Snapshot: Lakewood Students’ Artwork Picked for Governor’s Youth Art Exhibit

Five students are catching the attention of state officials in Columbus.

That's because their artwork will be part of the prestigious Ohio Governor's Youth Art Exhibition — on display at the James A. Rhodes State Office Tower from April through May.

The five students are Brenna Dobos (painting), Nicole Matthews (two photographs), Kelly McKee (painting), Bram Myers (drawing), and Elizabeth Taucher (video).

Their art was chosen to be one of the 350 pieces out of 12,000 entries submitted to be on display in Columbus 

According to a Lakewood Schools press release, the exhibition is open to all of Ohio's 1,112 high schools, both public and private, chartered by the State of Ohio Department of Education.

“This is a major honor for our art students at LHS,” said art teacher Amy Sedlak in a statement.

The process of selecting artworks for the state exhibition begins with 15 regional judgings, according to the press release.

This year Lakewood High had 15 pieces by 10 students win at the regional level and advance to state competition.

They are Jessica Balmer, Montaque Cockrell, Lis Demmitt, Brenna Dobos, Nathan Manthey, Nicole Matthews, Kelly McKee, Bram Myers, Kaitlin Stanaitis and David Torrence.