Art Department
Awards and Highlights

2010-2011

(May 2011) On Friday, May 6, Newspaper, Broadcasting and Yearbook students traveled to Eastern Illinois University for the IHSA State Journalism Finals, where the team finished in 1st Place! The following students placed in their event at the competition:

• Dana Yanow - 1st Place Broadcasting
• Veronica Morris - 1st Place Yearbook Theme Development
•  Amy Jackson - 1st Place Yearbook Theme Development
•  Olivia Lubeck - 2nd Place Newspaper Design
• Laura Nichols - 3rd Place Review Writing
• Abby Schultz - 4th Place Editorial Writing
Congratulations, students, on this awesome achievement!

(April 2011) Congratulations to the following Art students for a job well done at the 2nd Annual Spring Student Art Show, held April 28 at the HFHS Library. Judges were from Prairie State College and more than 100 guests were in attendance!

Best in Show:Teresa Ciambrone, Color Photography

Art Fundamentals
Best of Category: Cesar Herrera-Rodriguez
Honorable Mention: Camille Frazier, Elizabeth Drwiega & Jennifer Knapp

Graphic Design
Best of Category: Kelly Nelson
Honorable Mention: Barbara Kennedy, Kadie O'Malley & Aaliyah Hubbard

Black & White Photography
Best of Category: Linda Moncada
Honorable Mention: Mariah Archie, Maura Sweeney & Elle DioGuardi

Color Photography
Best of Category: David Walker
Honorable Mention: Khari Shelton, Amanda Morgan & Nicole Webb

Drawing/Mixed Media
Best of Category: Miho Nakamura
Honorable Mention: Alex Schultz, Manju Connolly & Katherin Puckett

Painting
Best of Category: Monika Kasowska
Honorable Mention: Colleen Bodee, Larissa Baranikova & Nasthalia Casimir

(March 2011) Three of our Art students — Adam Lundquist, Barbara Kennedy & Monica Kasowska —and two of our Art teachers Candi Helsel-Wilk and Jaclyn Wargo — have been featured on Prismacolor's Scholar in the Classroom website. See their stories and artwork by clicking here!
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2009-2010

(April 2010) The first ever National Art Honor Society’s Spring Art Show was held at H-F on April 29. A large crowd attended and surveyed over 100 total works of art. Students and their awards can be read here.
                                 

(April 2010) Each year, Congressman Jessie Jackson, Jr. hosts an art exhibition promoting art education in our high schools. On Sat. April 24, five H-F students competed in the Second Congressional District High School Art Competition, An Artistic Discovery. Out of the 23 entries from seven different high schools, H-F won two of the four awards presented at the ceremony.
Kailah Armand - Honorable Mention for her painting, Forgotten Words and Unspoken Dreams
Melissa Huang - Second Place for her painting titled, Reflections
Monika Kasowska
Alex Schultz
Abbey Stein- Third Place for her colored pencil drawing titled, Macaw


(Mar. 2010)  Twenty-three art students were chosen to exhibit their artwork in the annual Prairie State High School Art Show. The awards and recognitions ceremony took place on March 10. A total of 11 awards were given, and H-F students collected seven. The following H-F students were recognized for their talents: Monika Kasowska-Best of Drawing, Donald Larrieu - Best of Electronic Media, Ashley Armstrong - Best of Photography, Kailah Armand - Merit Award, Angela Arrivo - Merit Award, Maya Holst - Merit Award, Sarah Lichtenberg - Merit Award. Congratulations!

(Mar. 2010)  EDDA was recently named a finalist for a Pacemaker Award given by the National Scholastic Press Association.

(Feb. 2010 ) We are proud to announce that the following students participated in the SWSC Visual Arts Competition at Robert Morris University today and won the following awards: Kailah Armand, Teresa Ciambrone, Melissa Huang - Best 2D Design Student Choice Award, Adam Lundquist, Maggie Manning, Linda Moncada, Miho Nakamura, Emily Schranz - Best of Show for 3D & Best 3D Design Student Choice Award, Ashley Simpson - Cover Design Winner, Khari Shelton - Best of School Award and Nicole Webb.

(Nov. 2009) The Columbia Scholastic Press Association gave four Gold Circle Awards to the staff of the 2009 EDDA to recognize superior work by student journalists as individuals and as an entire staff.
Christian Lorenzo '09--First Place for a single illustration rendering photographic material: Color for Magazines
The EDDA staff '09--Second Place for general use of typography throughout the magazine
Chloe Rasmas '09--Certificate of Merit: Essays for Magazines
The EDDA staff '09--Certificate of Merit: Overall Design, Literary Magazines.

(Sept. 2009) Congratulations to teacher Jackie Wargo who won the Illinois Art Education Association's Early Professional Award. Ms. Wargo will receive her award at the IAEA award luncheon on Nov. 6. The IAEA is an association of art educators in Illinois and has been serving the children and art educators of Illinois for 60 years.

(Sept. 2009) Edda awards:

National Scholastic Press Association: All-American with five marks of distinction
Columbia Scholastic Press Association: Gold medal
American Scholastic Press Association: First Place with special merit AND
Best literary/art magazine in the U.S. for schools of 2500 or more.
Xerox: Best of the Best Award
Gold Ink Award: Silver