HIGH SCHOOL

AREA SHOW 6TH DISTRICT CONGRESSIONAL

ART COMPETITION

April 24-May 24, 2020

Sponsors:

Westin Grinwis, Wired Energy, Charcoal Powder

and Ink Pen

Anthony Chupp, Untitled, Ink, Graphite

Dangelo Rostic, Красивая, Ink

Antwon Johnson, Blue Gill, Glassblowing

2020 High School Area Show

Juror statement-Barb Whitney Executive Director for Lansing Art Gallery & Education Center

What an honor to serve as the juror for the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts’ 2020 High School Area Show! I was impressed by the varied and numerous entries of artwork created by high school students in Southwest Michigan. As an important part of the jury process, I seek works of art that warrant a closer look. They make take pause, command me to gasp, or even made me laugh out loud. Each of the above measures are difficult to achieve, as I witness a wide array of art on a daily basis. As an educator, I appreciate that each step of learning leads to growth and serves as a building block for the next level of competence. As a juror, I am driven by an interest in emotive content with a high level of execution. I measure success both analytically and viscerally. The art in this exhibition demonstrated exceptional artistry in combining both skill and creative voice to render an effective visual statement. The selected works demonstrate imagination, creativity, skill, and excellence in craftsmanship. Beyond representing light and shadow or rhythm and balance, they have consciously created a narrative, and they have invited interaction. The art in the 2020 Kalamazoo Institute of Arts High School Area Show evidences important ways of understanding and creating art; students have effectively used the elements and principles as means for self-expression and visual communication. Arts education experiences measurably improve students’ lives and their future trajectory. I would like to take a moment to note the extraordinary role teachers, administrators, and parents play in guiding students through the learning process. Thanks to Kim Long and the team at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts for their commitment to highlighting artistic talent. Finally, I would like to recognize our represented students for their talent and achievement. Congratulations!

6th District Congressional Art Competition

Selected piece: Audrey Blough,

St. Joe Lighthouse Drenched in Beauty

Once again the Congressional Art Competition highlighted all of the creative and talented students here in

southwest Michigan. Audrey’s piece is remarkable, and we are all so proud that their art will now represent

our community as it hangs in our nation’s Capitol building for the next year. She clearly has an extraordinary

skillset and a bright future. I would like to thank everyone who submitted a piece in the Kalamazoo Institute

of Arts 2020 High School Area Show, which has hosted the Congressional Art Competition for seven years.

Congressman Fred Upton

2020 HIGH SCHOOL AREA SHOW AWARDS CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF ART Miren Allen, Water Street Glassworks Esther Bard, St. Joseph High School Elizabeth Merckx, Edwardsburg High School Braidyn Buskirk, Watervliet High School

Ava Jungblut, EFE Art & Design Career Skills at Kalamazoo Central High School Jordan MacDonald, Portage Central High School

COLLEGE FOR CREATIVE STUDIES Mariah Avery, Loy Norrix High School Mariah Compton, Battle Creek Central High School Leticia De Moura Hammes, EFE Art & Design Career Skills at Kalamazoo Cen-tral High School

GWEN FROSTIC SCHOOL OF ART, Western Michigan University

Cody Tarantino, Mattawan High School

Dylan Bailey, St. Joseph High School

Ellison Zhu, Plainwell High School

Jolie Nelson, Portage Central HS

Mariah Compton, Battle Creek High School

INDIANA UNIVERSITY– SOUTH BEND Emma Atkinson, KIA Kirk Newman Art School Mariah Avery, Loy Norrix High School August Bade, KIA Kirk Newman Art School Dylan Bailey, St. Joseph High School Esther Bard, St. Joseph High School Isabel Chiang, KIA Kirk Newman Art School Aiden Christianson, KIA Kirk Newman Art School Clara Fernandez, EFE Art & Design Career Skills at Kalamazoo Central High School Westin Grinwis, Loy Norrix High School Zoey Hushower, EFE Art & Design Career Skills at Kalamazoo Central High School Ava Jungblut, EFE Art & Design Career Skills at Kalamazoo Central High School Kaitlynn Lyzenga, Van Buren Technology Center Allison Mroczek, Van Buren Technology Center Ruby Rappette, St. Joseph High School Acacia Roberston, Portage Central High School Hayden Siebers, Portage Central High School

Jessaly Zhu, Homeschool

KALAMAZOO VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE Ruby Rappette, St. Joseph High School Kaitlynn Lyzenga, Van Buren Technology Center Esther Bard, St. Joseph High School

KENDALL COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN of Ferris State University Kaitlynn Lyzenga, Van Buren Technology Center

Mariah Avery, Loy Norrix High School

Zoe Burkett, St. Joseph High School

Stephanie Basurto, Loy Norrix High School

Westin Grinwis, Loy Norrix High School

Ava Jungblut, EFE Art & Design Career Skills at Kalamazoo Central High School

Jordan MacDonald, Portage Central High School

Ruby Rappette, St. Joseph High School

Ellison Zhu, Plainwell High School

Jolie Nelson, Portage Central High School

Anagha Karnik, Lakeshore High School

Samantha Finjap, EFE Art & Design Career Skills

at Kalamazoo Central High School

Esther Bard, St. Joseph High School

August Bade, KIA Kirk Newman Art School

KIA KIRK NEWMAN ART SCHOOL Stephanie Basurto, Loy Norrix High School

Zoe Bugnaski, Loy Norrix High School

Westin Grinwis, Loy Norrix High School

Sydney Libbing, KIA Kirk Newman Art School

Jordan MacDonald, Portage Central High School

MILWAUKEE INSTITUTE OF ART AND DESIGN Zoey Hushower, EFE Art & Design Career Skills at Kalamazoo Central High School Ava Jungblut, EFE Art & Design Career Skills at Kalamazoo Central High School Dangelo Rostick, Loy Norrix High School Ellison Zhu, Plainwell High School Jessaly Zhu, Homeschool Zoe Burkett, St. Joseph High School Kaitlynn Lyzenga, Van Buren Technology Center Esther Bard, St. Joseph High School

OLIVET COLLEGE Miren Allen, Water Street Glassworks Esther Bard, St. Joseph High School

Jenna Beach, Vicksburg High School

Jessaly Zhu, Homeschool

Sawyer Spink, Loy Norrix High School Elizabeth Merckx, Edwardsburg High School Sydney Libbing, KIA Kirk Newman Art School

Ava Jungblut, EFE Art & Design Career Skills at Kalamazoo Central High School

Kaitlyn Hamacher, Van Buren Tech

Trevor Houseworth, Edwardsburg High School

Anthony Chupp, Loy Norrix High School Stephanie Basurto, Loy Norrix High School

Lauren Baird, Portage Central High School Mariah Compton, Battle Creek Central High School

Miles Crawford, EFE Art & Design Career Skills at Kalamazoo Central High School Clara Fernandez, EFE Art & Design Career Skills at Kalamazoo Central High School

Savannah McDonald, Schoolcraft High School

Ruby Rappette, St. Joseph High School

Thomas Selvidge, Loy Norrix High School

Mercedes Tingue, Watervliet High School

STAMPS SCHOOL OF ART AND DESIGN at the University of Michigan Elizabeth Merckz, Edwardsburg High School

WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY James Pearson Duffy Department of Art and Art

History Antwon Johnson, Water Street Glassworks

Jessaly Zhu, Homeschool

Mercedes Tingue, Watervliet High School

Rhet Hoffman, Mattawan High School

Ruby Rapette, St. Joseph High School

Westin Grinwis, Loy Norrix High School

6TH DISTRICT CONGRESSIONAL ART COMPETITION WINNER Audrey Blough, Lakeshore High School, St. Joe Lighthouse Drenched in Beauty

JUROR’S AWARDS Westin Grinwis, Loy Norrix High School, Wired Energy

Anthony Chupp, Loy Norrix High School, Untitled

Dangelo Rostic, Loy Norrix High School, Красивая

Antwon Johnson, Water Street Glassworks, Blue Gill

MIREN ALLEN Water Street Glassworks

Amber Flameworking & Jewelry Making

MIREN ALLEN Water Street Glassworks

Lake Effect Glassblowing

EMMA ATKINSON Kalamazoo Institute of Arts Kirk Newman Art School

The Age of Artifice Acrylic on Canvas

MARIAH AVERY Loy Norrix High School

The Human Trinity Digital Media

MARIAH AVERY Loy Norrix High School

See Us Watercolor, paint, ink, collage

AUGUST BADE Kalamazoo Institute of Arts Kirk Newman Art School

We’ve got the Jazz Darkroom Photography

DYLAN BAILEY Saint Joseph High School

Explain Beauty Acrylic paint

LAUREN BAIRD Portage Central High School

enouement Charcoal

CHLOE BAKER Kalamazoo Central High School

Tree of Life Embroidery floss on fabric

MACEE BARBER Portage Central High School

Wonderland Acrylic paint

ESTHER BARD St. Joseph High School

Pax Oil Painting with Gold Leaf

ESTHER BARD St. Joseph High School

Feel What I Say Oil Painting

STEPHANIE BASURTO Loy Norrix High School

Self Portrait - Panorama Graphite

STEPHANIE BASURTO Loy Norrix High School

Blind Contact Mixed Media JENNA BEACH Vicksburg High School

Self Portrait Charcoal, chalk

JACQUELYN BEST Portage Central High School

Reflection Charcoal

AUDREY BLOUGH Lakeshore High School

St. Joseph Lighthouse Drenched in Beauty Digital Photography

ZOE BUGNASKI Loy Norrix High School

Involuntary Solitude Charcoal

EVA BUGNASKI Loy Norrix High School

Gallery Within a Gallery Photography

CHRISTINA BURDICK Lakeshore High School

Roaring Sea Acrylic paint

ZOE BURKETT St. Joseph High School

Rocket Lamp Blue Acrylic, Strand Lights, E6000 Glue

BRAIDYN BUSKIRK Watervliet High School

The Hermit Ceramics

HANNAH CALLAWAY Portage Northern High School

Continuation of Life in Death Acrylic

ALEJA CHAMBERS Portage Northern High School

Silver Overtones Brushpens and Ink

ISABEL CHIANG Kalamazoo Institute of Arts Kirk Newman Art School

Rustic Carrots Darkroom Photography

AIDAN CHRISTIANSON Kalamazoo Institute of Arts Kirk Newman Art School

Backwards History Darkroom Photography

ANTHONY CHUPP Loy Norrix High School Serendipity Ink, gold leaf

ANTHONY CHUPP Loy Norrix High School Untitled Ink, Graphite

MARIAH COMPTON Battle Creek Central High School

Consanguinity Oil paint and marker

MARIAH COMPTON Battle Creek Central High School

This is America Wood Burning

GRACIE CORNETT Vicksburg High School

Mona's Popularity in 2020 Colored Pencil, NuPastel, Turpenoid

ANGELINA CORRADINI Kalamazoo Central High School

Ratus ratus Printmaking, etching, white gel pen, black mat board

MILES CRAWFORD EFE Art & Design Career Skills at Kalamazoo Central High School Frögge Redactive Linoleum Printmaking

ROWAN DAVIS Krasl Art Center

Your One, Your Two Ceramic

LETICIA de MOURA HAMMES EFE Art & Design Career Skills at Kalamazoo Central High School

We're All Here Watercolor Pencil & Micron

DACEY DIVANE Edwardsburg High School

Blueberries Colored Pencil

DACEY DIVANE Edwardsburg High School

Self Portrait Charcoal

KAIA DOLPH Portage Northern High School

Manipulator Acrylic and Graphite on canvas paper

DELANEY EDDINGTON Kalamazoo Central High School

Desolate Void Graphite, markers, and colored pencil

CLARA FERNANDEZ EFE Art & Design Career Skills at Kalamazoo Central High School

Classic Cuban Woman Glass beads, fluid matte medium and ink

SAMANTHA FINJAP EFE Art & Design Career Skills at Kalamazoo Central High School

The Barbie Effect Digital Media

ARLY FITZGERALD Water Street Glassworks

Sunflower Flameworking and Jewelry

ISABELLA FORD Water Street Glassworks

Elegant Stature

Acrylic

BRIGGS FORD Loy Norrix High School

Purple Haze Glassblowing

BRIGGS FORD Loy Norrix High School

Serpent Glassblowing

ALEX FREITAS Portage Central High School

Censorship

Copic markers and ink pen on canvas

CARLOS GOMEZ CRUZ

Watervliet High School

Paul Elias the disfigured Sculpture

HUNTER GORDON Glen Oaks Community College

Not Everything is Written in Black & White Digital

2020 HIGH SCHOOL AREA SHOW PARTICIPANTS

CAMERON GREENE Loy Norrix High School

Ideas in Society Ink

WESTIN GRINWIS Loy Norrix High School

Wired Energy Charcoal Powder and Ink Pen

WESTIN GRINWIS Loy Norrix High School

Canis Latrans Charcoal, Acrylic

KAITLYN HAMACHER Van Buren Technology Center

Stage 1: Shock Watercolor and Inking

KAITLYN HAMACHER Van Buren Technology Center

Self Deprecation

Stamp & ink on multi-media paper

STEPHEN HARRIS Mattawan High School

Rose-Mary Ink & Paper

STEPHEN HARRIS Mattawan High School

Crazy Character Alcohol Markers & Paper

MEEGAN HEERLYN Vicksburg High School

Set Free Film Photography, hot glue gun

AINSLEY HEGG St. Joseph High School

Undercurrent Digital Photography

RHET HOFFMAN Mattawan High School

Exhale Graphite pencil drawing on paper

TREVOR HOUSEWORTH Edwardsburg High School

Multifaceted Ceramics

ZOEY HUSHOWER EFE Art & Design Career Skills at Kalamazoo Central High School

Sea Turtles Ceramics

ANTWON JOHNSON Water Street Glassworks

Ocean Tide Sculpture

ANTWON JOHNSON Water Street Glassworks

Blue Gill Glassblowing

AVA JUNGBLUT EFE Art & Design Career Skills at Kalamazoo Central High School

Qiter Beast Digital

ISABELLA KANGAS Centreville High School

Lady Libert-Eye

Graphite on Paper

ANAGHA KARNIK Lakeshore High School

Demons of Pollution Ink (pen and ink)

KAYLEIGH KOSTRZEWA Kalamazoo Central High School

Untitled Watercolor markers, pen, charcoal

GRACE LAFAYETTE St. Joseph High School

Within a Bubble Cyanotype photography print

YNODOULA LEO Loy Norrix High School

Self Portrait – Panorama Graphite

AINSLEY LESMAN Kalamazoo Institute of Arts Kirk Newman Art School

Lifeless Life Darkroom Photography

SYDNEY LIBBING Kalamazoo Institute of Arts Kirk Newman Art School

Always Say Goodbye Wood burning and acrylic on wood

SYDNEY LIBBING Kalamazoo Institute of Arts Kirk Newman Art School

Birds of Color Watercolor

ASHLEY LLOYD Water Street Glassworks

Squares On Squares Fused Glass

KAITLYNN LYZENGA Van Buren Technology Center

Inner Turmoils of a High School Student Pen & Ink

JORDAN MACDONALD Portage Central High School

Self Portrait Charcoal

DAREN MATA Kalamazoo Central High School

Thoughts

Graphite

SAVANNAH MCDONALD Schoolcraft High School

Trio of Empowerment Acrylic paint & Sharpie

ELIZABETH MERCKX Edwardsburg High School

The Espresso Effect Instant Coffee

JOZEF MEYERS Loy Norrix High School

McCartney Charcoal, watercolor, India ink.

ALLISON MROCZEK

Van Buren Technology Center

The lost woman Pencil drawing

ALLISON MROCZEK Van Buren Technology Center

Letters from war Pencil Drawing

JOLIE NELSON Portage Central High School

Suffocating Pride Copper

MAX NEUMAN Portage Central High School

Mad Max Copper

MAYA PEARCE Schoolcraft High School

Eye of the Abyss Graphite

ADRIANA PEREZ Kalamazoo Central High School

...Peace Pencil, markers, colored pencils

RUBY RAPPETTE St. Joseph High School

Black Beauty White and black charcoal on black paper

ACACIA ROBERTSON Portage Central High School

"Every Living Creature On Earth Dies Alone" Watercolor on drawing paper

DANGELO ROSTICK Loy Norrix High School

Dinner wit da sheep Acrilyc paint and ink

DANGELO ROSTICK Loy Norrix High School

Красивая Ink

ELIOT SCHLAACK St. Joseph High School

The One Percent Hates Me and It's Fine Mixed Media, Colored Pencil

THOMAS SELVIDGE Loy Norrix High School

Break Time Ink and watercolor

HAYDEN SIEBERS Portage Central High School

Reflection Charcoal

SAWYER SPINK Loy Norrix High School

The Variability of Perception

Black Ink

SARAH STRAWHUN Portage Northern High School

Rules Graphite and acrylic paint

CODY TARANTINO Mattawan High School

Forest of Imagination Acrylic Paint

CODY TARANTINO Mattawan High School

Nostolgia!

Mixed Media

MERCEDES TINGUE Watervilet High School

Chloe

Colored pencil

MERCEDES TINGUE Watervilet High School

burning time Watercolor, mix media

JULIA WATT EFE Art & Design Career Skills at Kalamazoo Central High School

Winter Solstice Watercolor & Pen and Ink

ELLISON ZHU Plainwell High School

Family Chinese watercolor, and ink

JESSALY ZHU Homeschool

Yellow River Chinese ink and paint on rice paper

JESSALY ZHU Homeschool

Untitled Graphite on paper