The 42nd Lorain County Regional Scholastic Art Exhibition
Each year the Lorain County Regional Scholastic Committee services the junior and senior high
schools of Lorain, Huron and Erie counties in preparing, judging and exhibiting the Scholastic Art Award
competition. Judging is based on the originality of the piece, the technical skill and the personal vision
of the student artist. This is a blind adjudication where the jurors know nothing about the identities of
the students whose works they are assessing. An honorable mention allows the piece to be displayed in
the gallery. A Silver Key denotes a high quality of achievement in the above mentioned categories.
Gold Keys are awarded for works demonstrating the highest levels of achievement and these will be
forwarded to New York City for national adjudication. In addition, five Gold Key works are nominated as
“Best of Show.” These works are reviewed in a special judging for the American Visions Award.
At the 2010 competition, for the first time, teachers were limited to entering fifty pieces per art
instructor in each school. Seventy seven percent of the Elyria Catholic High School entries received an
award in the exhibition. Of the fifty Gold Keys available to the Lorain Region, Elyria Catholic was
awarded six. Of these, a drawing by Emily Mueller, Unfinished Thought, received one of the five
American Vision Awards for “Best of Show” and will compete nationally in this category in New York.
Emily’s senior portfolio will also go to New York to compete for one of six $10,000 scholarships. In
addition, four of her entries earned Silver Keys. The other honored students are:
Angela Cecys
Stephanie Crofoot
Luke Fenik
Morgan Gundlach
Theresa Krosse
Allie Morris
Erin Murphy
Dustin Stefek
Tom Strasko
Larissa Ziegler
Emily Ziegelmeyer
Honorable Mention
Honorable Mention, Silver Key
Three Honorable Mentions, Silver Key
Two Honorable Mentions, Silver Key
Two Honorable Mentions, Silver Key and Two Gold Keys
Honorable Mention, Silver Key
Two Silver Keys
Honorable Mention, Gold Key
Honorable Mention, Silver Key
Honorable Mention, Two Silver Keys
Honoralbe Mention, Three Silver Key
The Scholastic art Exhibit will be on display at the Stocker Arts Center, Lorain County Community
College, 1005 North Abbe Road, Elyria, from January 19 until February 14, 2010.The gallery will be open
Monday through Friday from 10:30 AM until 2:30 PM, Tuesday through Thursday from 5:00 PM until
7:00 PM, and Sunday from noon until 4:00PM in the upstairs gallery. An Honors Ceremony will be held
February 14th at 1:00 PM. after which the gallery will be closed and the exhibit removed. Please, if you
can arrange the time, attend the gallery and see the efforts of the Elyria Catholic High School art
students.