Students’ Art Chosen for Ohio Governor’s Youth Art Exhibition
Neighbors | Submitted.The artwork of Wendy Liu and Morgan Crawford was selected to compete in the Ohio Governor's Youth Art Exhibition.
Austintown Fitch High School juniors Wendy Liu and Morgan Crawford recently had artwork selected from Region 11 to compete in the Ohio Governor’s Youth Art Exhibition. Although their work was not selected as one of the final 300, their art was selected in the first round to be sent to Columbus for State judging, which took place on March 12.
The process of selecting artwork for the state exhibition begins on a regional level. The state is divided into 15 regional locations, with high school students in each region invited to enter work in that regional judging. The state judging takes place in Columbus; the judges for this level of competition are chosen from all over the country and are generally professional artists, college level instructors, or both.
From the 11,500 regional entries from the 15 regions, approximately 2,500 are selected to enter the state judging. State jurors then select 300 for the actual exhibition, with 25 of the 300 chosen to receive the Governor’s Award of Excellence. Scholarships are offered to seniors by more than 30 universities and colleges of art. The selection of students to be offered scholarships is left strictly up to those institutions who offer them.