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February 15: Kaptur Announces Winners In Ninth District Congressional Arts Competition

February 16, 2009


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Rebecca Boone and Marcy with the winning piece.
A six-member panel of distinguished jurors honored Ms. Boone for herartwork, “I Am,” which will be exhibited in the U.S. Capitol for oneyear. Ms. Boone and her parents received three round-trip tickets,courtesy of Southwest Airlines, to attend a June 24 awards ceremony inWashington, D.C.

Runnersup in the competition were: Hannah Jones, a student at Oberlin High School, and Jamie Scherer, also a student at Whitmer.

“Congratulations to all the participants for their wonderfulcreations,” said Congresswoman Kaptur. “Everyone is a winner in thiscompetition, in my opinion.”

Honorable Mentions were awarded to: Emily Smith (Ottawa Hills H.S.),Lauren Unverferth and Elizabeth Padgett (Notre Dame Academy); AlexisMolik, Alisa Tippin, Sheheraza Draw, Amber Whitenburg, Jamie Schererand Katelyn Cody (Whitmer), Paris Wells (Toledo Waite H.S.), DeidraYoung (St. Ursula).

University of Toledo awards were received by Amber Whitenburg andAlexis Molik, both Whitmer students. The Bowling Green State Universityawards were received by Sheheraza Draw and Jamie Scherer, also bothstudents at Whitmer.

The Eastman & Smith award was received by Jacob Forren (Edison High School).

Courtney Jones (Toledo Bowsher H.S.), received the Commercial DesignAward. Her artwork will be reproduced into glassware by Libbey, Inc.

Honorable Mentions in the commercial category were received by:Chelsea Irons (Bowsher), Melanie Cox, Hailey Suydam, and Rebecca Boone(Whitmer), Heather Klatt (Clay H.S.), Alisha Stahl and HallandraJohnson (Waite), and, Deidra Young (St. Ursula). All participants inthe commercial design competition have been invited to a Design CareerWorkshop hosted by Libbey.

Jurors included Joe Meiser (Instructor, First Year Studies at BGSU), Barbara Rollins (board member, Firelands Association of the Visiting Arts), Diana Attie (Professor of Art, Drawing at UT), Sue Hague-Rogers (Board Member, Arts Commission of Greater Toledo), Tom McGlaughlin (renowned glass artist) and Sandy Shult (Libbey Inc., graphic artist).

The students’ artwork will be displayed in the lobby of Fifth Third Center at One Seagate through Feb. 24 before traveling to Oberlin College Science Center (March 3-21). A reception for participants will be held on Sunday, March 8 (1-3 p.m.) in Oberlin.

The competition was sponsored by Congresswoman Kaptur in connection with the Arts Commission of Greater Toledo, the longest standing arts commission in the state of Ohio.

For more information on the contest, please click here.