The Yellow Barn Studio and Gallery at Glen Echo Park

The Seventh High School Art Exhibition
Our Future

Welcome to the Seventh High School Art Exhibition, supported by The Friends of the Yellow Barn Studio and sponsored in part by GEICO. The works selected for this exhibition are examples of the fine work done by Montgomery County high school students from both public and private high schools.

In sponsoring this show, the Friends of the Yellow Barn Studio wants to recognize the remarkable talents of our young people. They are our future. If the arts are to remain a significant part of our culture, we must give these talented students the encouragement and support to develop their talents to their fullest.

The Yellow Barn would like to thank our members and contributors, who have supported this exhibition. It is your donations and your commitment to support our young people that have guaranteed the opportunity they need to reach their full potential.

Enjoy the show,
Walt Bartman
Director of the Yellow Barn Studio

Pictures of the Winners

There were two first place awards
First Place: The Plaza Artist Materials Award of $500: Leonardo Ramos Aruza, Walter Johnson High School	First Place: the Alicia Betancourt Award to Julia Zhu, Montgomery Blair High School, with Lulu and Dr. Arturo Betancourt.
Second Place: The Mitzi Yater Fuller Award of $250 to Will Hatleberg, Walt Whitman High School	Third Place: The Friends of the Yellow Barn Award of $150 to Kai Lai Lou from Montgomery County Visual Arts Center
Fourth Place: $100 award sponsored by the Yellow Barn Studio to Andrew Campbell, Walter Johnson High School

Our Judge: It is an honor to have Jackie Jouvenal as this year’s judge. Ann is a distinguished watercolor, drawing & painting instructor at the Yellow Barn Studio. She has an outstanding reputation as an artist and teacher

Special Thanks: The Friends of the Yellow Barn would like to thank GEICO for their support in funding this exhibition. This exhibition is in cooperation with the Glen Echo Partnership for Arts and Culture and the National Park Service .

Our Contributors: This is this year's list of contributors, whose generous donations made this exhibition possible: GEICO, Plaza Artist Materials, Arturo & Lulu Betancourt, Jack Fuller, and Ann Wallace.

Our Teachers: Without dedicated teachers, who show interest in their students, this exhibition would not be possible. The Friends of the Yellow Barn would like to thank the following teachers for a job well done.

Ms. Kelly Posey from Richard Montgomery H.S., Ms. Jane Walsh & Mr. Mike Piechocinski from the MCPS Visual Art Center, Jean Diamond and Ron Burgess from Walt Whitman H.S., Walt Bartman III from Landon School, Liz Stafford, Ms. Engelhardt from Walter Johnson H.S., Lee Newman from Holton Arms, Bu Rueli from Our Lady of Good Council H.S., Ms. Fishman, Richard Montgomery, Gretchen Goldsmith, Damascus and Ms. Carrocio, The Academy of the Holy Cross.

Montgomery County's Best: This exhibition represents the "Best of Montgomery County". The artwork you see represented in this show is a fine example of the talented students and teachers of Montgomery County. The Yellow Barn is honored to support their achievements. Below is a list of the 40 young artists juried into this year's exhibition.

Walt Whitman High School: Amy Leggin, Will Hatleberg, Nora Vogel
Landon School: Micheal Picasso, Christopher Friend, Johnathan Orthwein, Conor Law, Evan Dupart, Alex De la Pena, Ricky Bierbower
Montgomery County Visual Arts Center: Steven Sugar, Yao Li, Ka Lai Lou, Tram Ton, Martin Swift, Tony Martinez, Anna Lukacs, Tessa Tripodi, Felipe Escobar, Alison Rutsch, Ari Klein
Montgomery Blair High School: Julie Zhu
Holton Arms School: Jenny Southerland, Lindsay Adams
Walter Johnson High School: Erica Morse, Andrew Campbell, Tae Yeon Kwon, Shelly Rees
Academy of the Holy Cross: Cara Bahniuk
Richard Montgomery High School: Yukuan Gong, Jamie Mertz, Catherine Holland, Sara Bloem, Katy Hutchings, Brooke Kao, Yujia Zhao
The Yellow Barn Studio: Leonardo Ramos Arzuza
Damascus High School: Tasha Waters, Sarah Causey, Micheal Unruh

Notes:: Judging this exhibit was a difficult task as there were many more pieces deserving of selection than we have room to display at the Yellow Barn. Out of 65 pieces submitted, forty were selected.. I think you will agree that the talent on exhibit is quite remarkable, particularly when you take into account the young age of the artists. Congratulations are due to not only the artists whose work is on display, but to all artists who made submissions. Let me again stress that if your work was not selected, it did not mean it was not a successful drawing or painting; there simply was not enough room for all the deserving entries to make the show.