Congratulations to the following 18 MVRHS students for winning a total of 23 awards in the 2023 Scholastic Art Awards, in media including Ceramics, Photography, Digital Art, and “Expanded Projects” (a new category involving interactive and installation art). View photos in slideshow below.
Four students – Isabel Carreno-Vogt, Jonathan DeOliveira, Walter Prescott, and Samantha Warren – won the coveted Gold Key awards, which means their work will go on to New York City for the national competition in the spring, and will also be on exhibit at Breed Memorial Hall at Tufts University from March 18 until March 25th.
Gold Key Winner: Little Red Hat – Sam Warren 
Gold Key Winner: Kylie – Jonathan DeOliveira 
Gold Key Winner: Tear Through The Years – Isabel Carreno-Vogt 
Gold Key Winner: Climate Change – Walter Prescott 
Silver Key Winner: Dog Dreams – Beth Jennings 
Silver Key Winner: Seagull – Parker Bradlee 
Silver Key Winner: Willow – Caleb Dubin 
Silver Key Winner: See Through – Jenna Hathaway 
Silver Key Winner: Spider Square – Layslla De Oliveira 
Silver Key Winner: Summers End – Rodeo Purves Langer 
Silver Key Winner: Surveillance – Xavier Clarke 
Silver Key Winner: Water Melon Sun Set – Walter Prescott 
Honorable Mention: Don’t Fret – Mack Searle 
Honorable Mention: OK – Tatiane Marcelino 
Honorable Mention: Faceless – Mack Searle 
Honorable Mention: Silver Key Winner: Getting Over It – Beth Jennings 
Honorable Mention: Wipe Your Tears – Hannah Murphy 
Honorable Mention: Untouched – Isa Merriam 
Honorable Mention: The Burden She Carries – Olivia MacPherson 
Honorable Mention: Sophisticate – Isa Merriam 
Honorable Mention: Tilted – Jocelyn Baliunas 
Honorable Mention: To the Slaughter – Isabella Merriam
Gold Key Winners:
Walter Prescott (also a silver)
Jonathan DeOliveira
Samantha Warren
Isabel Carreno-Vogt
Silver Key Winners:
Caleb Dubin
G.G. DeBlase (“Expanded Project” category)
Beth Jennings (also an HM)
Parker Bradlee
Jenna Hathaway
Layslla de Oliveira
Rodeo Purves-Langer
Xavier Clarke
Walter Prescott (also a gold)
Honorable Mention Winners:
Olivia MacPherson
Mack Searle (two awards!)
Beth Jennings (also a silver)
Tatiane Marcelino
Isabella Merriam (three awards!)
Jocelyn Baliunas
Hannah Murphy