Daemen University’s All High Art Exhibition opened on Saturday, February 7 at the Tower Gallery in the Nancy Haberman Gacioch Center for the Visual and Performing Arts, during which multiple Daemen scholarships were awarded to high school students whose artwork was on display. 
The exhibition, juried by Daemen’s Visual and Performing Arts faculty, welcomed submissions from students across Western New York, including Lewiston and Letchworth, and from as far away as Long Island.
Annual scholarships awarded to students include:
- Best in Show, $3,000 — Isabella Marie Humberstone | William Floyd High School
- Best Animation, $2,000 — Olivia Friedmann | Lancaster High School
- Best Graphic Design, $2,000 — Emma Cannon | Kenmore East High School
- Best Illustration or Drawing, $2,000 — Haze Curtis | Buffalo Seminary
- Best Painting, $2,000 | Maya Radder — Lewiston-Porter High School
- Best Photographic or Digital Imagery, $2,000 — Charlotte Caserate | Fredonia High School
- Best Printmaking or Mixed Media, $2,000 — Claire Wrest | Nichols School
- Best 3D Work (Physical or Digital), $2,000 — Francesca Hess | Lewiston-Porter High School
- Best Printmaking or Mixed Media, $2,000 — Brooke Hebeler | Springville Griffith High School and Kayla Kloc | Lancaster High School
In addition, nine $1,000 Honorable Mention scholarships were awarded, as well as three junior scholarships for first place, $1,000; second place, $750; and third place, $500.
“This exhibit is our biggest recruitment event,” said Noah Herman, visiting assistant professor and Tower Gallery director. “I understand first-hand how impressionable it can be for students. I participated in All High in 2014 when I was a high school student, and it turned something I liked as a hobby into a profession in my mind. I hope it has the same impact on these talented artists.”
The show will be on display until February 25.
