VISUAL ARTS DEPARTMENT

NEWS + UPDATES

Abigail Welchel gets a PERFECT score on her AP Studio Arts Exam!

Artisphere 2023: FAC Students get featured in the Greenville Journal!

Greenville Tech's Annual Upstate High School Art Exhibition


CONGRATULATIONS TO THESE FAC WINNERS!


Amanda Mays - 3rd Place - Printmaking 

Lily Caligan-Gilliam - 3rd Place - Photography

Anna Cassell - 1st Place - Fiber

SCHOLASTIC ART AND WRITING AWARDS:

2023 National Winners

Congratulations to the following students for being named NATIONAL MEDALISTS in the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards! It is a tremendous honor to be recognized on the national stage, and we applaud these students and thank their Instructors!

Converse College 

Emerging Young Artists Juried Exhibition 

2023

Congratulations to the following FAC Visual Artists whose work was accepted into the 2023 Converse Emerging Young Artists Juried Exhibition!

Congratulations to Bri Nicoloff!


FAC Senior Visual Artist Bri Nicoloff had two of her art pieces selected for the National K-12 Ceramic Exhibition at the 57th Annual NCECA Conference in Cincinnati, Ohio. We are pleased to report that one of Bri's pieces received an Honorable Mention Award, and the other piece earned TWO scholarship awards! Bri is the recipient of both the Alfred/Wallace C. Higgins Memorial Scholarship and the Kansas City Art Institute Scholarship ($26,000 per school year).Congrats to Bri!



Congrats to Lily Caligan-Gilliam!

Lily Caligan-Gilliam (Grade 9) has had her work, “A Hand with Flowers,” selected by the National Art Honor Society (NAHS) to be featured in their education journal, Kappan. Click on the image to the right to see Lily's work and read her artist's statement.

Visual Arts students earned 152 Regional SCHOLASTIC ART AND WRITING Awards!

What are the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards?

Each year, The Fine Arts Center Creative Writing and Visual Arts programs encourage their students to submit work to the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards. High School students from across the country create submissions for one or more of the 29 categories of art and writing, with submissions being adjudicated by luminaries in the visual and literary arts, some of whom are past award recipients. Panelists look for works that best exemplify originality, technical skill, and the emergence of a personal voice or vision.

The FAC is part of the Region-At-Large East Program. The Region-at-Large East Art program is administered by the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers in New York City with the support of adjudication partners from around the country. This remote program serves all students located or attending school in the eastern United States where the regional Awards are not administered by a local Affiliate Partner.

Students receiving Gold Keys, Silver Keys, Honorable Mentions, or American Voices & Visions Nominations are celebrated within their communities through local exhibitions and ceremonies. Gold Key works are then judged nationally by an impressive panel of creative–industry experts to receive National Medals, including Gold Medals, Silver Medals, American Voices & Visions Medals, Gold Medal and Silver with Distinction Portfolio Medals, and Special Achievement Awards.


Congratulations to the Following GOLD KEY Winners:


Congratulations to the Following SILVER KEY Winners:


Congratulations to the Following HONORABLE MENTION Winners:


Myles Thompson gets a PERFECT score on her AP Studio Arts Exam!

AWARDS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS: 2021 - 2022

KristEn Finklin's AP Portfolio gets recognized by College Board as an Exemplary Portfolio!

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CONGRESSIONAL ART SHOW 2022

1st Place: Mary Mays,  Self-portrait

2nd Place: Audrey Seehorn, Pins and Needles

3rd Place: Emma Laing, Still Life


ARTISPHERE 2022

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The Fine Arts Center had outstanding representation at this year's Artisphere! Check out the video to see our FAC Visual Arts tent located at Main and Wardlaw!

BREVARD SMALL WORKS Exhibition 2022

1st Place - Karis King, Pair of Corsages

2nd Place - Roni Akinyele, Siblings

3rd Place - Hannah Brewer, Isolation

Honorable Mention - Maddi Lehde, The Ransom Note

Honorable Mention - Lucy Hall, Self-Portrait

Honorable Mention - Maddie Mann, Lovesick

Honorable Mention - Margaret Smith, Peace

ANNUAL UPSTATE HIGH SCHOOL ART EXHIBITION GREENVILLE TECH 2022

Best in Show: Ceramics - Corrina Hall, “Beautifully Healing” (Kelly King)


2nd Place: Design + Color - Jane Kihne, “Big Al” (Donna Shank)


2nd Place: Drawing - Gabriel Brown, “Self” (Ryan Roth)


2nd Place: Printmaking - Maddi Lehde, “Scream” (Donna Shank)


1st Place: Photography - Jordyn Abtahi, “Letting it Overtake” (Zane Logan)


1st Place: Ceramics - Brianna Nicoloff, “Spiraling” (Kelly King)


2nd Place: Fiber - Megan Edwards, “Comfort Food” (April Dauscha)


1st Place: Metals - Jena Daniels, “Stop” (Katy Cassell)


2nd Place: Metals - Abigail Williams, “Memorial to the Roadside Deer” (Katy Cassell)


Honorable Mention: Photography - Mary Mays, “Self Portrait” (Zane Logan)

SCHOLASTIC ART AND WRITING AWARDS 2022

Regional Scholastic Art & Writing Awards 2022

GCS DISTRICT ART EXHIBITION 2022

VA FAC student winners 2022 GCS District Show

Lucy Hall

Emma Laing

Megan Edwards

ARTFIELDS JR. 2022

Lucy Hall: “Past Comforts” - Merit Award

Sierra Hollinsed: “Good Boys and Model Citizens” 

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR STUDENT WINNERS!

2020 - 2021

Greenville Tech 31st Annual Upstate High School Art Exhibit Award Winners


Madison Cantrell: 1st Place - Painting

Ana Pelham: 1st Place - Printmaking  

Nadzeya Drahun: 1st Place - Photography

Loriel Bowers-Vernier: Honorable Mention - Graphic Design 

Dylan Swain: 2nd Place - Metals

Niko Selby: 1st Place - Metals

Jamie Lee: 2nd Place - Ceramics

Nadzeya Drahun

Greenlink Bus Shelter Art Contest 2021


Artworks from the following students have been selected to be printed on large transparencies and displayed at Bus Shelters around Greenville:


Kayla Covington

Sophia Lin

Jamie Lee

Brianna Bruce

Kayleigh Smith

CONVERSE COLLEGE 2021 Young Women in Art competition

The following works were accepted to the 2021 Young Women in Art competition. Be sure to go to www.Converse.edu/YWIA on March 11th where you will find a link to view the virtual exhibition. Congratulations again to you and your students!

Kassandra Hernandez-Zuniga, Grade 11, Breaking My Mold, Prismacolor pencils on matboard, 52” x 94”, 2020, Drawing

Teacher: Ryan Roth

 

Hanna Abu Judom, Grade 12, W.L.W. Solidarity, Marker, 12”x 9”, 2020, Drawing

Teacher: Ryan Roth

 

Marley Leventis, Grade 12, Know your Place Setting, Charcoal and Watercolor, 27”x 40”, 2020, Drawing

Teacher: Ryan Roth

Third Place in Drawing

 

Caroline Brightwell, Grade 10, 36.6055° N, 93.2862° W, Metals, 9”x5”, 2020, Mixed Media

Teacher: Katy Cassell

 

Brianna Bruce, Grade 12, Rosalind Franklin, Champleve enamel on copper, photo transfer in enamel on steel, 6”x6”, 2020, Mixed Media

Teacher: Katy Cassell

 

Grace Wike, Grade 12, Tangled Mind, Enamel, copper, wood, thread, wax, nails, 10”x8”x5”, 2020, Mixed Media

Teacher: Katy Cassell

 

Tomoka Nakamura, Grade 9, Resting House, Wood, 17”x7”x 4”, 2021, Sculpture

Teacher: Donna Shank

 

Veda Duncan, Grade 9, Twisting, Wood, 14” x 12” x 10”, 2021, Sculpture

Teacher: Donna Shank

Third Place in Sculpture

 

Maddi Lehde, Grade 11, Hello, Operator?, Linoleum, ink, paper, 7” x 5”, 2021, Printmaking

Teacher: Donna Shank

First Place in Printmaking

 

Addison Cate, Grade 11, Runway Roosters, Linoleum, ink, paper, 10”x8”, 2021, Printmaking

Teacher: Donna Shank

Third Place in Printmaking

 

Brianna Nicoloff, Grade 10, Contravice, Stoneware, low fire glazes, 12”x14”x12”, 2021, Ceramics

Teacher: Kelly King

 

Jaime Lee, Grade 12, Stifled Maiden, Stoneware, low fired glazes, 23”x10”x9”, 2021 Ceramics

Teacher: Kelly King

 

Abby Rivers, Grade 12, Bertha, Stoneware, low fire glazes, 11”x7”, 2020, Ceramics

Teacher: Kelly King

 

Sydney Harrison, Grade 10, What Part Is Yours, Hand Printed fabric, thread, stuffing, magnets, 2020, Fibers

School: Fine Arts Center


Loriel Bowers-Vernier, Grade 11, Coordinates: Textile Design, Adobe Illustrator, Variable: Repeating Designs, 2020, Digital Media

Teacher: April Dauscha

Third Place: Digital Media


Kristen Franklin, Grade 12, Flexin’ my Complexion (series), Fabric, synthetic hair, yarn, thread, earrings, Size 8-12 (womens), 2020, Fibers

Teacher: April Dauscha

First Place: Fibers

 

Katherine Wiedemann, Grade 12, GIVE IN TO ME, Hand dyed and painted fabric, thread, yarn, tulle and grommets, size 8 (women’s), 2020, Fibers

Teacher: April Dauscha

 

Isabel Driggs, Grade 10, Abstract Self Portrait, Hand painted silk, embroidery, and block printing, 10”x10”, 2020, Fibers

Teacher: April Dauscha

Third Place: Fibers

 

Edith Youngblood, Grade 10, Ava, Archival Inkjet Print, 6”x9”, 2020, Photography

Teacher: Zane Logan

 

Abigail Williams, Grade 11, Cycle of Manipulation, Archival inkjet print, 8.5”x11”, 2021, Photography 

Teacher: Zane Logan

 

Hattie Jennings, Grade 10, Calm like Green Tea, 8.5”x11”, 2021, Photography

Teacher: Zane Logan

 

Haven Ross, Grade 12, She, Archival inkjet print, 16”x 20”, 2021, Photography

Teacher: Zane Logan

Third Place Photography

Kristen Finklin

Marley Leventis

Katherine Wiedemann

BREVARD COLLEGE- HIGH SCHOOL ART COMPETITION AWARD WINNERS:

 

1st PLACE — $500

Maddi Lehde, “Campfire“(monotype), 11th gr., Fine Arts Center, Greenville, SC

 

2nd PLACE — $300

Hayse McGowen, “Untitled” (screenprint), 12th gr., FAC, Greenville, SC

 

3rd PLACE — $100

Ana Pelham, “No. 308” (printmaking), 12th gr., Fine Arts Center, Greenville, SC

 

BC Art Major’s Choice— $100

Hanna Abu-Judom, “Revenge” (printmaking), 12th gr., FAC, Greenville, SC

 

HONORABLE MENTIONS- $50 each

Sophia Cipollone, “Unity” (matte board), 11th gr., FAC, Greenville, SC

Lucy Hall, “Dad’s Backyard” (cyanotype), 11th gr., FAC, Greenville, SC

Brianna Bruce, “Cell Types” (linoleum block), 12th gr., FAC, Greenville, SC

Kayla Covington, “Cherries” (colored pencil), 11th gr., FAC, Greenville, SC

Brianna Bruce, “Elisa Lam” (screenprint), 12th gr., FAC, Greenville, SC

Katherine Wiedemann, “Ceremony” (mixed media),12th gr., FAC, Greenville, SC

Maddie Mann, “Aries” (enamel on copper), 11th gr., FAC, Greenville, SC

Madison Cantrell, “Processing” (acrylic on canvas), 12th gr., FAC, Greenville, SC

Katherine Wiedemann

The Visual Arts Department is happy to present to you... 

our annual senior exhibition!

click the link below to see our senior portfolios

 #FACSENIORSHOW2020

Congratulations to our FAC student winners!

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Student Winners have been announced! 

BEST IN SHOW:

Thomas Hicks (photography)

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The Fine Arts Center of Greenville, SC was established in August of 1974 as the first specialized arts school in the state of South Carolina. Students at the Fine Arts Center are artistically talented and wish to take an intensive pre-professional program of study. Students apply and are selected on the basis of talent, interest, and commitment to their discipline and study. Students are provided advanced comprehensive arts instruction in the areas of architecture, theatre, dance, visual arts, music, creative writing, or digital filmmaking.