Crescent-News.com - Student art displayed

TOLEDO -- The University of Toledo's department of art is presenting Focus 2008, an exhibition of the best high school artwork from northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan.

The art exhibition runs through Nov. 16 at the university's Center for the Visual Arts Gallery, located adjacent to the Toledo Museum of Art.

Four County Career Center commercial art student Tom Proctor, Stryker, had his photograph entitled "Ripples" chosen for the exhibition. Commercial art students Justine Snyder and Shailyn Hill, Patrick Henry, designed and illustrated children's book titled A Frog's Life was also chosen.

This juried art exhibition features more than 250 works from 27 schools. Students had submitted approximately 1,600 pieces of art work in areas including painting, drawing, printmaking, 2-D design, sculpture, ceramics, graphics, metalsmithing, mixed media, textiles and photography.

Original entries from students in grades 9-12 were judged on skill, craftsmanship and creative interpretation by a jury panel consisting of area artists, art educators and gallery directors.

An artists' reception and departmental open house is from 12-1 p.m. Nov. 16 at the Center for the Visual Arts.

An awards ceremony will take place from 1:45-2:30 p.m. in the Toledo Museum of Art Glass Pavilion.

The exhibit is free and open to the public.