LIMA, OH (WLIO) - Three local high school students are being nationally recognized for their artistic ability.
Hailey Hahn, Yarah Al-Hisah, and Neveah Fletcher have received recognition in the 2024 Scholastic Art Awards. Their artwork will be on display in the Fort Wayne Museum of Art. Hahn won the Silver Key Award for her sculpture titled, "Treasures under the Sea". Al-Hisah and Fletcher won the Golden Key Awards for their work-- Hisah's titled "My Mom" and Fletcher's titled "Forget-Me-Nots". Their Golden Key Awards have earned them a trip to New York City for the national competition.
All three students' artwork was just a small piece of the over 1,600 entries for the scholastic art national competition. Of those entries, only the top 400 will be on display in Fort Wayne. Despite the accolades and recognition, the students say it is their love for art that makes them proud of this feat.
"I like being creative, it's a big part of my life. I've kind of been making art since I was little so it's just something I enjoy continuing. I don't like making something that's already been made. I like adding my own touch so there's a lot of glitter and sparkles on it, so I like that," said Hailey Hahn, senior at Lima Senior High School.
We were at my grandparents' house and my mom, she was sitting across from me and she just looked so pretty, so I decided to take a picture and then I had to draw something that I took a picture of and decided that would be a perfect piece to draw. It's definitely crazy being picked out of such a big group of people and like getting recognized for your artwork," commented Yarah Al-Hisah, sophomore at Lima Senior High School.
"I hope I'll do well of course, but I also know there's a lot of other talented people there and I hope they get like recognized too, I don't really want mine to stand out above them all because we all want recognition," stated Nevaeh Fletcher, junior at Lima Senior High School.
The Fort Wayne exhibit will run from February 10th to April 7th and the awards ceremony is on February 18th. There is no date yet announced for the New York national competition.
Six Shawnee High School students were recognized last week for the 2024 Scholastic Art Awards. You can read that press release by clicking here. If you would like to visit the Fort Wayne Museum of Art to see their works, the museum is located at 311 E. Main Street in Fort Wayne, IN 46802.
