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Mark Your Calendars for the SOS ART Youth Art Exhibition Opening!
Posted on: February 5, 2024 9:00 am
We are now just 1 week away from the SOS ART Youth Art Exhibition opening on February 10th, 2024! The exhibition, now in its 3rd year, is a collaboration between the National Art Honor Society members of Oak Hills High School, SOS ART, and the art educators of Southwest Ohio. This year, we will be featuring the work from over 250 students from: OHHS, Butler Tech School of the Arts, St. Ursula Academy, Mount Notre Dame, Seton, Princeton High School, Taylor High School, Sycamore High School, Mariemont High School, Summit Country Day School, and Frederick Douglass Elementary School.
Check out all of this year's scheduled events here! This year, there will be a recognition ceremony of all of the amazing participants, as well as the first performance. In addition to the opening celebrations, this year there is a professional development opportunity for teachers to learn more about strategies for addressing issues related to peace and justice in the classroom! Plan on attending this special presentation of "Creating a Better World Through Art" and receive free resources for your classroom! Sign up below so they can ensure that we have resources for everyone attending.
Leading up to, and throughout, the SOS ART Youth Exhibition artworks from the students of Southwest Ohio who used their voices to address issues of peace and justice will be featured daily.
Jay Moncada
"Immigration in America"
Ink, Watercolor, colored pencil, marker
20” x 16”
12th Grade
Butler Tech School of Art
Mary Catherine Ruby
"For my social justice project, the topic I chose was immigration in America. It has popped up in the news a few times in the past years but suddenly went silent. My project is bringing immigration back into the forgotten minds and tell their side of their story, not the one that the media has painted. In many personal stories like my dad's, immigrants had to pay thousands of dollars just for lawyers and to speak to a court in order to be eligible for a green card. My dad came to America because of how many gangs consumed his country and were trying to recruit him at 17. He didn’t want his family to starve or be killed so he almost died trying to make it to America. They are hated for trying to give their family and kids a better and safer life. One where they don’t have to worry about the cartel, drugs, loan sharks, and debt their country faces daily. Is it that bad for people to want their family and kids to have a safe country that they can live and thrive in? They’re not dangerous, they aren’t taking your jobs and they aren’t a burden".
"Immigration in America"
Ink, Watercolor, colored pencil, marker
20” x 16”
12th Grade
Butler Tech School of Art
Mary Catherine Ruby
"For my social justice project, the topic I chose was immigration in America. It has popped up in the news a few times in the past years but suddenly went silent. My project is bringing immigration back into the forgotten minds and tell their side of their story, not the one that the media has painted. In many personal stories like my dad's, immigrants had to pay thousands of dollars just for lawyers and to speak to a court in order to be eligible for a green card. My dad came to America because of how many gangs consumed his country and were trying to recruit him at 17. He didn’t want his family to starve or be killed so he almost died trying to make it to America. They are hated for trying to give their family and kids a better and safer life. One where they don’t have to worry about the cartel, drugs, loan sharks, and debt their country faces daily. Is it that bad for people to want their family and kids to have a safe country that they can live and thrive in? They’re not dangerous, they aren’t taking your jobs and they aren’t a burden".
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