Junior Eliot Michaels's Sophie (Charcoal) is displayed at the Illinois High School Art Exhibition, along with several other DGN students' art pieces. See photos below.
District 99 student artists earned a combined $3.5 million in college sponsorship offers at the Illinois High School Art Exhibition (IHSAE) which opened on Sunday, February 24.
14 DGN Fine Arts students have earned a combined $2,235,952.00 in college scholarship offers from nine prestigious art schools (Art Academy of Cincinnati, Kendall College of Art and Design of Ferris State University, Millikin University, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Northern Illinois University, Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, Syracuse University - College of Visual and Performing Arts, Watkins College of Art, and Western Michigan University.)
North High seniors who will have their artistic portfolios featured at the Illinois High School Art Exhibition’s annual Senior Scholarship Competition include:
- Kaitlyn Almazan
- Phoebe Covey
- Kaitlyn Ford
- Giselle French
- Carlos Hernandez
- Mia Knutson
- Lucy Quinn
- Jessica Schmidt
- Kate Sosnovsky
- Brooke Stocki
- Bailey Thiele
- Cosette Thompson
- William Vodak
- Angela Wong
North High visual art students who have been selected to have their work displayed at the accompanying Illinois High School Art Exhibition’s annual General Exhibition:
- Emily Adamo (9), Ceramics - Pottery
- Suzanna Erickson (11), Acrylic Paint and Liquitex Pouring Medium on Canvas
- Gracie Gwozdz (10), Ceramics - Sculpture
- Eliot Michaels (11), Charcoal
- Emilia Swirzb (9), Photography
For more information, please contact Fine Arts Department Chair Brayer Teague at bteague@csd99.org or visit the North High Fine Arts Blog.
The Illinois High School Art Exhibition (IHSAE) is a non-for-profit corporation whose mission is the advancement of visual arts education through exhibition. Developed by teachers for students in 2014, the organization is run by full-time art educators who collaborate with corporate sponsors, art schools/colleges/universities, and participating public, private and charter high schools to celebrate and award the artistic talents of Illinois high school art students. For more information, visit www.ihsae.org.