Joliet Central High School Visual Arts

09/27/2024

Happy 🌈 so much for my reel but here's some great moments from our day! 🏳️‍🌈❤️

03/10/2024

Joliet Central Visuals Art and Photography the are SPC CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS!!!

11 students were selected to compete in various categories against the 11 schools in our competitive conference. So proud of our Amazing Art (Nyssa Grzyb and RachelLaVine) and Photo departments (Anne Zmuda). While the 3 judges from NIU were judging the show, students participated in various art workshops!

Congrats to all of our talented students!

4-🥇1st place ribbons
Esme Bryson- Oil Paint
Mia Cardenas- Up and Coming Artist
Marriah Guzman Martinez-Digital Drawing
Angelina Juarez-Mixed Media

3 -🥈2nd place ribbons
Rui Gomez- Mixed Media
Tommy Jemillo- Printmaking
Juan Mendoza- 35 MM

2 -🥉3rd place ribbons
Rauri O’Hara- Wheel Thrown Ceramics
Jasmin Salvador- Jewelry

1 🎖️honorable mention
Diana Duarte-Drawing Nuetral

Congrats to Ashley Farfan on your hand built ceramic art work!

03/02/2024

Happy March and Happy Youth Art Month! So Proud of Mia and her award from the IAEA! The Times Weekly ran her story about her award! Click the link to read her article!

Mia Cardenas, a sophomore at Joliet Central High School, is the 2024 Illinois Art Education Association Youth Art Month Winner in the High School Category, and her artwork, "Aventuras de Ensueno: Dream Adventures," is featured in the 2024 poster.

02/29/2024

So proud of Mia! Congrats on winning the Youth Art Month Contest for the Illinois Art Education Association!!!

02/21/2024

Congrats to Rauri and Makyah! We are so proud of you both! 🎉🎉🎉🎉

02/15/2024

Congratulations to Visual Arts Instructors: Nyssa Grzyb and Rachel LaVine on their Joliet Regional Chamber of Commerce and Industry Great Teacher Awards!

02/09/2024

10/19/2023

Another year of the Joliet’s finest teen artists showcasing their portfolios to visual arts schools preparing for college and career readiness at the IHSAE Mini Portfolio Day!

10/15/2023

The Herald a news wrote a story about Janet Medina’s perfect AP Art Score! She is the first person to get a PERFECT in school history! Mrs. LaVine and I couldn’t be more proud of Janet Medina and all of her amazing accomplishments! Less than 1% of students WORLDWIDE received a PERFECT score on their AP Studio Art portfolios this past year! She is currently a freshmen at SAIC! Janet, we can’t wait to watch your where your artistic talent takes you in the future! We know you will be a success! Bravo! .

Janet Medina, who graduated in 2023 from Joliet Central, was one of 337 students in the world to earn every point possible on the AP 2-D Art and Design Exam.

09/22/2023

We are so proud to announce that Janet Medina received a PERFECT score on her AP 2D Art portfolio! This is an extremely rare achievement that only 337 students world wide accomplished, which is less than 1% of all AP Art and Design Portfolios submitted in 2023. Janet is an outstanding student and artist, and we can’t wait to see what the future holds for her as she pursues her Art career at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago!

Joliet Central’s Janet Medina Earns Rare “Perfect” Score on Advanced Placement Exam
https://bit.ly/3PIskXL

05/19/2023

Explore this photo album by JTHS 204 on Flickr!