Creative Art Contest Judging Takes Place

The 4th Annual Creative Arts Contest wrapped up this week with a judging event Thursday, April 16 at the Akron Urban League. With 171 entries from elementary, middle school and high school students from around Summit County, this year proved to be a banner year for the contest. All of the artwork is currently on display at the Urban League and will remain there until the end of April.

This year's judges included: Theresa Carter, President, OMNOVA Solutions Foundation and United Way of Summit County's 2008 Campaign Chair; Bernett Williams, President and CEO of the Akron Urban League; Rocky Richardson, Vice President/Director of Community Development, Charter One Bank; Mike Derr, Akron-Summit County Public Library and Carol Gilbert, Women's Leadership Giving Committee Member.

Judges rated each piece of artwork on three criteria: Conceptualization of this year's theme, "Everyone Can Make a Difference," Originality of the artwork, and Clarity of the artwork in depicting the theme.

The winners will be tallied and announced in the next newsletter, and the winning artwork will be on display at the Akron Library, Main Branch from May 4-17 and at Chapel Hill Mall May 18-31.