Union Local Art Department

12/19/2025

10/19/2025

Hello everyone! I hope you are staying cozy on this rainy day...I have a new endeavor which is unique, functional art in resin. In this post I wanted to share some information for the Melinda Kemp Scholarship Fund…if you get some time please check it out. 😁

06/10/2024

The UL Art Dept has been extremely busy this year and I am so very proud of all of my students accomplishments and achievements in Art!
Kyleigh Leach , a 11th-grader from Union Local High School, earned a spot in the Ohio House of Representatives Art Exhibition at the Vern Riffe Center in Columbus. This show is a very special one that only invites one student from each of Ohio's 99 districts to represent their district and Kyleigh was chosen to represent our 96th District.
Her Colored Pencil piece titled " Do You See What I See?!" is an original photo she took of her brother, mother and dog. This piece was selected from her previous accomplishments of being selected from the top 300 pieces in the state of Ohio in the Ohio Youth Governors Art Exhibition in Columbus in May and also by receiving 1st place for UL at the Belmont County Art Show in March.
The Ohio House of Representatives Show will begin to be installed in late June and on September 28th, a reception will be held in which Kyleigh will receive a certificate, an award, and special recognition for her achievement!

In addition to the great news above, the Senior Wall Gallery located in the school has two new pieces by an Art 2 student Ava Bretz with her charcoal drawing and an Art 4 student, Norah Blecher, for her self portrait in Chalk Pastels.

The last few photos are pieces from this year's Belmont County Show held in March in which the Belmont County teachers placed several students with various awards of 1-5 place and 5 merit award winners.
1st Place- Kyleigh Leach- Art 3 " Do You See What I See?!"
2nd Place Ava Bretz- Art 2 Charcoal " Siblings are Always Butting Heads"
3rd Place Madison Tingler- Freshman Art 1 Graphite
" Sunkissed"
4th Place Maggie Ellis - Art 4 Watercolor " A Few of My Favorite Things"
5th Place Norah Blecher - Art 4 Clayboard "The Gaze of the Observer"
Merit Award Winners:
Layla Parker- Freshman Art 1 - Scratchboard "The Eyes of Winston"
Baylee Huml- Sophomore Art 2- Charcoal " Bring the FIRE!!!"
Kyree Nobel - Junior Art 3- Chalk Pastels " We All Scream for Ice Cream!!!"
Kyree Noble - Junior Art 3 Chalk Pastels- " Dandelion Wishes"
Kyleigh Leach- Art 3 Chalk Pastels " Play?!"

Congratulations everyone and THANK YOU for such a wonderful Blessed year!!! And a BIG THANK YOU for your guardians for giving me the privilege for allowing me to teach your very TALENTED BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN!!! :)))

If you’re still reading this long post, we would be very grateful if you could congratulate the following winners and wish them well in the future art endeavors ☺️☺️☺️

01/13/2024

Congratulations to our Union Local winners for this year‘s Stifel Art show! Second place in ceramics, went to Norah Blecher with her piece titled “Life in the fishbowl“; second place drawing went to Baylee Huml for her charcoal, titled “Bring the Fire!“; third place in photography went to Kyleigh Leach for her piece, titled “My World is Off-center“; and third place drawing went to Savanna Springer for her scratchboard, titled “Silver Apple of my Eye“.

Congratulations to all the students who made the pre-juried cut with only two pieces from Union Local that were juried out from the 300 works of art that were entered from 14 schools.
A total of 122 pieces that made the show will be on display until February 9 at the Stifel arts center in Wheeling West Virginia, and admission is free.

Thank you again to the Stifel Arts Center for allowing a venue to showcase our students work again!

This was another wonderful successful year and I thank all of the students from those 14 schools who created such wonderful pieces to be on display for others to enjoy ☺️

01/11/2024

05/20/2023

This is such an exciting post to share to everyone! I bought my copy on Amazon and received it yesterday!
I cannot wait for Madison to sign my copy🥰🎉🎉🎉

📕⭐️🎈 MYSTERIOUS TALES OF THE UNEXPLAINED Volume 3 Paperback is available NOW!

Readers of Mysterious Tales of the Unexplained, Volumes 1 & 2 will not be disappointed with the 4 stories making up Mysterious Tales of the Unexplained, Volume 3, with it's amped up creepiness, mystique, and thrills.

The mystery continues with the investigation into a murder on the high seas aboard the Agatha, with returning fan-favorite amateur sleuth, Kelsie Raymond and her boyfriend, Max in Secrets at Sea. Vats Trouble delves into a mysterious murder when a body falls through an office window, landing into a vat of cheese. The mysterious disappearance & reappearance of a suit of armor in an old castle being restored leads the new owners to secret passages and the supernatural, in Freakish Knight. And in Keyholes, the recent purchase of an old, 3-story office building leads to boarded up rooms discovered by following clues in a diary written over a century ago.

Available here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C5B9DHDP/ref=sr_1_1?crid=L80ADTBDJBNQ

05/17/2023

Our 8th grader Madison Tingler Illustrator for Mysterious Tales of the Unexplained went Live today!!!
It’s now available in Amazon!!!
🥰🥰🥰

Mysterious Tales of the Unexplained, Volume 3

05/17/2023

Congratulation Robbie for Winning the Congressional People’s Choice Award!!!!
We are so proud of you!!!🎉🎉

05/14/2023

Hello everyone just a reminder that tonight at 11:59 pm
closes the peoples choice vote for the 6th District congressional show.

Here are the 12 submissions that Union Local entered for this year’s prestigious show ....and two selected out of our 12 for the People’s Choice Award Winner☺️