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WHS Artists Take Home Top Prizes From Cleveland Clinic eXpressions Project

Twenty six students will have their works displayed at the Great Lakes Science Center next month.

Twenty-six  participated in the Cleveland Clinic eXpressions Project and walked away with top prizes.

The 26 students, working under the guidance art teachers Christine Filmer and Kelly Atkinson, produced works mirroring the research of fellow students Andie DeMarsh and Lauren Choban DeMarsh studied mother/baby bonding, while Choban studied concussions as summer science interns with the Cleveland Clinic

Grace Galvin won a blue ribbon and Best of Show for a mixed media and ceramic skull sculpture on the concept of Choban's concussion research. Dan Dobish won a blue ribbon for a painting about mother/baby bonding studied by DeMarsh.

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Marla Milano and Kelley Zhou took home red ribbons for their painting and digital drawing, respectively. Dan Meng won a red ribbon for his mixed media sculpture on concussions, and Carl Houser got a white ribbon for his concussion sculpture.

More than 1,000 original works of art were entered from students all over the country.

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The works will be exhibited at the Great Lakes Science Center beginning with an opening reception on Jan. 26, and will be on display through the end of March.


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