Hannah Lieberher wins Congressional Art Competition

Award

Garden Spot HS Junior, Hannah Lieberher won the top spot in this year’s Congressional Art Competition. Congressman Lloyd Smucker hosted the event this year. Hannah’s work will hang for one year in the Cannon Tunnel at our nation’s Capital in Washington, D.C. She and her family will also be invited to a reception in their honor in Washington D.C. sometime in June.

We are really proud of Hannah and all of our students who participated this year’s competition.  All other student work can be seen at an ongoing show through the month of May at Garden Spot Village.

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2017 Celebration of the Arts

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The 2017 GSHS Celebration of the Arts Show which highlights young artists and craftsmen in grades 9 through 12, will open on the night of the GSHS Spring Musical Concert, Thursday, May 18th, in the Stan Deen Auditorium lobby area.

The show will feature original works of art, drawings, paintings, photographs, ceramics, sculptures and woodwork by our Garden Spot High School students. The show will open at 6 pm (one hour before the concert which begins at 7 pm in the auditorium) and closes at 9 pm.

The Celebration of the Arts Show will also be open for viewing on Friday, May 19th, and Monday, May 22nd, during regular school hours, 8 am to 2:30 pm.

 

GSHS Students Excel at the Congressional Art Show

Julia Irvin presented with Overall Winner Award by Congressman Joe Pitts
Julia Irvin presented with Overall Winner Award by Congressman Joe Pitts

The Congressional Art Show is a nationwide competition open to high school students. Garden Spot High School participated in the 16th Congressional District hosted by Congressman Joseph Pitts. Artwork and Photographs were judged and selected by three teachers, Toni Myers, Katie Diorio and Todd Reitnouer, for entry into the show. Twelve of our students participated and all were recognized at the reception by receiving a Congressional Art Certificate.

Julia Irvin was selected as the overall winner. Her work will hang in the Cannon Tunnel that leads to our nation’s Capitol in Washington DC. She and her family will be invited to a reception in their honor in Washington, DC in June to see her work on display in the tunnel along with other top winners from around the country.

Congratulations to Julia as the top winner for this year’s Congressional Art Show! Congratulations to all of our students chosen to participate in this year’s show. Congressman Pitts’ mentioned that he had received many compliments from residents of Garden Spot Village on the high quality of art in this year’s exhibit.

GSHS Students Excel at Young Artist Competition

Congratulations to six Garden Spot High School students who won awards in the 2014 Scholastic Art Awards Competition including four Gold Keys. 

  • Senior Zelia Witwer won two Gold Keys in drawing.
  • Senior Cheyenne Dragon won two Gold Keys and two Honorable Mentions in photography.
  • Senior Brittany Eberly won a Silver Key and five Honorable Mentions in photography.
  • Senior Hailey Klinger won a Silver Key in photography.
  • Senior Ashton Martin won Honorable Mention in photography.
  • Senior Joel Hoover won Honorable Mention in digital animation.
  • Both Zelia’s and Cheyenne’s artwork were forwarded to the National Scholastic Awards competition.

 

In the Lancaster County Young Artist Competition, eleven Garden Spot High School students won awards in the photography division including two Gold Medals.

  • Senior Jordan Arment won a Gold Medal in computer art.
  • Senior Brittany Eberly won a Gold Medal, a Silver Medal and six Honorable Mentions in photography.
  • Senior Cheyenne Dragon won three Silver Medals and an Honorable Mention in photography.
  • Foreign Exchange student Renee Doedens won a Silver Medal in computer art and an Honorable Mention in photography.
  • Senior Haley Klinger won a Silver Medal in photography.
  • Senior Brittany Esh won an Honorable Mention in computer art.
  • Senior Nate Fricke won an Honorable Mention in both computer art and photography.
  • Junior Alexandra Martin won an Honorable Mention in photography.
  • Senior Ashton Martin won an Honorable Mention in photography.
  • Senior Maria Newswanger won an Honorable Mention in both computer art and photography.
  • Sophomore Heidi Shade won an Honorable Mention in both computer art and photography.

Zelia Witwer and Joel Hoover are students in Mrs. Toni Myers’ and Mrs. Sandy Coopers’ Honors Art classes.  All others are students in Mr. Todd Reitnouer’s Digital Photography class.

All these students artwork are on display until March 30 at the Lancaster Museum of Art and the Demuth Museum.

To read more about the competition, visit the article published on LancasterOnline.

Christmas on Main

Saturday, December 7, 2013!

Garden Spot High School students kick off the Sixth annual Christmas on Main event by painting holiday images on store windows in downtown New Holland.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Zelia Witwer, Monica Newswanger and Victoria Giurbino

On Saturday, November 23rd, students, Monica Newswanger, Zelia Witwer and Victoria Giurbino met downtown to paint creative holiday scenes on business windows.   Millersville student art teacher, Lindsey Martin, also joined the students to paint the windows.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Victoria Giurbino, Zelia Witwer, Monica Newswanger and Miss Lindsey Martin

The students began the day by painting a snowy scene with “tooth” elves and Santa on Dr. Georgelis’ Orthodontist office window.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Next, the girls painted a computer image of Santa on the window of the Fix My Computer business located in the Kaufmann building.

This year Christmas on Main will be held on Saturday, December 7, 2013.   The event is sponsored by the New Holland Business Association.

Check out the highlights of the day by visiting their homepage: christmasonmain.com.

Screen Printing for a Cause

Austin Haas, a senior in Mr. Stitzer’s Graphic Communications class chose to design a screen printing project not for himself, but one that would benefit a classmate.  Austin designed an original lion graphic and created unique text that reads “Heart of a Lion” dedicated to friend, classmate and fellow teammate Mike Kelly, who was recently diagnosed with a heart condition preventing him from continuing his athletic pursuits.  Austin’s idea was to design, market and print t-shirts in class and on his own time and donate all proceeds to Mike Kelly.  To date Austin has pre-sold and printed over 150 shirts for the cause.  

Celebration of the Arts

 

 

This year’s Garden Spot High School Celebration of the Arts will take place on Thursday, May 16th and Friday, May 17th. The show will open with the Garden Spot Spring Concert on Thursday, May 16 at 7 pm.  The show will continue to be open on Friday, May 17th from 9 am to 9 pm.

 

 

Participating teachers and their students include:

  • Mrs. Carol Buncie – Interior Design
  • Mrs. Sandy Cooper – Art Honors and Art Independent Study; 3D Sculpture and Crafts; Clay Studio
  • Mr. Mark Kaufman – Woodworking
  • Mrs. Toni Myers – Art Independent Study; 3D Sculpture and Crafts; Fine Arts; 2D Drawing and Painting
  • Mr. Todd Reitnouer – Digital Photography

Shannon O’Malley, Congressional Art Show Runner Up!

Shannon O’Malley, senior, was chosen as one of three-runner up winners in this year’s Congressional Art Show!

The Congressional Art Show, hosted by Congressman Joseph Pitts, will be on display at Garden Spot Village through the month of May.  A reception for all participating students was held on Friday, May 3, 2013, at which time, the winners were announced.  All students were awarded a Congressional Art Certificate for being chosen by their teachers to compete in the show.

Shannon’s winning entry was a painting entitled, The Queen Anne’s Revenge.   She completed her painting as an independent study student in the Two Dimensional Drawing and Painting class.    Over the course of her high school years, Shannon has taken all of the art classes offered at Garden Spot.

Her winning entry will hang for a full year in one of Congressman Pitts’ offices located in Washington, D.C., Lancaster or West Chester.

Congratulations Shannon!

2013 Congressional Art Show

Congratulations!

Eleven students from Garden Spot High School were selected by their teachers to participate in the 2013 Congressional Art Competition sponsored by Congressman Joseph Pitts, 16th District of Pennsylvania.

Their artwork and photography will be on display at Garden Spot Village, beginning May 6th and will continue through the entire month of May.

One overall winning piece will be selected to hang in the Cannon tunnel to the United States Capitol building in Washington, D.C.   Three runner up winners will also have their work displayed in the offices of Congressman Pitts.

All of the students’ entries are included in the slideshow below.

 

Empty Bowls Project

The Clay and 3D Design classes are once again participating in the Empty Bowls project, hosted by former student Kevin Lehman’s studio. The combined classes created and donated at total of 47 bowls. The bowls will be offered to anyone attending the Empty Bowls dinner. The event this year benefits the Transitional Living Center of Lancaster.