The Arts
Drexel Photo Contest
By: Celia Walter and Lizzy Markowitz
Every year Drexel University holds a photo contest open for all high school students in the United States.
Hilton Head Island High School started participating in this contest in the 2018/2019 school year. Participants from HHIHS have had great success in the contest. Ms.Schoelkopf, the photography and yearbook teacher here at HHIHS, stated, “It’s only been a couple years for us but we have managed to fair pretty well.”
The contest only accepts photos, but any type of photo is allowed to be entered into the contest. Such as black and white photos, colored photos, portraits, and more. Mrs.Schoelkopf stated, “It’s a pretty prestigious contest.”
Students are allowed to submit up to three photos and then once all the photos have been submitted they select the finalists, and then they have the photos printed and shipped to them so they can have a paper copy of the photos from which they select the place winners but all finalists have their photographs displayed a in gallery for a month created by Drexel University to display the artwork from the contest.
A hundred and twelve students and their artworks were selected to be displayed out of over fifteen thousand entries. Camden Bernstein, Skylar Bruner, Ashlynn Fleming, and Karen Mcdonnell will have their photos displayed in a gallery in Philadelphia from February fourth to March first of 2023.
HHIHS has also had finalists in previous years as well. In 2021 Camden Bernstein received second place in the competition. All of the previous finalists and exhibited photographs are posted on the website dedicated to the contest(https://drexelphotocontest.com/).
The contest has had representation from every state and territory in the United States over the twenty-two years that it has been a contest. In the 2022 contest, thirty-four states submitted artwork and students from twenty-four states were chosen to have their artwork displayed in the gallery. For the past couple of years HHIHS has been one of the only schools representing South Carolina in the contest. Mrs.Schoelkopf stated, “A lot of times we’re like the only ones from South Carolina represented.”
Along with having their photographs displayed in a gallery in Philadelphia, winners of the contest also get cash prizes. Cash prizes are available to people who place first through third and then there are several honorable mentions who also get prizes. First place receives $500, second place receives $250, third place receives $100, and honorable mentions receive a $50 B&H Photo Gift Certificate.
Amazing Artwork To Ukraine
By:Gabriela Rivera
The Idea to send artwork to Ukraine came from the Memory Project. Ms. Dobbelare had this to say “We have been participating in the Memory Project for 22 years. The Memory Project was founded by Ben Schumaker in 2004. It is a global arts initiative where art students across our nation create unique works of art for children and young adults in challenging situations.”
When it comes to artwork students at HHIHS usually take their time to make sure their artwork comes out perfect. In this interview Ms. Dobbelaere stated how long the students took to make their artwork, “The students worked on this project for about a week.”
For this project students created many different types of artwork. For this to be accomplished students used different types of colors and paints. Ms. Dobbelaere had this to say “Some students create portraits and learned how to mix skin tones with color pencil or paint, and others created 'emotional support' artwork that is unique to the person.”
This is not the first time HHIHS has sent out artwork. Throughout the years HHIHS has sent artwork out to many different countries. Ms. Dobbelaere stated “We (HHIHS and other BCSD schools) participate twice a year, or once per semester.” This is a tradition arts students often do.
HHIHS will definitely continue doing these art projects in the future.
