Plainfield Students Win at JJC Art Exhibit

Submitted by Plainfield School District 202

Nineteen District 202 high school student artists have been invited to exhibit their works, and three received an Award of Excellence for their achievement in the “2015 Joliet Junior College Area High School Art Exhibition.”

Twenty-two area high schools submitted 102 pieces of art for this year’s exhibit. The exhibit runs through December 11, 2015 at the Laura A. Sprague Art Gallery at Joliet Junior College-Main Campus.

All students whose work was selected for exhibition received a Certificate of Recognition. The full-time JJC studio art faculty also recognized 22 students for outstanding achievement.

Congratulations to the following District 202 students whose work is on display:

Plainfield High School – Central Campus

(Jessica Baron, Lindsey Brown and Aaron Lawler, instructors)

· Heather Bailey (junior) – charcoal

· Catherine Coyle (senior) – pen and ink

· Graham Nahikian (senior) – acrylic on board

· Nicole Robinson (senior) – digital photography

· Tia Smith (senior) – acrylic *Award of Excellence

Plainfield South High School

(Stacey Candela and Daron Wojnowski, instructors)

· Arianna Adcock (sophomore) – photography

· Brittany Blum (senior) – stoneware

· Kayla Castellanos (senior) – stoneware *Award of Excellence

· Jenna Monteleone (senior) – earthenware and polymer clay

· Brandon Shappa (senior) – stoneware

Plainfield North High School

(Peter Quimby, instructor)

· Haley Grindle (senior) – ceramics with acrylic and gears

· Eileen Martello (senior) – ceramics with acrylic and fabric

· Kailee Willhalm (senior) – watercolor

· Cecilia Yang (freshman) – graphite

Plainfield East High School

(Cindy Egizio and Emily Tonon, instructors)

· JoAnne Hatley (senior) – digital photography *Award of Excellence

· Courtney Krempp (senior) – acrylic

· Makenna Pranchke (senior) – acrylic, cut paper, and Mode Podge

· Josephine Sokoloski (sophomore) – digital illustration

· Lauren Turk (senior) – plaster, acrylic, and plastic modeling gel