75th Annual Rotary Club of Lakewood and Rocky River Visual Arts Competition

The Rotary Club of Lakewood and Rocky River, in conjunction with Beck Center for the Arts, is proud to present the 2020 Speech, Visual Art, and Music Contest. View this year’s award winners, along with a virtual exhibition of the complete Visual Arts competition that was displayed in the Jean Bulicek Galleria in March.

This annual contest features the talents of students from the high schools in Lakewood and Rocky River that are invited to take part. These include: Lakewood High School, Lutheran West High School, Magnificat High School, Padre Pio, Rocky River High School, and St. Edward High School. Thank you to the administrators, parents, teachers, families and friends who supported all of the student participants. Additional special thanks to the Rotarians and the Lakewood/Rocky River Rotary Foundation for supporting these students in so many ways, including funding the contest each year for the past 75 years.

View our Award Winner Announcement video.

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2020 Award Winners

Inner Terror

1st Place , Audrey Warren (ink)

Heisenberg

2nd Place, Colin Wheeler, (mixed media)

Lunar New Year

3rd Place, Jennifer Nyo, (photography)

Strike

Honorable Mention, Megan Walsh, (sterling silver, lace agate, cardboard)

Cactus Tea

Honorable Mention, Sarah Corbin, (clay, glaze)

Sprite

Honorable Mention, Sophia Kostik, (acrylic)

Rotary Entries

Intergalactea

Adam Caroscio, (ceramics)

The Art of the Past

Alesha Kotula, (handmade paper, tempera) 1

The Art of the Past

Alesha Kotula, (handmade paper, tempera) 2

Trout

Douglas Doren, (clay, glaze)

Royalty

Emily Elliott, (brass)

Up Close and Personal

Eva Miller, (pastel)

Stacker Ring Set

Grace Barrett, (sterling silver, fossil)

Purple Flower

Inga Wilhelmy, (watercolor, ink)

Loyalty

Isabelle Donahue, (india ink, tjanting)

Crocodile Mask

Joshua O'Halla, (resin sculpture)

Lion

Justin Scott Jr, (ceramics)

NYC Sunday

Katie Lawlor, (inspired by Yayoi Kusama) (paint)

Plant New Seeds

Lilly Bastian, (marker, colored pencil, collage)

Self Distortion

Lilly Bastian, (marker, colored pencil)

Honey Time

Marissa Yeager, (clay, glaze)

Red Brick Tea Pot

Michael Minarik, (ceramics)

Greece Recycled

Nick Thompson, (ceramics)

Aerodynamic

Nora Feeney, (clay, glaze)

Northern Lights

Owain Crute, (ceramics)

Blue Dreams

Paige Erickson, (copper)

My Home

Rachel Johnson, (handmade paper, watercolor, tempera) 1

My Home

Rachel Johnson, (handmade paper, watercolor, tempera) 1

Nature

Roman Sopko, (ceramics)

Sky and Earth 2 Piece Set

Sam Chura, (ceramics)

Pollution Permeation

Willow Rosser, (colored pencil)

Bob Evans Down on the Farm

Wyatt Kayser, (clay)

Chasing Tails

Aine Fagan, (printmaking)

Blue Waves

Autumn Cruz, (mixed media, fiber art)

Florida

Bea Traum, (painting)

Headliner

Bea Traum, (mixed media)

Native American Dreaming

Brendan Belz, (ceramics)

Twilight

Caleb Wagner, (ceramics)

Roxy the Boxer

Elyse Roggenburk, (clay)

The End of the Driveway

Erin McHugh, (ebony)

Fruit from Within the Shadows

Eva Miller, (acrylic)

Nurture

Isabella Dombrowski, (wood block print, ink)

Persphone

Ivy Keeper, (watercolor, ink)

Sweet Dreams

J.P. Mathe, (colored ink, embroidery)

The Thicket

Jane Kalinowski, (alcohol marker)

Access

Jay Jaworski, (photography)

Glass Reflections

Joshua O'Halla, (charcoal, pastel)

Joan Hickey

Maire Kate Hickey, (oil paint)

Winter Bird

Maire Kate HIckey, (colored pencil)

The Composer

Nola Williams-Riseng, (ebony pencil)

Ocean Waves

Sam Chura, (ceramics)

The Flight

Sonya Suri, (photography)

The Waves of Man

Sonya Suri, (photography)

Draped Fabric

Sophia Kostik, (charcoal, pencil)

Me

Sophia Stewart, (charcoal)

Bruno Sit

Tim Sheehan, (ceramics)

Space Shuttle Teapot

William Holden, (clay, glaze)

Semiclassical

Willow Rosser, (ink)

Fade to Black

Antonio Spencer, (photography)

Horror Movie Genres - Icon System

Cameron Krizman, Horror Movie Genres - Icon System (digital art)

Summer Dusk

Emma Scalabrino, (acrylic)

Addams Family Logo

Gabrielle Toms, (digital art)

I Don't Know Why

Grace Hildebrandt, (pencil)

Screaming

Grace Hildebrandt, (pencil)

Puzzled

Hana Johnson, (acrylic)

Untied

J.P. Mathe, (acrylic)

Silenced

Jayrelis Capeles, (acrylic)

Recognizing Mortality

Kaitlyn Bitter, (fibers)

Humble Abode

Kallie Mitchell, (watercolor)

Pensive

Katie Lawlor, (ink)

Unraveling

Megan Robinson, (photography, light painting)

It's His Birthday

Miabella Ruth Centuori, (acrylic)

It's Not His Birthday

Miabella Ruth Centuori, (acrylic)

My Only Thought

Natalie Costello, (colored pencil, acrylic)

Self-Portrait

Rhiannon Riker, (charcoal)

Destructions

Timothy Frolo, (digital art)

Dinoicons

Timothy Frolo, (digital art)

Self-Portrait

Tori Klepsky, (charcoal)