Teen-Age Talent
High School Art Exhibition
Imagine a diorama of Edvard Munch’s The
Scream, a 3½ foot long Egyptian scroll containing line after
line of hieroglyphs and illustrated with gods, or a four-foot
high Samurai with perfectly fitted black and red armor. You will
see these and more in Teen-Age Talent, the high school
art exhibit at the Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum, on display
April 4—May 10. Works were chosen for their outstanding
quality by art teachers of Coshocton, Ridgewood and River View
High Schools, as well as the Opportunity School. Although the
pieces are diverse in medium, technique and content, they all
share a common expression of creativity. The students’ works
will be judged by local artists Sarah Edwards and Kelsey Schott
in four categories: Fine Art, 3-Dimensional, Design, and Black
and White Drawing.
Some of the most accomplished pieces are
found in the Black and White Drawing category. Evan Wesney, Katy
Wiley and Alex Easterday of Myrtle Beall’s Coshocton High
School’s Studio Art class make a strong presentation with their
self portraits. Their pieces were executed on black paper with
white charcoal pencil. Their representational abilities and
attention to detail are phenomenal. Also, student Jenna Shaw of
Joan Stauffer’s Studio Lessons demonstrates a great deal of
artistic creativity with her sculptural piece “Scare Crow” and
fantasy illustration “The Dragon Girl.” For those who enjoy the
whimsical, Ridgewood’s ceramic sculptures—a carp, eel, and human
heart, to name a few—will make you smile. Also, the Museum Teen
Volunteer’s constructed a Bridge to Nowhere, a metaphor for the
unsure future they are preparing for. These are only a few
examples of the artistic talents of our area youth.
The artists’ reception will be on April 3rd,
from 5:30 to 7:30 P.M. This will be a memorable evening,
bursting with innovative art, tasty refreshments and the very
cool sounds of Whitewoman Combo. Whitewoman Combo plays those
immortal jazz standards loved by young and old. Whitewoman Combo
musicians include Nick Schmidt on guitar and vocals, Sam Schmidt
on Sax, Ken Brode on drums.
This
is the Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum’s 20th Teen-Age
Talent exhibit. Each year brings to light fresh work by
talented and diligent artists. The Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum
is located in Roscoe Village in Coshocton. The Ohio Arts Council
helps fund the museum with state tax dollars to encourage
economic growth, educational excellence and cultural enrichment
for all Ohioans.
