High School Student Clay Competition & Exhibit

Emotions in a Drawer by Alyssa Thalmann - First Prize for Sculpture 2004

As a part of its charter to promote clay art in the Washington Metropolitan area, The Clay Connection began sponsoring an annual High School Student Clay Competition & Exhibit in 1998.

The Competition has four main goals

Recognize the best of student ceramics.
Allow students to see their work displayed in a professional setting.
Offer students the opportunity to have their own work reviewed.
Expand opportunities for student to see the work of others.

Students attending high schools in the Northern Virginia area are eligible to submit work in up to two of four separate categories: hand-built, mixed media, sculpture, and wheel-thrown.

All work is reviewed by a professional potter who presents awards in each of the four categories based on quality, creativity, aesthetics, and use of clay as an art/craft medium.

STUDENT AWARDS

Wheel Thrown Ceramics

1st Prize:  Paul Kwon, Junior, Robinson Secondary School
2nd Prize:  Jae Seok Lee, Senior, Robinson Secondary School
3rd Prize:  Lauren Henson, Senior, Centreville High School

Mixed Media

1st Prize:  Alison Westfall, Sophomore, South Lakes High School
2nd Prize:  Michelle Lunch, Junior, Robinson Secondary School
3rd Prize:  Alex Hassanzadeh, Sophomore, South Lakes High School

Hand Built Ceramics

1st Prize:  Kelly Wroblewski, Senior, McLean High School
2nd Prize:  Kelsey Horton, St Stephens & St Agnes High School
3rd Prize:  Chanel Yost, Senior, South Lakes High School
4th Prize:  Sheila Villalobos, Junior, Freedom High School

Sculptural Ceramics

1st Prize:  Thanh Nguyen, Sophomore, Freedom High School
2nd Prize:  Kevin Gallagher, Senior, McLean High School
3rd Prize:  Tom Miothe, Sophomore, Washington-Lee High School

Best-In-Show

Mara Sherlock, Senior, McLean High School

Hansen Awards for Encouragement

Elio Brizuela, Sophomore, Freedom High School
Chelsea Huber, Senior, South Lakes High School
Cate Pearson, Sophomore, Yorktown High School
Ashley Sampson, Junior, Forest Park High School

Teacher Recognition

Centreville High School	Rory Marcaccio
Chantilly High School	Jo Ann Crawford
Fairfax High School	Neil French
Forest Park High School	Eric Brent
Freedom High School	Sharon Boyle
H B Woodlawn High School	Monica Stroik
J.E.B. Stuart High School	Eveleen Severn-Sass
McLean High School	Jeffrey Meizlik
Robert E Lee High School	Leslie O'Shaughnessy
Robinson Secondary School	Joe Dailey
St Stephens & St Agnes High School	Terry de Bardelaben
South Lakes High School	Anne Sykes
T C Williams High School	Holly Langenfeld
Washington-Lee High School	Joan Bickelhaupt
Yorktown High School	Jeffery Pabotoy