Judging for the Governor’s show occurred this past Saturday. Craig Mickley had 2 pieces accepted and Kaytlin Bullock had 1. Their work will be displayed at the STATE DEPT. OF EDUCATION. 25 works are chosen for this venue. The works are up from Apr. 22 to May 17. This part of the exhibition is only open to State Department and Governor’s office personnel.
Makayla Rolince will have a piece at the Mansfield Art Center’s High School Regional Show which opens Sunday, Mar. 18 from 3-5 and runs through Apr.15.
Please congratulate them when you see them!
The process of selecting artworks for the state exhibition begins on a regional level. The state is divided into 15 regional locations, with high school students in each region invited to enter work in that regional judging. Each region has a designated Regional Director, who is responsible for choosing the judges for his or her region and arranging specifics of the event.
The state judging takes place in Columbus; however, the judges for this level of competition are chosen from all over the country and are generally professional artists, college-level instructors, or both.
From the 11,500 regional entries from the 15 regions, approximately 2,500 are selected to enter the state judging. State jurors then select 300 for the actual exhibition, with 25 of the 300 chosen to receive the Governor’s Award of Excellence. Scholarships are offered to seniors by over 30 universities and colleges of art. The selection of students to be offered scholarships is left strictly up to those institutions who offer them. The Governor’s Exhibition is merely a vehicle through which schools and students are brought together.