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Début 2022 Regional High School Art Competition

April 14-May 21 
Padnos Gallery
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Reception: Thursday, April 14  from 5:30-7:30 pm
Juror: John Leben

The season's biggest show! Area highschool art teachers select the best student work to be juried. Over 30 area schools participate. Cash awards for the best.  For more information contact Mary@hollandarts.org
View Virtual Exhibition: Accepted Works
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Meet the Juror
John Leben's formal training is in painting having earned a BFA in Painting from the University of Illinois (Urbana) and an MFA in Painting from the School of the Art Institute Chicago. He was also a scholarship student at the prestigious Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Skowhegan, Maine.  He has exhibited widely in the U.S. including shows at the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago's Michael Wyman Gallery, Harris Bank in Chicago, and the John Deere World Headquarters in Peoria, Illinois. After a move to Saugatuck, Michigan his work hung in the Grand Rapids Art Museum, Muskegon Museum of Art, Kalamazoo Institute of Art, South Haven Art Center, and Lowell Arts Council as well as numerous group shows at galleries and museums around the midwest.
www.Lebenart.com
https://www.lebenart.com/pages/biography

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​Debut Award Winners Announced!


1st - Just a Kid by Katie Dykema
2nd - Willow Smith by Emma Patulski
3rd - Cotton Candy Dum Dum by Victoria Lynch
Honorable Mention - When Pigs Fly by Paige Kirby
Honorable Mention - Self Portrait by Lucy Nelson
Honorable Mention - Censored by Paige Kirby
Honorable Mention - Looking Forward by Sarah Heiser


Dennis Foley Memorial Awards:
Sign O The Times - Tia Peterson
Saccharinity - Natalie DeRoos
Profile - Mary Huizingh
Just The Tulips Please - Coraima Hernandez


ADDITIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS were presented by Olivet College Art Department! 

Début 2021 Regional High School Art Competition

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First Place: Maxwell by Brianne Mishler
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Second Place: Untitled by Brooke Johnson
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Third Place: Modern Life by Keiran Boerema
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Honorable Mention: Bleached by Taylor Williams
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Honorable Mention: Wheel of Bad Fortune by Katie Dykema
The Holland Area Arts Council presents D​ébut, the 41st annual Regional High School Art Competition.  The Holland Arts Council has selected a number of pieces of student artwork submitted by area high schools.  The Arts Council is proud of the consistent quality of the works offered by our area schools and we applaud the hard work and dedications of the area's talented art instructors especially during this challenging year.  The exhibition creates the opportunity to share meaningful art with the wider community and to involve the youth. 

This year, the exhibition will look quite different in order to comply with COVID-19 guidelines.  The
D​ébut Student Show exhibit will take place online with a special tribute to the instructors.  This year's juror is Maggie Bandstra, a longtime, recently retired art instructor for Hudsonville Schools and professional artist. 

The competitive nature of a juried show creates a large degree of excitement around the exhibition.  Cash rewards are provided by local donors and the Holland Friends of Art.  More significant than the awards given is the creative process which all the students experience.  

D​ébut will be presented online on the Holland Area Arts Council's website from March 11th - April 24th, 2021.  The Holland Area Arts Council is. supported in part by The Michigan Council for the Arts and Cultural Affairs and The National Endowment for the Arts. 

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Holland Arts Council Award: Meat Garden by Jody Brown
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Honorable Mention: Lidded Jar by Hailee Vanhook
2021 Student Artwork & Award Winners
Regional Art Teachers Spotlight
Please see exhibits information for walk-in hours. Hours vary.
​To privately view our exhibitions in person, work in the ceramics studio, or register for a class please call (616) 396-3278 or email h
elpdesk@hollandarts.org
Holland Area Arts Council
150 East 8th Street
Holland, Michigan 49423
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  • About
    • Who We Are
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