Kent State University at Stark is proud to again host the 65th Northeast Central Ohio Scholastic Art Exhibit and Awards Ceremony.

The exhibition features more than 400 pieces of artwork from middle and high school students, representing districts in Stark, Summit, Portage, Wayne, Tuscarawas and Medina counties.

65th Scholastic Art Awards & Exhibition
January 14 - 30, 2019
Fine Arts Building

Ashley Spellman is no stranger to the kitchen. For seven months, she worked daily rolling out dough to make pies. She learned how to cook them just right – with a bubbly filling and a golden-brown crust.

She enjoyed her job, but she also knew her future held more than transforming apples into a perfectly baked pastry. She attended college once, shortly after graduating from Waterloo High School. She dropped out within two weeks. The university was too big, and “just too much” for this once self-described shy teen. 

Communicating hope.

Ashton Blake briefly peered into the crowd gathered at the E.J. Thomas Performing Arts Hall.

The stage was his. 

Saxophone in hand, Blake began to play the solo he knew so well. Practicing for this day was an honor and privilege for the 20-something who was a skilled musician before he had reached middle school.

Survivor.

Acres away from the farmer’s home, Jennifer Peterson stared hard at the bright blue sky. Then, darkness. In and out of consciousness, she tried to move. Only pain.

She tried to scream. Her cries for help were mere whispers.

The tractor came from a distance. Had the farmer not remembered his dream during the night, Peterson is sure she would have died that day. 

Nichole Ross dreamed of living in the Big Apple before she set out of Tiger Country. But, eight days in, reality hit this Massillon native as she resided in her tiny apartment with five roommates in Chinatown.

“Why did I move here?,” a tearful Ross, on the phone to her mother, asked while walking down Park Avenue. “They don’t like my address; they don’t like my resume. I’m going to be coming home real soon.”