High School Student Clay Exhibit and Competition

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 2010 High School Student Clay Exhibit and Competition Reception and Awards ceremony was held May 19 from 6-8 PM at the Dr. Oswald Durant Memorial Center at 1605 Cameron Street, Alexandria, VA 22314.

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.

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, 2010

Dr. Oswald Durant Memorial Center
1605 Cameron Street
Alexandria, Va 22314

Best-In-Show

Preston Brown, Junior, Episcopal High School

Wheel Thrown Ceramics

1st Prize:  Pen Jones, Senior, Episcopal High School
2nd Prize:  Paula Cook, Sophmore, Washington-Lee High School
3rd Prize:  Sean McShea, Senior, Robinson Secondary School

Mixed Media

1st Prize:  Inez Paz, Sophomore, Centreville High School
2nd Prize:  Kelsy Kallapos, Junior, Centreville High School
3rd Prize:  Dana Raphael, Freshman, Washington-Lee High School

Hand Built Ceramics

1st Prize:  Gene McCarthy, Senior, Episcopal High School
2nd Prize:  Eve Spielberg, Senior, McLean High School
3rd Prize:  Abby Evans, Junior, McLean High School

Sculptural Ceramics

1st Prize:  Carmen Judy, Senior, South Lakes High School
2nd Prize:  Taylor Fox, Junior, Brentsville High School
3rd Prize:  Vincent Mariano, Senior, Episcopal High School

Teacher Recognition

Centreville High School	Rory Marcaccio
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
Episcopal High School	Elizabeth Volicek
Brentsville District High School	E. Blair-Nussbaum