Hatboro-Horsham Students Claim Top Art Honors

An awards ceremony was recently held at Arcadia University to celebrate the winners of the 26th annual “Touch the Future” art show, including two Hatboro-Horsham High School students.

Students from 27 Bucks and Montgomery county public high schools submitted artwork to the professionally juried show, which began as a tribute to Christa McAuliffe, NASA’s teacher in space who died aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger.

Locally, the following Hatboro-Horsham students won:

• Victoria Ta, Third Place Best of Show

(Instructor Lauren Economou)

• Brianna Branco, Best of Category – Color Drawing

(Instructor Lauren Economou)

Three best of show winners were chosen along with 14 category winners, three PSEA purchase prize winners, and a juror’s prize winner from the approximately 300 pieces of artwork submitted by teachers throughout Bucks and Montgomery Counties. In addition, Arcadia University also awarded the first place winner a $1,500 achievement award, second place winner a $1,000 achievement award and third place winner a $500 achievement award for every year of full-time undergraduate study at Arcadia University.

Sponsored by the Mideastern Region of the Pennsylvania State Education Association (MER/PSEA) and the Council for the Advancement of Public Schools (CAPS), this year’s show was juried by Carole Loeffler, associate professor of art and design at Arcadia University.

“All of the students with work in this exhibition are to be celebrated,” said Loeffler. “Rarely do we get to see so much talent, inventiveness and skill in one space. Being surrounded by work made with such great ambition, heart, passion and vision is truly an exhilarating and unforgettable experience.”

If you go

The exhibition will remain open to the public through March 14 during gallery hours: Tuesday/Wednesday, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.; Thursday, 10 a.m. – 8 p.m.; Friday, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.; Saturday/Sunday, noon - 4 p.m. It is located at Arcadia University (Commons Art Gallery and the Great Room lobby area) – 450 S. Easton Road, Glenside. For more information, contact 215-572-2131 or email gallery@arcadia.edu.