Joan Bickelhaupt and Mixed Media 2nd Prize Winner, Manon Loustaunau, 11, Washington-Lee High School
Joan Bickelhaupt and Manon Loustaunau
Mixed Media 2nd Prize Winner
Junior, Washington-Lee High School

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:

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

Best in Show:

  • Al Hansen Award (former chair of the HS Show)
    Taylor Fox, Flower
    Senior, Brentsville District HS
  • President's Award (Marianne Cordyack)
    Belmin Rivera, Crab
    Senior,South Lakes High School
  • Jurors' Awards (Clay Connection Members)
    • Dana Raphael, Cancer
      Sophomaore, Washington-Lee High School
    • Cara Glaser, Dragon Box
      Junior, West Potomac High School

Wheel Thrown Ceramics

  • 1st Prize: Mark Herzog, Blue Fish Teapot
    Senior, Episcopal High School
  • 2nd Prize: Will Cauthen, Tall Vase
    Senior, Episcopal High School
  • 3rd Prize: Santiago Rodriguez, Rain
    Senior, Robinson Secondary School
  • Honorable Mention: Charlotte Cusano, Lattice Vase
    Senior, Episcopal High School

Mixed Media

  • 1st Prize: Abby Evans, 12, Futility, McLean High School
  • 2nd Prize: Manon Loustaunau, 11, "Clay Slides": Nubia, The Amazon, The Land My Grandfather Loved, From the Chambers of the Sea*s Beginning, The Organ, Washington-Lee High School
  • 3rd Prize: Sophie McGale, 12, Soleil Brilliant, West Potomac HS
  • Honorable Mention: Meredith Sweeney, 9, Bamboo Tile, Washington-Lee HS

Sculptural Ceramics

  • 1st Prize: Adrian Yuriko Salmon, 12, Man vs. Nature, McLean High School
  • 2nd Prize: Kathleen McLean, 12, Quartet, Yorktown High School
  • 3rd Prize: Lea Burgess, 11, Large Yellow Onion, Episcopal High School
  • Honorable Mention: Kelsey Ciarrocca, 11, In Seeking Perfection, Centreville High School

Hand Built Ceramics

  • 1st Prize: Taylor Fox, 12, All Congested, Brentsville District High School
  • 2nd Prize: Kelsey Kallapos, 12, Honu, Centreville High School
  • 3rd Prize: Virginia Coffield, 10, Cupid in a Bottle, St Stephens & St Agnes HS
  • Honorable Mention: Jennifer Ouk, 11, Burned Rose, J.E.B. Stuart High Schoo


PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS TEACHERS
Brentsville District High School Betsy Cary
Centreville High School Rory Marcaccio Schaffer
Episcopal High School Elizabeth Vorlicek and Nathaniel Duffield
J.E.B. Stuart High School Jennifer Bruck
McLean High School Christina Carroll
Robinson Secondary School Joe Dailey
St Stephens & St Agnes High School Terry de Bardelaben
South Lakes High School Anne Sykes
Washington-Lee High School Joan Bickelhaupt
West Potomac High School Amy Stoll
Yorktown High School Jeffery Pabotoy


THANK YOU TO OUR HOST, MEMBER/SPONSORS, JUDGES AND BUSINESS SPONSORS

  • HOST:

    Durant Arts Center
    Office of the Arts/Alexandria Commission for the Arts
    Cheryl Anne Colton, Regional Program Director

  • BUSINESS SPONSORS:

  • THE CLAY CONNECTION MEMBER/SPONSORS

  • REFRESHMENTS PROVIDED BY:

    • GREAT HARVEST
      1711 Centre Plaza
      Alexandria Virginia 22302
    • HEIDELBERG PASTRY SHOPPE
      2150 N. Culpeper Street
      Arlington, Virginia 22207