HHIHS Art Program Wins Awards By: Tristen S. Lizzie M, and Celia W.

Hilton Head Island High has a very successful art program that helps students expand their creativity and knowledge of art Every year in March, the nation celebrates Youth Art Month, a time to acknowledge and recognize the importance of art education for young people.

Youth Art Month provides an opportunity for schools, museums, and communities to come together to showcase the creativity and talent of student artists

The theme for this year's Youth Art Month is "Art Connects Us," highlighting the ways in which art brings people together.

Ms. Dobbelaere, an art teacher at HHIHS, helps to “recognize art education as an integral part of the school-wide curriculum ” To add, she helps show that art will “increase support for art education [with recognition] that art education teaches divergent and critical thinking ” The school expresses youth art through many accomplishments.

Student artwork was in the lobby and displayed throughout the school. Not to mention, student work was also displayed at USCB and SCAD for various art competitions The range of artwork was from painting and drawing to sculpture and digital media

This art allows students to express themselves and communicate their ideas in powerful ways.

Part of the Youth Art Month was the Low Country Art Exhibition, in which ten Hilton Head Island students had art on exhibition at the Public Works Art Center in Summerville, South Carolina

There were five students from photography class with Mrs Schoelkopf-Lewis who had pieces exhibited and five students from art class with Ms. Dobbelaere who had pieces exhibited. The art exhibit was open from March 14th to April 2nd. Youth Art Month and the Low Country Art Exhibition was a great opportunity for students to showcase their artist abilities

HHIHS students entered many art competitions this year and won many awards HHIHS is so proud of its award winning art program

At the SC State Fair, HHIHS took 1st and 2nd place in Photography and 1st place, Best in Show, and Honorable Mention for 2D Drawing.

For the SCAEA Low Country YAM Competition HHIHS had 10 total entries and senior Skylar Bruner won 1st place for Mixed Media Drawing.

At the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards 100th Anniversary HHIHS had 32 Award winners total and 3 were judged at the national level There were three Gold Keys, 14 Silver Keys, and 15 Honorable Mentions

For the High School Regional Sponsored by the Coastal Discovery Museum & USCB, HHIHS had 27 entries accepted and won two Honorable Mentions.

At the Promising Picasso’s sponsored by ISCA competition, HHIHS had 16 total entries HHIHS took 2nd place in 3D/fashion, had an Honorable Mention for Mixed Media, 1 Star of Merit for colored pencil drawing, and 1 Star of Merit for Digital Art.

HHIHS took 1st, 2nd, 3rd place and had one Honorable Mention for the Kurtzberg Award Camera Club of HH Competition

HHIHS looks to take more awards next school year in more art competitions