Belpre students in art competition
Photo by Jolene Craig
Belpre High School art students, from left, Jacob Hartinger, Kai Wenas, Megan Bailey, Jennifer Miller, Danielle Gherke, Paige Hall and, back, Brianna Ashcroft will each have a piece of artwork judged this weekend at the 2010 Ohio Governor’s Youth Art Competition in Upper Arlington.
BELPRE — Belpre High School will have eight students representing it at the 2010 Ohio Governor’s Youth Art Competition this weekend in the Columbus area. “This year we have all different kinds of media represented, including photography - for the first time,” said art teacher Jeff Tharp. The artwork includes acrylic painting, oil painting, clay sculpture, printmaking and charcoal, Tharp said. The students include Danielle Gherke, Paige Hall, Jacob Hartinger, Kai Wenas, Megan Bailey, Jennifer Miller, Brianna Ashcroft and Dylan Markham, all of whom are in grades 10 through 12. Wenas is a foreign exchange student from Germany who has spent the school year in Belpre. “This is the first time, that I remember, a foreign student with Belpre has been chosen for the competition,” Tharp said. Wenas, whose work is the school’s first photo nomination in the competition, said having his work chosen just adds to his “American experience.
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