Hazleton Area High School

Art Competitions

2021-2022

(Here we go! I can't wait to see what we will do this year! Sadly, Peace Love Chalk was cancelled.)

Bloomsburg Children's Museum 6th Annual Regional Juried Art Show

23 students from Miss Flowers’ Visual Art Studios in the Arts & Humanities Academy recently competed against several other high schools in the Bloomsburg Children’s Museum 6^th Annual Regional Juried Art Show and Exhibition. Our students received more awards than any other school, and the results are as follows:  Senior Felicia Cera 2^nd Place Overall Show winner with her mixed Media piece, and Best Digital piece, Best Collection of Works to Junior Riley Sartori, Best Acrylic Painting to sophomore Lydia Sutton, and Best Charcoal to Senior Helenne Banks. All 31 pieces entered will be on display to the public until mid April. Congratulations students!

PA Renaissance Faire Small-Scale Public Advertising Competition

This year my Honors Visual Art Studios 3 & 4 entries completely swept the high school category in this post-trip competition. Students had a different challenge of scale and fontwork than the Artr Competition that occurs at the Faire earlier in the year with the large posters. All winners, their families, and their art teacher will enjoy a free late-summer day at the Faire where the winners will be honored and given prizes at a special private picnic (complete with a knighting by the queen!)

PA Renaissance Faire Advertising Poster Competition

Students needed to choose from 1 of 4 themes, include the name of the Faire, and have an original slogan with historically-appropriate font and subject matter. Only 1 entry from each grade may travel with us to be entered that day, and again this year we received awards for all of our entries! 1st Place Grades 9/10: Arlenis Dela Cruz, 2nd Place Grades 9/10: Ariah Upperman, 1st Place Grades 11/12: Laci Curvey, 2nd Place Grades 11/12: Claifery Castillo

2020-2021

Hazleton Art League's Art Youth Expo

 In June the Art League held their wonderful Art Youth Expo of student artwork from all over the area. This year students really brought their A-game and the competition was very competitive. But we still did very well with senior Felicia Cera having a tie for 1st place in the huge "Works on Paper" division with...herself! Best of Show went to our one of my freshmen Chloe Zellin! Over 45 of my student's work was on exhibit for a month at the lovely new gallery.

Felicia Cera's "Man in the Moon"

(More pictures to come!)

Hazleton Art League's "Peace, Love, Chalk" Competition

Covid can't hold us back from another year of dominating this contest! On Saturday, September 12^th, 6 current students and 4 former students of mine participated in the Hazleton Art League’s “Peace Love Chalk” art contest. For 5 hours these students worked on an original, large chalk pastel drawing (masked and socially-distanced) while the public watched. These creations were then judged by professional artists. In the 17 and under division, Skye Burke won 1^st Place (an iPad), Seyona McKittrick won 2^nd Place ($200 in art supplies), Kaylee Toribio won 3^rd Place ($100 in art supplies), and Karla Consuegra won Honorable Mention ($50). In the very challenging adult division alumnus Mariluz Rodriguez won 3^rd Place ($250). 

New Mural on the Hazleton Integration Project

The Hazleton Integration Project recently unveiled a mural on the exterior of the building. The sole assistant to the professional muralist was 10th grade student Dylan Riofrio-Pine. The mural shows a large, colorful representation of the word LOVE.

Hazleton Art League's Harvest Dream Invitational Professional Art Show

For the entire month of October, two graduates of my Visual Art Studio participated in the Harvest Dream Invitational, which was the first major art exhibit at the beautiful Hayden Arts Center on Broad Street that now houses the Hazleton Art League. Acacia Bermudez and Mariluz Rodriguez (who helped create the mural in the high school) became the youngest ever to be accepted into an adult professional regional art exhibit in Hazleton. Both are currently junior Art majors at Kutztown University.

National Congressional Art Competition

This year, we hit the absolute top of a major national art competition! Kaylee Toribio won first prize for her charcoal drawing! Her art will be on display for a year in the Cannon Tunnel of our Nation's Capitol in D.C.!!!! Thousands of members of the public, as well as all D.C. politcians will walk past Kaylee's art throughout the year!

2019-2020

 (Sadly, due to Covid, several spring competitions were cancelled)

PA Renaissance Faire Small-Scale Public Advertising Competition

This year my Honors Visual Art Studios 3 & 4 entries completely swept the high school category in this post-trip competition. Students had a different challenge of scale and fontwork than the Artr Competition that occurs at the Faire earlier in the year with the large posters. All winners, their families, and their art teacher will enjoy a free summer day at the Faire where the winners will be honored and given prizes at a special private picnic (complete with a knighting by the queen!)

Grand Prize: Kaylee Toribio (11th)                               1st Place Merizari Zamudio (12th) 

    2nd Place: Merilley Encarnacion (12th)                       3rd Place: Jenny Rivera (12th Gr.)

Honorable Mention: Karla Consuegra (12th)             Honorable Mention: Skye Burke (11th)

PA Renaissance Faire Advertising Poster Competition

Students needed to choose from 1 of 4 themes, include the name of the Faire, and have an original slogan with historically-appropriate font and subject matter. Only 1 entry from each grade may travel with us to be entered that day, and again this year we received awards for all of our entries!

Adrian Costilla                        Merilley Encarnacion

1st Place at the PA Renaissance Faire     3rd Place at the PA Renaissance Faire

Advertising Poster Contest           Advertising Poster Contest

(11th/12 Grade Division)                 (11th/12th Grade Division)

Tatiana Rodriguez                               Kayla Martisofski

3rd Place at the PA Renaissance                 Honorable Mention at the

Faire Advertising Poster Contest                 PA Renaissance Faire Advertising

(9th/10th Grade Division)                 Poster Contest (9th/10th Grade Div.)

Hazleton Art League's Peace, Love, Chalk Competition

Students create a large work of art in chalk pastels, over 4 hours, while on Broad Street with the public walking around them during Funfest!

Hazleton Art League's Peace, Love,             Hazleton Art League's Peace, Love, Chalk

Chalk Junior Competition Winners:1st          Adult Competition Winners: 2nd Place 

Place (Apple iPad) Sr. Karla Consuegra,        ($500) former student Jhoschwall  

2nd Place ($200) Jr. Skye Burke, 3rd            DeVargas.

Place ($100) former student Seyona

McKittrick.

In the 2019 Bloomsburg Fair Art contest/Show

Sophomore Natalie Houser won 2nd Place in the 14-18

age group for her pen & ink drawing.

2018 - 2019

            Mariluz Rodriguez                                    Paige Sakusky

1st Place at the PA Renaissance Faire           2nd Place at the PA Renaissance Faire

Poster Advertisement Contest.                     Poster Advertisement Contest.

            Abby Heffelfinger                                 Kayla Martisofski

Honorable Mention at the PA Renaissance        Honorable Mention at the PA  

Faire Poster Advertisement Contest.                 Renaissance Faire Poster 

                                                                   Advertisement Contest.

Post-Competitions for the PA Renaissance Faire

* In the 2nd half of the competitions for the PA Renaissance Faire, students created smaller advertisements with different designs and extra fontwork. Our Honors Visual Arts Studio was awarded every place except 3rd out of dozens of participating regional high schools! Their art will be used in official advertisements for the Faire next season, and the students, their families, and I will enjoy a special free day at the Faire in the spring! Grand Prize winner: Laura Blanco, 1st Place: Alyssa Leonard, 2nd Place: Jenna Rossel, and Honorable Mention: Jose Cuello. Congratulations to everyone!

 Laura Blanco, Grade 12

Winners (and their teacher!) and their families were treated to not only a free day at the faire this summer, but we also enjoyed a private picnic with delicious food, minstrels, and a visit from the queen where our winners were knighted! The students were also given a water bottle and a copy of the professional printed advertisement that held their artrwork! 

    Hazleton area Art League's Annual Art Youth Expo

Friday April 5th was the opening night of the large, regional AYE (Art Youth Expo) as part of Hazleton's Frist Friday celebration. My honors visual art studios entered almost 50 framed pieces that will be on display the entire month of April at the Art League on Broad Street. The following students won awards in the competition:

            (Image coming soon)

Jhoschwall DeVargas                               Mariluz Rodriguez

1st Place in "Works On Paper"                  1st Place in "Crafts" 

 Category. $150 Award                             Category. $150 Award

Acacia Bermudez                                 Acacia Bermudez

2nd Place $50 Award                         Honorable Mention $25 Award

"Painting" category                              Painting Category

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Abby Heffelfinger                              Christell Colon

Honorable Mention "Painting"             Honorable Mention "Painting"                         

Category. $25 Award                         Category. $25 Award

Trinity Bobis       

Honorable Mention "Works On Paper"       

Category. $25 Award      

2017-2018

         Acacia Bermudez                                               Alicia Christina

2018 PA Renaissance Faire Advertising                   2018 PA Renaissance Faire Advertising

Art Contest. 1st Place winner.                                Art Contest. Special merit winner.

      Lourdes Cordero                                                            Skye Burke        

2018 PA Renaissance Faire Advertising                    2018 Hazleton Art League's Art Youth

Art Contest 3rd Place Winner                                  Expo, People's Choice Award. $300

       Jhoschwall DeVargas                                                      Teegan Moseley

2018 Standard Speaker's Create-An-Ad                 2018 Standard Speaker's Create-An-Ad

Contest. Cover Design winner. Art published.         Contest. 1st Runner-Up Best Cover Design

published. $100 Award.                                        winner. Art published. $50 Award.

        Kayla Dickert                                                             Mariluz Rodriguez

2018 Standard Speaker's Create-An-Ad                  2018 Standard Speaker's Create-An-Ad

Contest. Ad chosen from dozens of entries             Contest. Ad chosen from dozens of entries

by company. Published in newspaper.                     by company. Published in newspaper.

Savannah Bodnar                                                               Mattie Reed

2018 Standard Speaker's Create-An-Ad                   2018 Standard Speaker's Create-An-Ad

contest. Ad chosen from dozens of entries                contest. Ad chosen from dozens of entries

by company. Published in newspaper.                      by company. Published in newspaper.

             Jenna Rossel                                      Hazleton Art League's Peace, Love, Chalk

2018 Standard Speaker's Create-An-Ad           Competition (During FunFest)

Contest. Ad chosen from dozens                     Mariluz Rodriguez (1st & People's

of entries by the company.                          Choice. Anna Perez (3rd), & Claifery

                                                               Castillo (2nd). (shown L to R). Mariluz won an

                                                                  iPad & $50. Claifery won $200 in art 

                                                                  supplies, and Anna won $100 in art

                                                                  supplies. All worked for 4 hours on their

                                                                   pieces (in public view), and then were

                                                                   judged. Mariluz sold her work for $75.

2016-2017

        Chelsea Silkowski                                                        Nicole Janica

2017 PA Renaissance Faire Advertising                        2017 PA Renaissance Faire Advertising

Art Contest. 2nd Place Winner 11/12 gr.                      Art Contest. Judge's Special Award

Mariluz Rodriguez                                                                     Kayla Leonard

Local Winner, 2017                                                   2017 PA Renaissance Faire Advertising

Congressional Art Contest                                          Art Contest 2nd Place Winner 9/10 gr

Artwork on display at Lou Barletta's

Office for 1 year.

Also won 1st Place ($150) for "Best Use of Color"

Hazleton Art League's Art Youth Expo 2017

                             (Image coming soon)          

                  Mattie Reed                                                     Dereck Martinez         

2017 Standard Speaker's Create-An-Ad Contest           2017 Standard Speaker's Create-An-Ad Art

Cover Design Winner. Published in newspaper.           Contest. Ad chosen from dozens, by

Won $150 Award.                                                     company. Published in newspaper.

        Merizari Zamudio                                               Mariluz Rodriguez

1st Place in Realism Category in                           Hazleton Art League's Peace-Love-

the Hazleton Art League's Art Youth                      Chalk Contest. 1st Place, Jr. Division.

Expo, 2017. $150 Award.                                     Apple iPad/$200 in Art Supplies Award.

        McKenzie Potten                                                     Anna Perez

Hazleton Art League's Peace-Love-                        Hazleton Art League's Peace-Love

Chalk Contest. 2nd Place, Jr. Division.                   Chalk contest. People's Choice Award,

$200 in Art Supplies Award.                                 Jr. Division. $50 in Art Supplies Award.

      Completed Shoe Collection

One Group had to work in a multi-view                      Annie Stetz & Erika Reynolds work on 

drawing format. Each person in the group                  their assigned portion of their group's

 did one view of the design.                                      shoes within the skater theme.

Cody Manherz works on his portion of the Art

theme design group.

2015-2016

      Mariluz Rodriguez                                                      Julio Rumaldo

Standard Speaker's Create-An-Ad                              Standard Speaker's Create-An-Ad

Art Contest, 2016. 1st Runner-up                               Art Contest, 2016. Ad chosen from 

Overall Best Ad from 1000s Submitted.                       dozens, by company. Published in

Published in newspaper. $50 Award.                           newspaper.

        Anna Truskowski

Standard Speaker's Create-An-Ad Art 

Contest, 2016. Ad chosen from dozens, 

by company. Published in newspaper.