BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:-//WordPress - MECv5.22.3//EN X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://peoriacac.org/ BEGIN:VEVENT UID:MEC-95c9654b2de4aac0ed1d572ca7ec8edb@peoriacac.org DTSTART:20260417T000000Z DTEND:20260418T000000Z DTSTAMP:20260218T000000Z RRULE:FREQ=WEEKLY;UNTIL=20250424T000000Z;BYDAY=TU,WE,TH,FR,SA CREATED:20260217 LAST-MODIFIED:20260427 SUMMARY:18th Annual CAC Peoria Area Juried High School Art Exhibition DESCRIPTION:[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”0px||0px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”3_5,2_5″ _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_padding=”0px||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_blurb icon_placement=”left” content_max_width=”100%” admin_label=”Blurb” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ body_font=”||||||||” body_text_color=”#333333″ custom_padding=”||0px||false|false” custom_css_before=”font-family: simple-line-icons;||font-size: 20px;||content: %22%92e075%22;||color: #737373;||position: relative;||vertical-align: top;” custom_css_blurb_content=”display: inline;” global_colors_info=”{}”]\nApr 17 – Apr 24 2026\n[/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]\nThe Contemporary Art Center is proud to organize an exhibit showing off the outstanding work of our area high school students. All area high schools were invited to participate. The teachers from most schools usually curate and gather the students’ work and deliver it but any individual high school age student may enter on their own. We are grateful for the dedication teachers possess to promote and educate their students.\nAll participants and the public are welcome to attend the reception, Saturday, April 18, 6:30-8:30pm. Refreshments will be served. There is no admission, but donations are appreciated. At about 7:00pm, the award ceremony will begin with comments from the juror/judge.\nEach year, a retired high school art teacher serves as the juror and judge, choosing which works will be exhibited as well as designating pieces deserving of special honor with awards of Outstanding Achievement, Honorable Mention and Merit. Besides a ribbon, each award winner receives a scholarship towards an art class at the Contemporary Art Center.\nThe juror/judge for this year’s exhibit is Julie Wasson, who served for 40 years as a Visual Arts Educator (K-12) at Spoon River Valley in rural Fulton County as well as an active “theatre techie” with a number of local community theaters in the surrounding counties. Presently, she is a board member for the Mid-Central Illinois Regional Scholastic Art Board and committee member of the Art on Main Fine Arts Fair in Canton. After retiring in 2016, Julie established The Hangar 750 Art Studio in Fairview where she continues to offer classes for all ages.\nThe annual exhibit was founded in 2004 by Executive Director William Butler and his former high school teacher Michael Hagenbuch, then newly retired from Limestone Community High School. Hagenbuch served as the first juror/judge and for some years after continued to volunteer in support of the exhibit.\nThe exhibit is designed to simulate typical juried art exhibits in which artists typically pay fees of $25-40 to submit work that may not be chosen by the juror for display. Students may enter up to two pieces and pay a fee of $1.00 for each piece entered. This year, 7 high schools participated, delivering 119 pieces of art created by 88 students. Julie Wasson chose 94 pieces to be exhibited and chose 21 awards.\n[/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” disabled_on=”on|on|on” disabled=”on” sticky_enabled=”0″]\nThe Contemporary Art Center is proud to show off the outstanding work of our area high school students. Students may enter up to two pieces. All area high schools are invited to participate. The teachers from most schools usually organize the students’ work and deliver it but any individual high school age student may enter on their own. We are grateful for the dedication teachers possess to organize, promote and educate their students.\nSee PROSPECTUS for more details. Print out the ENTRY FORM.\n2024 was the last year we offered this exhibit. In that year, 129 students from 9 area high schools submitted 172 pieces and 129 pieces were chosen to exhibit. The exhibit is designed to simulate typical juried art exhibits in which artists typically pay fees of $25-40 to submit work that may not be chosen by the juror to be displayed.\nEach year, a retired high school art teacher serves as the juror and judge, choosing which works will be exhibited as well as designating pieces deserving of special honor with awards of Outstanding Achievement, Honorable Mention and Merit. Besides a ribbon, each award winner receives a scholarship towards an art class at the Contemporary Art Center.\nThe annual exhibit was founded in 2004 by Executive Director William Butler and his former high school teacher Michael Hagenbuch, then newly retired from Limestone Community High School. 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Apr 17 – Apr 24 2026

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The Contemporary Art Center is proud to organize an exhibit showing off the outstanding work of our area high school students. All area high schools were invited to participate. The teachers from most schools usually curate and gather the students’ work and deliver it but any individual high school age student may enter on their own. We are grateful for the dedication teachers possess to promote and educate their students.

All participants and the public are welcome to attend the reception, Saturday, April 18, 6:30-8:30pm. Refreshments will be served. There is no admission, but donations are appreciated. At about 7:00pm, the award ceremony will begin with comments from the juror/judge.

Each year, a retired high school art teacher serves as the juror and judge, choosing which works will be exhibited as well as designating pieces deserving of special honor with awards of Outstanding Achievement, Honorable Mention and Merit. Besides a ribbon, each award winner receives a scholarship towards an art class at the Contemporary Art Center.

The juror/judge for this year’s exhibit is Julie Wasson, who served for 40 years as a Visual Arts Educator (K-12) at Spoon River Valley in rural Fulton County as well as an active “theatre techie” with a number of local community theaters in the surrounding counties. Presently, she is a board member for the Mid-Central Illinois Regional Scholastic Art Board and committee member of the Art on Main Fine Arts Fair in Canton. After retiring in 2016, Julie established The Hangar 750 Art Studio in Fairview where she continues to offer classes for all ages.

The annual exhibit was founded in 2004 by Executive Director William Butler and his former high school teacher Michael Hagenbuch, then newly retired from Limestone Community High School. Hagenbuch served as the first juror/judge and for some years after continued to volunteer in support of the exhibit.

The exhibit is designed to simulate typical juried art exhibits in which artists typically pay fees of $25-40 to submit work that may not be chosen by the juror for display. Students may enter up to two pieces and pay a fee of $1.00 for each piece entered. This year, 7 high schools participated, delivering 119 pieces of art created by 88 students. Julie Wasson chose 94 pieces to be exhibited and chose 21 awards.

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The Contemporary Art Center is proud to show off the outstanding work of our area high school students. Students may enter up to two pieces. All area high schools are invited to participate. The teachers from most schools usually organize the students’ work and deliver it but any individual high school age student may enter on their own. We are grateful for the dedication teachers possess to organize, promote and educate their students.

See PROSPECTUS for more details. Print out the ENTRY FORM.

2024 was the last year we offered this exhibit. In that year, 129 students from 9 area high schools submitted 172 pieces and 129 pieces were chosen to exhibit. The exhibit is designed to simulate typical juried art exhibits in which artists typically pay fees of $25-40 to submit work that may not be chosen by the juror to be displayed.

Each year, a retired high school art teacher serves as the juror and judge, choosing which works will be exhibited as well as designating pieces deserving of special honor with awards of Outstanding Achievement, Honorable Mention and Merit. Besides a ribbon, each award winner receives a scholarship towards an art class at the Contemporary Art Center.

The annual exhibit was founded in 2004 by Executive Director William Butler and his former high school teacher Michael Hagenbuch, then newly retired from Limestone Community High School. Hagenbuch served as the first juror/judge and for some years after continued to volunteer in support of the exhibit.

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Outstanding Achievement:
The Girl in the Yellow Wallpaper, Megan Rocke, Tremont High School
Genesis, Bella Signore, Metamora Township High School
Through the Woods, Brandy Tennon, Tremont High School

Honorable Mention:
Incarcinisation, Ben Osborne, East Peoria Community High School
Heartbroken, Tayla Eaves, Peoria Notre Dame
Missed Memories, Ellie Deasey, Washington Community High School
Gone, Alexis Kalkbrenner, Peoria Regional Learning Center
Pocket Dragon, Ben Osborne, East Peoria Community Highschool
Anxiety Always Finds Me, Kailynn Russell, East Peoria Community High School

Merit:
Adventures of a Stingray pt 2, Madilynn Heft, Washington Community High School
Untitled, Milo Sergison, East Peoria Community High School
Stuck to the Eye, Morgan Viggers, Metamora Township High School
These Tranquil Waters, Cylas Lovin, East Peoria Community High School
Boston Tea Party, Jenna Owens, Pekin Community High School
Spider Web, Keeton Stephens, Dee-Mack High School
Apple of my Eye, Sabine Alig, Washington Community High School
Darkness Reflects the Light, Bianca Wike, East Peoria Community High School
Nine Lives, Ten Birthdays, Ivye Johnson, East Peoria Community High School
Mexicans Are…, Thalia Padilla, Washington Community High School
Grass, Thomas Graham, Peoria Notre Dame
Can’t Catch Me, Rae Ann Elza, East Peoria Community High School
Debt, Emmy Dutton, Tremont High School

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