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The Fine Arts Department at Homewood-Flossmoor High School honored 15 outstanding students whose art projects have won them $3.2 million in scholarship money.
At a small honors ceremony on March 6, each student was recognized and one of their award-winning works of art was displayed. Art teacher Jackie Wargo said to win the scholarship money each student submitted portfolios for review and consideration by colleges and universities. Their outstanding pieces were done in film, photography, painting, digital arts, drawing and mixed media.
The honored students are Nyla Bishop, Ashir Blakey, Melanie Chaidez, Samantha Chalmers, Akilah Dixon, Ewan Duckett, King Figueroa, Javiyah Israel, Za n’yah Johnson, Raena Kaminski, Vianney Martinez, William Opakunle, Sommer Owens, Caris Pryor, Josiah Tribble.
Works by 14 of these students will be part of the Northern Regional Exhibition on April 13 at the Bridgeport Art Center in Chicago. The show draws works by about 600 art students from the Chicago area.
Wargo said the H-F students can win traditional gold, silver and bronze awards in that show, on top of their scholarship offers. Student artwork will be judged by category, and prizes will be awarded for the top entries in drawing, painting, photography, design, mixed media, ceramics and sculpture.
The show is presented by The Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design, a membership organization of the 42 leading art and design colleges in the U.S. and Canada.
A self-portrait by H-F senior Javiyah Israel recently won “best of show” in the teen category at the Black Creativity Juried Art Exhibition at the Museum of Science and Industry. The show features more than 150 works from artists across the country.
H-F students exhibiting at the Black Creativity Juried Art Exhibition are Nyla Bishop, photography; DeAnthony Garner, photography; Javiyah Israel, painting, mixed media and digital; Za’nyah Johnson, drawing; William Opakunle, painting.
“This was a juried exhibition, meaning that the students exhibiting work were chosen by a preliminary panel before the exhibition was judged. This was a huge accomplishment for our students,” Wargo said.
The show at the Museum of Science and Industry runs through April 27.
Candi Helsel-Wilk, department lead (formerly chairperson), said these honored student projects say much about the work within the Fine Arts Department.
“Art’s a very personal thing,” she said. “I think one of the components that my faculty has is they are able to connect with each student personally. And then beyond that, they are able to reach beyond this recent wall of COVID and other things that changed.
“We live in an instantaneous world, and they’re able to teach discipline, self-motivation, self-accountability and by teaching kids that, (the students) become proud of the results that they see. And once they see that they can do this, the rest is on them, and they just continue to grow and thrive.
“If you look at our community, we live in a creative, diverse, inviting community, and I think arts are a part of that.”
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