Art Awards

Garfield student Erica Grimes took first place overall (and first place in mixed media) in the Art Awards

30th Annual Congressional Art Competition. Her work, a mixed media piece titled "The Girl with the Black Eye," will be displayed for a year at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. She also earned second place in mixed media with "Martin Amis Study."Another Garfield student, Jessica Hamad, took second place overall and first place in the painting category with her painting titled "The Green Sweater." Other category winners included: Hamad who took third place in the mixed media category for a piece titled "Slumber"; Bounlong Thammavongsa of Garfield, who took third place in the painting category with "Self Portrait in Shawl"; and Kristen Mitzel of Firestone, who took third place in photography with "Bridge."

Following are the APS award winners in the 58th Annual Northeast Central Ohio Scholastic Art Awards and Exhibit, featuring artwork from middle and high school students in Medina, Portage, Stark, Summit, Tuscarawas and Wayne counties:

Award	School(s)	Student(s)	Art Teacher
Portfolio	Firestone	Claude Christensen-Diehl	James Dauphin
	Garfield	Jessica Hamad	Patrick Dougherty
Gold Key	Firestone	Rebecca Allison	James Dauphin
	Firestone	Kaitlynne Johanni and Megan Zanin	Stewart Langenbeck
	Garfield	Bounlong Thammavongs (two)	Patrick Dougherty
	Miller South	Sydney Blake-Fisher, Thomas Dannemiller (two) and Hae In Kim	Malia Tschantz
	Miller South	Brandon Billups, Nickolas Maxim, Briana Pearson, Solomon St. Clair and Kurt Wagner	Susan Yingling
	STEM	Aaron Bowie and Dalton Robertson	Julie Hogarth
Silver Key	Firestone	Rebecca Allison	James Dauphin
	Firestone	Jeffrey Chadbourne, Jared Hall, Madison Hooper (two) and Emily O'Brien	Stewart Langenbeck
	Miller South	Thomas Dannemiller, Chrysoula Hughes, Hope Roberts and Jessica Wong	Malia Tschantz
	Miller South	Dorain Davis (two), Ashley Hubbard, Chrysoula Hughes, Andrew Kovac, Leonard Lombardi, Allison Simon (two), Rebecca Witt and Jessica Wong	Susan Yingling
	STEM	Sarah Johnson and Isaiah Weathers	Julie Hogarth
Honorable Mention	Firestone	Rebecca Allison (three) and Sean Mondoza	James Dauphin
	Firestone	Kendall Ahern (two). Kevin Burand, McKenna Carder, Kristi Ferrato, Christine Harles, Jared Krummrich, Casey Miller, Vincent Musci, Melia Romine and Clare Scantling (two)	Stewart Langenbeck
	Miller South	Olivia Antenucci, Stasha Gacpar, Hae In Kim and Pepe Calista	Malia Tschantz
	Miller South	Orison Cain, Dorain Davis, Hae In Kim, Leonard Lombardi, Adora Mazey, Alex Michael, Elyza Morckel and Allison Simon	Susan Yingling
	STEM	Calvin Folkerth	Julie Hogarth

Four honorable-mention awards were won by Miller South fifth-graders in the Children's Service Board slogan and poster contest titled "A Family is ..." Maria Finney, Elise Helms, Isabelle Nutt and Jacob Petit were recognized at the Akron Art Museum.
Resnik CLC classes received three first-place awards in the 2012 Scholastic Composer's Content sponsored by the Children's Concert Society. Their original compositions were "I Don't Want To!" (Kimberly Dorsey's first-graders), "Talking Drums" (Carolyn Porter's third-graders) and "Dueling Guitars" (Anne Pipps' fourth-graders). Resnik CLC has more than 25 first-place winners in the last 12 years. The music teacher is Candee Minchin.