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Pumpkin Show Winners 2008 |
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What’s your favorite type of art;
paintings or drawings; ceramics or photography? Whatever it
may be, you can find student and adult artwork on display at
the “Greatest Free Show On Earth.”
In the fall of 1903,
Circleville’s mayor had an epiphany. George Haswell’s small
community in Southern Ohio would soon become home to what is
today, one of the nation’s most popular and festive
celebrations. Haswell had the bright idea of allowing local
farmers to display their harvest along the streets of the
town. Within the years, the exhibition grew into a popular
festival, decorated with corn fodder and bright orange
pumpkins, giving it the name, The Pumpkin Show.
As the years went by,
enterprising neighborhood merchants joined the farmers and
began to sell homemade crafts and artwork. This event then
led on to another; The Pumpkin Show Art Show.
Today, students from
kindergarten to college, as well as starving artists, submit
their best work into the Pumpkin Show, where visitors from
all over the world come to see. At Logan Elm High School,
art students were buzzing with excitement for the upcoming
event. The high school’s art winners in the Pumpkin Show
this year were: Alina Hamner, 1st Place Best of
Show; Katie Todd, 1st Place; Maryane Kimbler, 1st
Place; Heleena Hardwick, 1st Place; Jessie
Colburn, 1st Place; Kyle Conkle, 2nd
Place; Mackenzie Davidson, 2nd Place; Ben Pine, 2nd
Place; Alex McGuire, 3rd Place and Belinda Todd,
3rd Place. The students submitted sculptures,
ceramics, paintings and drawings, in which they received
awards ranging from $2 to $5 in the county competition. “I
didn’t even think I would get an award,” says Alex McGuire,
who placed 3rd in ceramics with her zebra-print
teapot set. “It’s a nice surprise to discover I received 3rd
place.”
The Logan Elm High School
Art Department will follow the annual tradition of
displaying student artwork in the fall of 2009, the 103rd
anniversary of the Circleville Pumpkin Show.
If you like paintings or drawings, sculptures or
photography, visit the art show building located on Watt St.
next fall. Here, you will find some of Pickaway County’s
best artwork, submitted by children, starving artists, and
county schools, as well as Logan Elm High School. Come see
why the Circleville Pumpkin Show is called the “Greatest
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"Through the Eyes of Our Youth" At The Columbus
Museum of Art |
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Over 60 young artists in the Logan Elm School District have
artwork on display at the Columbus Museum of Art on Broad
Street in downtown Columbus. The artwork was chosen to be a
part of a September show titled: Through the Eyes of Our
Youth. The artists were recognized at an awards
ceremony held in the Nationwide Studio at the museum on
Sunday September 21; over 150 artists, parents, relatives
and teachers were in attendance. The art works show a
progression of growth in problem solving skills and media
techniques within the gamut of Kindergarten through twelfth
grade.
In the Logan Elm School District beginning with kindergarten
and continuing through twelfth grade, student artists
produce art coinciding with the study of art history, art
criticism, and aesthetics. The art teachers within the
district are: Mr. Heath Bennett, Mr. Rob Griffith, Mrs.
Robyn Helsel and Miss Jody Tate.
Artists with work on display from Logan Elm High School students: Paige Radcliff, Maggie Rittinger, Andrea Moreno,
Kristen Savage, Chantel Harr, Kortney Hemming, Danielle
Keeton, Luke Shively, Ean Stiles, Lindsey Shaffer, Jessie
Colburn,Justine McMullen, Matthias Rickerd, Brandi Clifton,
Kurt Miller,Jamie List, Tyler Pritchard, Kyle Conkle, Amber
VanGundy, Deanna Sams,Keyanea Sebering, Adam Blake,
Angelique Weaver, Nikki Keller, Chelsea Shaeffer,Tara
Mitchell
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