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Canfield student art show draws attention
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Melanie Schoenfeld displayed her artwork at the Canfield Schools Student Art Show May 26-27. She will attend the Columbus College of Art and Design.
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Nikki Mehle created a display of her artwork for the Canfield Schools Student Art Show. She will attend the Cleveland Institute of Art in the fall.
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The Canfield Schools Student Art Show was held May 26-27. The show included works of art from students at the elementary schools, the middle school and the high school.
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Neighbors | Abby Slanker.Attendees of the Canfield Schools Student Art Show browse through the pieces of art on display, which included works of art from the elementary schools, the middle school and the high school.
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Elizabeth Zumbach poses by her display at the Canfield Schools Student Art Show May 26-27. She plans to attend the Columbus College of Art and Design.
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Alex Jesko fashioned this display of his artwork for the Canfield Schools Student Art Show. He will attend Kent State University for Art Education.
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Melanie Schoenfeld received the Best in Show award for her piece of work.
By ABBY SLANKER
Families, friends and art lovers alike attended the Canfield school district’s Student Art Show in the Canfield High School gymnasium May 26-27.
The show included works of art from the elementary schools, the middle school and the high school, More than 1,000 pieces of art were displayed from high school art students alone.
Senior art students created their own displays and chose which pieces of art from their high school classes they wanted to display. Every piece of the high school students’ art was entered into the judging.
Medals were awarded to the top 60 award winners, with trophies going to the top 10 winners. The top 10 included: best in show, Melanie Schoenfeld; first runner-up, Virginia Li; second runner-up, Robin Rockney; third runner-up, Alex Jesko; fourth runner-up, McKenna Goske; fifth runner-up, Nicole Mehle; sixth runner-up, Lindsay Lewis; seventh runner-up, Breland Cockrell; eighth runner-up, Isabella Simon and ninth runner-up, Elisa Huzjak.
Judging the art show were Christine McCullough, associate professor of drawing and painting and Foundation Program Coordinator in the Department of Art at Youngstown State University, and Greg Moring, professor of art and head of the sculpture program at Youngstown State University.
Kathryn Bernard and Kevin Hoopes are the Canfield High School fine art teachers and Pete Graff is the computer graphics instructor.
“We guide the students and they do all the work,” said Bernard.
The senior class has four students continuing their art education after graduation. Schoenfeld and Elizabeth Zumbach will attend the Columbus College of Art and Design. Mehle will attend the Cleveland Institute of Art and Jesko will attend Kent State University for Art Education.