Belmont County Art Show 2024

1st Marli Williams                                                                  

2nd Makayla Marlin                                                           

3rd Majestique Jackson                                                   

4th Allie Ault                                                         

5th Majestique Jackson                           

Merit Winners-

Kai Brehm

Morgan Trammel

Janyah Johnson

Iris Roger

Gracelyn Maupin

Do not miss our first show opening in Center Market this Friday !!!

click the link below! BIG NEWS!!

40 students got to enjoy a local gallery hop field trip featuring local artists, Bridgeport senior DeVonte Smith, and WV art teacher of the year.  Students competed in a photo scavanger hunt while enjoying the art. here are some highlights!

Congratulations to Zara Harveth for winning  our clay class teapot competition! Our guest artist Aaron Anslow was our judge.  Zara takes home a gift card to Finish Line!  Great work to all!

Makeyla Marlin, a Bellaire junior has 6 pieces at the Wheeling Heritage Black Tie Affair. This was a juried exhibition of local professional artists. The show is on display on the third floor of River City in Wheeling. Congratulations Makeyla! We are so proud of you!

Thank you Derrick McAfee, Scott McMahon, and Kellie Cusick

for getting the photography class a  Federal grant this summer. The money went to purchse much needed cameras and lenses!

Melissa Joyce, Bryanna Beckett, Maddie Beckett, and Jessica Rosen  had their zoom interview with Michele Abercrombie  from NPR. Their work and story will soon be publesed on NPR website featuring their work with resident artist Rebecca Kiger. Way to go BIG REDS!

Congrats to Tyler Edgar who designed this sketch of "Head in the Clouds" that awarded Bellaire to be one of 250  high schools in the United States to compete in Vans Custom Culture. The school will receive 5 pairs of Vans tennis shoes to transform into art for a chance to win $50,000 for the art department.  Twenty students will be chosen to work on the shoes.  2021 themes are "Head in the Clouds" and "Hometown Pride".  A written impact statement will also be submitted with the shoes. Good Luck Big Reds!!

BHS will be participating in this year's Paint the Rain.

Look for the finished barrel  at the Belmont County Fair & cast your vote to help our chances at winning money for the Art department! Students will start painting their nature theme next week!

Bellaire's photography class has been working on a world-wide social project called Unfinished. The episode featuring their work airs live Tuesday December 8, 2020 @ 7:00pm ET. Students have been corresponding with project coordinators in South America. Paula Recart, who invited participation in the project, arranged for the students to receive financial compensation for their work. The portraits were taken by students on donated DSLR cameras from WVU and Stifel Fine Art Center. The project was mentored by artist-in-residence, Rebecca Kiger. Her participation this year has been funded by the Ohio Arts Council. The episode featuring the student work is titled Questions, Culture , and Change. There are some very famous people featured in the episode including: Bruce Sprinsteen, Alicia Garaz (co-founder of BLM), Precious Okoyomon, Hans Ulrich Obris, Hank Willis Thomas, and many more! Please tune in if you can and hear the voices of our local students! I am so proud of them and so very grateful for this crazy opportunity. 

Junior Caitlin Silber hand painted her jean jacket over quarantine to keep busy. Looks great Caitlin!!

 Winner of a West Liberty             Scholarship!

3rd place winner of 3D sculpture with "RAINBOW UNICORN"and BEST IN SHOW with "WHITE HARE"