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12.27.10 - The winner of the 2011 Volley for the Cure t-shirt design was just announced and once again, a submission from a Lakota West student was chosen. This design will be used on all of the Volley for the Cure t-shirts sold throughout the state of Ohio in the fall of 2011.
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11.28.10 - The Lakota West Art Department is proud to announce that junior, KIERSTEN FIENNING, earned the highest honor awarded at the 2010 Xavier University Regional High School Junior and Senior Juried Exhibition. Her sculpture titled “Mistress” won Best of Show Friday evening at the Artists’ Reception on November 12th. “Mistress” was sculpted from an antique wooden chair.
Will Doughman and Lauryn King earned Honorable Mention awards for their entries. Will’s colored pencil drawing was titled “Trinity.” Lauryn’s ceramic tea set was titled “Dancing Tea Set.”
440 art works were entered into this year’s show and 140 pieces were displayed in the Xavier University gallery. West had 19 students exhibited.
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02.08.10 - Congratulations to all the winners at this year’s Northern Kentucky/Cincinnati Scholastic Art Competition. Regional winners will be part of the exhibit which will be on display at the RiverCenter building in Covington, K.Y. starting February 5th at 6 p.m. (open until 10 p.m.) through February 20th at 4:00 p.m. The awards ceremony will be Friday, February 19th at the Northern Kentucky Convention Center. Exhibition hours are Monday – Friday 9:00 a.m. –noon, 4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m., Saturday 10:00 a.m. – 4 p.m., and Sunday noon – 4 p.m. The RiverCenter building is located at 100 East RiverCenter Blvd., Covington, K.Y. 41011.The Lakota community is invited to the exhibit and vote for your favorite piece. The piece that receives the most votes will receive the “Viewer’s Choice Award” at the Feb. 19th awards ceremony. Gold Key winners in both portfolio and individual categories will move onto the National Scholastics Art Competition in New York City in the spring to compete against 30,000 regional gold key winners. This year was yet another big year for Lakota West with many winners! View Winners

01.21.10 - The Visual Arts Department would like to announce that both Caitlin Cook and Lyndsey Vu are finalists in the Visual Arts category for the Cincinnati Overture Award. Each finalist receives a $500 scholarship. Caitlin and Lyndsey competed against 77 other students and were judged on their portfolios consisting of eight works of painting and drawing. This is the first time in Lakota history that two Lakota West students are finalists in the Visual Arts category. Their portfolios will be on display at the Weston Art Gallery when they compete for the Overture Award and a $2500 scholarship at the Arnoff Center on February 27th.

01.14.10 - The Visual Arts Department would like to announce the semi-finalists for the 2010 Cincinnati Overture Competition/Visual Arts Category. Caitlin Cook and Lyndsey Vu competed against 77 students and were selected to move onto the next round of competition this weekend. They submitted a portfolio of eight piece in which they demonstrated command of medium, originality/creativity, technique, and composition. Caitlin and Lyndsey will compete again on Saturday, January 16th!

The mission of the Overture Awards is to encourage training in, and appreciation of, the arts, and to recognize and reward excellence in artistic achievement. The Overtures hopes to promote arts education as an integral part of a student's academic experience, while cultivating an environment that fosters continuing arts education and training.

The Overture Awards Scholarship Competition is currently the region's largest solo arts competition for high school students (grades 9-12). The Scholarship Competition rewards artistic excellence in six disciplines: Creative Writing, Dance, Instrumental Music, Theater, Visual Art and Vocal Music. Each year, students compete for six $2500 scholarships (one for each discipline). The generosity of our sponsors has allowed us to also offer 18 finalist scholarships worth $500. The Overture Awards Program recruits judges for the competition from the professional arts community.

01.04.10 - Congratulations to GRISHMA PATEL for winning Honorable Mention in the 2009 Art Criticism Open. She will be honored at the 2010 Ohio Governor ’s Youth Art Exhibition on Sunday, April 18th in Columbus.Lakota West has earned honors each year that they have entered this writing competition.

12.20.09 - Congratulations to OLIVIA KING for winning the Selections Scholarship from the College of Mount St. Joseph.  Caitlyn McCarty, Erin Martini and Taryn Willett were also honored.  All four students had art work on display for one month in their gallery.