Kewpee High School Art Invitation opens Friday
ArtSpace/Lima will host the 28th Annual Kewpee High School Art Invitational from Feb. 26 to April 9.
The exhibition, which will feature cash awards, includes works in various categories, including sculpture, photography, painting, digital media, printmaking, mixed media, sculpture, jewelry, and drawing. The Kewpee Exhibit is sponsored by Kewpee Restaurants of Lima.
Approximately 20 area high schools, including Bluffton, are expected to exhibit their students’ work in the show.
Jurors for the exhibit are Jim Fultz, Assistant Professor of Art at Bluffton University and Joe Bonifas, retired art teach at Shawnee High School.
An opening reception will be held on Friday, Feb. 26, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Kewpee hamburgers and cheeseburgers will be served at the reception, as well as tastes of Februcherry pie. Awards 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.
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