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Princeton schedules Festival of the Arts March 30; 41 students win regional Scholastic Art awards
Summary
Princeton High School will host its annual Festival of the Arts on March 30 in Viking Village. The district also reported 41 regional Scholastic Art Awards, including three Gold Key winners advancing to national judging; an opening reception is set for Feb. 7 at the Art Academy in Over-the-Rhine.
Princeton High School will hold its annual Festival of the Arts on March 30, running from noon to 5 p.m. in Viking Village, district arts staff said.
Lindsay Holliday, arts department chair, said the festival will display student work from kindergarten through 12th grade and feature performances by music ensembles across grade levels. "The Festival of Arts is an annual event ... The Festival of Arts is on March 30th and it goes from noon to 5 pm," Holliday said.
The festival will include AP and IB work on display near the entrance and K–12 artworks in the cafeteria. Holliday said elementary art teacher Ross Tenny helped plan the festival theme; the poster and T-shirt design were created from an AP art student’s design, Holliday said.
Holliday also announced the district’s Scholastic Art Awards results. "We had 41 students earn awards in that competition regionally. Three of them were Gold Key winners and those artworks will then be judged at the national level and, possibly win awards there and be exhibited in New York City," Holliday said. The district plans an opening reception for the Scholastic exhibition on Feb. 7 from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Art Academy in Over-the-Rhine.
Why it matters: The Festival of the Arts and the Scholastic awards showcase student work across grades and curricula, creating public visibility for the district’s arts programs and giving some students potential national exposure.
Details and context: Holliday said the event includes stage performances and visual art across the district. The promotional poster and T-shirt use a design by an AP student credited as Habeis. Ross Tenny, an elementary art teacher, assisted with planning. There was no vote or formal district action attached to the announcement.
The district encouraged families and community members to attend the festival and the Feb. 7 exhibition opening at the Art Academy. "You can come see our students' artwork, friends, families, everybody's invited," Holliday said.
Organizers did not provide information in the program about vendor participation, admission cost, or exhibition logistics beyond the date, time and locations announced.
