The Way to Oz by Madison Lucas

The Memory Project at PHS

The IB Visual Arts students (Colette Beard, Odessa Boettger, Emilija Bostogaite, Tim Fortner, Michelle Gutierrez, Tanner Kissel, Maddie Lohmeier, and Cara Mosso)  at PHSl are participating in The Memory Project as a project in the Humanity Unit of the curriculum. The Memory Project is a nonprofit organization through which art students in the U.S. create portraits for children and teens around the world who are living in orphanages or similar homes.  Given that youth in such situations usually have few personal keepsakes, the purpose of the portraits is to provide them with meaningful mementos of their youth.  The project also allows art students to practice kindness and service to others while enhancing their portraiture skills. Our students are creating portraits for children in Nepal. The cost for each portrait is a $15 donation. If you are interested in sponsoring a PHS student in this project, please contact Lindsay Holliday at lholliday@princetonschools.net or 513-864-1523. Contributions are tax-deductible, and we will gladly share the photos we taken of the children receiving the portraits in Nepal. For more information on the project go to http://www.memoryproject.org 

Carrie Brausch recognized for her Ceramics Work!

Senior Carolyn Brausch was recently named the winner of a high school ceramic art competition at FUNKē Fired Arts!  This is FUNKē’s first year holding the competition.  Current juniors and seniors from the greater Cincinnati area were invited to submit up to three ceramic pieces along with an artist statement and letter of recommendation. The finalists selected will each have one artwork on display for a month-long art exhibit at FUNKē Fired Arts. Not only was Carolyn’s hand sculpture (pictured below) selected as a finalist, but it was also the overall winner!  She essentially wins a scholarship that will allow her to take classes at FUNKē Fired Arts this summer free of charge, and will also serve as an intern where she will learn about the ins and outs of the studio and deepen her understanding of the ceramics world. The opening reception will take place on May 31^st from 6:00-8:00pm at FUNKē Fired Arts (3130 Wasson Rd., Cincinnati, OH 45209).

Carolyn’s three pieces submitted include a hand sculpture (the winner!), a coil pot, and a teapot.

Congratulations to Carolyn, and thank you for representing Princeton well!