Merit Award: AJ Westley Heidi Hudson Cadence Anderson Bella Gray Danica Mooney Nora Nabhan Lian Kersh Kammy Carpentier Cady Dotzert Honorable Mention: Maggie Grugan Maddy Cummings Mia Brooks Aspen Vanderhei
Art Connected - 2023
Regional Scholastic Art Awards 2023
2022 Perfect Score AP Students
IAEA 2022 Video & Animation Showcase Winner
Mid-Illini Art Show 2022 This year WCHS received all three Best in Show awards.
Congressional Art Show -2022 Congressional Art show was at the Peoria Riverfront Museum. Student Laura Pokarney was runner-up, will have her work in the D.C. office for the next year .
Callie Lauderback Mixed Media Sculpture "Complete Submergence"
2021 Congressional Art Show
Our students were awarded 4 of the Top 7 awards at the Congressional Art show at the Peoria Riverfront Museum. Students Callie Lauderback, Julia Funk, and Madison Cummings will have their artwork on display in Congressman Lahood's local offices of Normal, Peoria, and Springfield for the next year, and AJ Wesley, who was runner-up, will have his work in the D.C. office.
Maya Gurewitz received a National American Visions Award for her Photograph "Beneath The Shadow"
Abby Zimmerman received a National Scholastic Gold Key for her Painting "Tell Me About It"
Regional Scholastic Art Awards 2021
University of Illinois Tiny Art Show 2020
Julia Funk- 1st Place Overall (Fr.So.Jr. Division)- $75 gift card & scholarship to our FAA Summer Intensive Online AJ Westerly- Juror’s Choice, Graduate Student Victoria Baez- $25 gift card & certificate AJ Westerly- Honorable Mention- certificate
Washington earned half of all the honorable mentions that were awarded this year!: Abby Zimmerman- 3rd Place Overall Sophie Morgan- Honorable Mention Trinaty Unruh- Honorable Mention Callie Lauderback- Honorable Mention Karli Milestone- Honorable Mention Lauren Blackburn- Honorable Mention Nicholas Bour- Honorable Mention
Western Illinois University - High School Art Show 2020
Best in Show -$200 Cash Prize - Callie Lauderback
Blick Visionary Award - $100 Blick Gift Certificate - Samantha Hurd
Second Place - 3D - $25 WIU Bookstore Gift Bag - Shelby Borlin
Third Place - 2D - $15 Amazon Gift Certificate -AJ Westley
First Place - Photography - $50 Blick Gift Certificate - Darby Geisz
These students were chosen for the virtual show:
Abby Zimmerman. AJ Westley Aspen Vanderhei. Ayden Nettles. Callie Lauderback. Felicia Gutierrez. Hope Waggoner. Jessika Turnbull. Julia Funk. Karli Milestone. Darby Geisz. Laura Pokarney Samantha Hurd. Shelby Borlin. Taylor Bray. Trinaty Unruh Zoe Davis
National Scholastic Art Show 2020
William Atchison - American Visions Award, Gold medal - Ebon. Oak Daybed William Atchison - Silver Medal with Distinction - Art Portfolio - Furniture Forms To Advance Sustainability and Combat Consumerism - Addie Beebe - Gold Medal - Convenience v.s. Reality Isaiah Rodriguez - Silver Medal- Inside Out
Mid Illini Art Show 2020
Best of Show 2D- Ashley Tilton Best of Show 3D- Callie Lauderback Best of Show Photography - Ashley Tilton
Merit Awards- Karli Milestone Callie Lauderback Addie Beebe Caroline Sweeny Olivia Smith Julia Jenkins (2) Olivia Brown Julia Funk William Atchison (2) Trinity Unruh Zoe Craft Nathan Sporrer Kody Felmey
Honorable Mention- Callie Lauderback Abby Zimmerman Olivia Brown
ISU / IHSAE Show 2020
Best In Category Awards William Atchison - Sculpture -Book Case Ivy Lersch - Mixed Media - Auras
Scholarships We had 6 students receive over $900,000 in scholarships from various schools. This is based on art work shown.
ICC 2020 Art Show
Karli Milestone - Honorable Mention "I am sorry" Trinaty Unruh - 3rd place "Cat Notes" Julia Jenkins - Honorable Mention "
2019 ISU - CIHSAE Art Show Winners
Max Tellefson and Garret Roberts
2019 Small Works Show U of I
Kylee Turner- 2nd Place Overall (Wacky Webbing) Zoe Craft- Juror’s Choice Award Brandon Kemp- Honorable Mention Callie Lauderback- Honorable Mention Ian Duckworth- Honorable Mention Julia Jenkins- Honorable Mention Kody Felmey- Honorable Mention (Succumb) Olivia Brown- Honorable Mention Samantha Hurd- Honorable Mention William Atchison- Honorable Mention
2019 National Scholastics
Julia Won a Gold Key in Drawing, at the National Level.
2018- University of Illinois Small Works Show
2nd Place Overall- Garret Roberts Honorable Mention- Macy Brown Honorable Mention- Samantha Hurd Honorable Mention- Jonathan Kelm Honorable Mention- Tripp Lersch Honorable Mention- Max Tellefson Honorable Mention- Ashley Tilton Honorable Mention- Jackson Ward
2018 Top Awards Scholastics: Gold Key- Connor Atchison, Olivia Bennett, Hannah Bienemann (x2), Margaret Helmuth, Alondra Quezada, Kaylee Reilly, Garret Roberts, Aleece Thomas, Emma Uftring, Eileen Zheng American Vision's Nominee: Emma Uftring National Scholastics: Gold Medal-Emma Uftring Silver Medal- Alondra Quezada Mid-Illini- Best in Show 2-d - Julia Jenkins Best in show 3-d - Aleece Thomas Contemporary Art Show: Best in Show - Aleece Thomas Congressional Art Show Top Six - Sam Emmendorfer Da Vinci Award - Emma Uftring
2017 Top Awards Scholastics: Gold Key- Shailey Heuerman (x2), Emma Puentes (x2), Aleece Thomas, Allie Salrin, Jayce Van De Veer, Hannah Beinemann, Emma Uftring, Sam McCullar National Scholastics: Gold Medals- Allie Salrin, Aleece Thomas ICC Art Show: Kait Baker - 1st place "There's No Place Like Home" Mid-Illini- Best in Show Photo - Brady Johnson Congressional Art Show Top Six - Jayce Van De Veer Da Vinci Award - Kait Baker
2016 Top Awards Scholastics: Gold Key- Tessa Overly, Nathaniel Sheets (x3), Devki Kasture, Allie Salrin ICC Art Show: Tessa Overly - 2nd place, Dylan Simpson - 3rd Place Mid- Illini: Tessa Overly - Best in Show 3-D, Allie Salrin - Best in Show 2-D Congressional Art Show: Top Five- Peter Rest Contemporary Art Show: Best in Show - Emma Uftring & Nathaniel Sheets
2015 Top Awards Scholastics - Kayla Sanders - Gold Key Harley Henderson - Gold Key & Gold Key Portfolio ICC Art Show- Kayla Sanders - 2nd place "My World of Black and White" Tanner Van De Veer - 3rd place "Rot" Mid - Illini - Audrey Miller - Best in Show Photography - "Converge" Congressional Art Show- Top Ten - Christian Gentil - "Remodeled" , Alex Hillegonds "Student - Athlete"Best in Show 3-d - Madison Brown "Metal Head" Contemporary Art Show - Honorable Mention - Tanner Van De Veer, Grant Nichols, Christian Deets : “Luminosity” – metal lamp
2014 Top Awards Mid Illini - Elise Skulte- Senior--BEST IN SHOW: PHOTOGRAPHY "Heartbreaker" Congressional - Top Ten: Taylor Foster & Elise Skulte Contemporary - Outstanding Achievement - Connor Davis: Profile, Kayla Peifer: The Weight of Knowledge