ArtSpace/Lima will host the 26th Annual Kewpee High School Art Invitational from February 28 - April 12. Thanks to the continued support of Harry Shutt and the Kewpee Restaurants, this exhibition will once again highlight student artists from area high schools, and will include works in nine categories: sculpture, photography, ceramics, painting, digital media, mixed media, printmaking, jewelry, and drawing.

Artists from 20 area high schools will be exhibiting their work. Jurors selected 82 pieces for the show from the 358 works entered.

Jurors for the exhibition are Ed Corle, Associate Professor of Art, University of Findlay, and Anna Talei Fisher, Wapakoneta artist and long-time teacher in ArtSpace classes.

An opening reception will be held on Friday, February 28, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Awards in each of the entry categories and Best of Show will be presented at 7:15 p.m.

ArtSpace/Lima is a not-for-profit arts organization with a mission to promote the arts in northwest Ohio and to provide artists with a venue to present and sell their work.   ArtSpace/Lima is supported in part by a grant from the Ohio Arts Council.  For further information about the 26th Annual Kewpee High School Art Invitational, or for information regarding other ArtSpace/Lima programs, please call Bill Sullivan, Operations Manager at ArtSpace/Lima, 419-222-1721..