WEIRTON – The sixth-annual High School Student Art Exhibition will be presented and hosted by the Top of West Virginia Arts Council, with a reception scheduled for Wednesday to help kick off the exhibit and recognize the participating artists.

Student artists from Brooke High, Weirton Madonna, and Oak Glen High School are confirmed to participate, according to members of the Arts Council, which is a committee of the Top of West Virginia Convention and Visitors Bureau.

Guests will be welcomed to the Summit Art Gallery, located within the CVB offices at 243 Three Springs Drive, Suite 17, Weirton, for the reception, scheduled from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

“Lost and Found” is the theme for this year’s show.

The art may be any of the traditional media, including sculpture and digitally produced works. Five students from each school will receive award ribbons in recognition of their work. This exhibition is not a competition between the schools, organizers note, but a competition within the students’ works submitted by each school.

The teachers and a member of the Arts Council will be the jurors, with the teacher from the school being judged abstaining in the voting process. Additionally, each teacher is encouraged to submit an artwork to display in the exhibition.

Many pieces of the artwork will be available for purchase as labeled.

The exhibition will remain available for viewing until Dec. 18, with the gallery open 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.