Osseo High School Student Recognized for Excellence in Ceramics
An Osseo Senior High School student received a prestigious award for her pottery this year. Julia Boehme’s work was one of 150 selected for this year’s National K-12 Ceramic Exhibition.
In Daniel Prody’s ceramics class, art is what you make it.
“My goal with just being involved as an art teacher is to just get as many people involved in art as we can,” Prody said.
His love of art has transferred to the students. Boehme is one of the students making the most of her own love of ceramics.
She’s been creating since she learned from her godfather in 8th grade. Her love for the messy, creative art form has only grown since.
This prize-winning ceramic strawberry, sculpted by Julia, has a removable lid.
“You never know what you can do before you do it,” Boehme said. “How a ball of clay can come out to all of this stuff. It’s just a lot of using your mind and using your abilities to create something that’s really cool, and I like that!”
Boehme said her favorite things to create are objects you find in nature. That includes creations like pomegranates, flowers and mushrooms.
National Recognition with Humble Beginnings
Her creativity is getting national attention now, as her strawberry was chosen for this year’s show in Richmond, Virginia. Prody said this is the first time an Osseo high school student has been selected in the last few years.
“I was so surprised! I guess when I submitted, I never really thought winning would come of it,” Boehme said.
Prody said he knew Julia had a skill that stood out from the rest.
“She has just flourished as an artist,” Prody said. “She’s coming up with her own ideas, rather than just doing the projects that we are in class. She’s starting to expand on that. And that is a testament to her and all the hard work she’s put in.”
For Boehme, her fire for ceramics has only grown in the classroom. There, she’s been given the space to hone her skills.
Julia Boehme works on sculpting a mug in her ceramics classroom.
“[Prody] just always encouraged me to do my best work, and the most work I could do, which I really appreciate,” she said.
The award also opens the doors for her to earn scholarships for her ceramic work.
Boheme won’t be traveling with her pottery to Virginia, but it will be on display from March 20-22.
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