Congratulations to the following 24 MVRHS Art, Design, & Technology students, who won a total of 31 awards at the 2020 Massachusetts Scholastic Art and Writing Awards this year, in categories including ceramics, digital art, painting, photography, and video game design. When you see them, be sure to congratulate them!
The six Gold Key works will be exhibited at Breed Memorial Hall at Tufts University in March, and go on to New York City for national competition. (National medalists will be announced March 16.) We will have a local exhibition of the MVRHS award winners in the LCR during the month of March.
Gold Keys:
Jenna Joseph, Grade 12 Painting “Tantalus’ Temptation”
Gabriella Silva, Grade 12 Photography “Dolls”
Julianne Joseph, Grade 12 Photography “Connect”
Julianne Joseph, Grade 12 Photography “Party Favor”
Maisie Sherman, Grade 9 Photography “Shadow”
Simone Davis, Grade 12 Photography “Not Enough TV”
Silver Keys:
Adrienne Christy, Grade 9 Ceramics & Glass “Fissure #1”
Emily Wey, Grade 11 Photography “The Eyes of The Wisest”
Margaret Sykes, Grade 11 Photography “Doubt”
Olivia Schroeder, Grade 12 Photography “Dad, I’m Cold”
Simone Davis, Grade 12 Photography “Bird’s-Eye View”
Skyla Harthcock, Grade 12 Photography “Droplets’
Juan Sanchez Roa & Gregory Pyden, Grade 12 Video Game Design “Escape Cove: Rise of the Machines”
Rachel Salop, Grade 11 Short Story “Take-Out Window”
Honorable Mentions:
Jenna Joseph, Grade 12 Art Portfolio “Purging the Vomitorium”
Isaac Richards, Grade 11 Ceramics & Glass “Sculpture”
Oliver Metters, Grade 12 Ceramics & Glass “Tall Textured Vase”
Silas Abrams, Grade 10 Ceramics & Glass “Sea Vessel #2”
Zander Amaral, Grade 11 Ceramics & Glass “The Blue Spittoon”
Summer Riordon, Grade 10 Digital Art “Real”
Kya Maloney, Grade 12 Painting “Cancun Shoreline”
Emily DeSouza, Grade 10 Photography “Collarbone”
Emily Weyl, Grade 11 Photography “Layers of Life”
Emily Weyl, Grade 11 Photography “Herbie the Lonely Bug”
Emily Weyl, Grade 11 Photography “Wrinkles in Time”
Hannah Murphy, Grade 9 Photography “Tea Time”
Kayleigh Bollin, Grade 10 Photography ‘Aftermath of Dance Competitions”
Kinley Rinzin, Grade 9 Photography “View Of The World From Above”
Rachel Salop, Grade 11 Photography “On Your Man”
Wyatt Belisle, Grade 12 Photography “Observed in the Street”
Chloe Cywinski, Grade 11 Video Game Design “Japanese Learning Game”
“Since 1923, the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards have recognized the vision, ingenuity, and talent of our nation’s youth, and provided opportunities for creative teens to be celebrated. … Students across America submitted nearly 340,000 original works this year. … Alumni include artists Andy Warhol, Philip Pearlstein, Cy Twombly, Robert Indiana, Kay WalkingStick, Mozelle Thompson, Hughie Lee-Smith, and John Baldessari; writers Sylvia Plath, Truman Capote, Bernard Malamud, Marc Brown, Myla Goldberg, and Joyce Carol Oates; photographer Richard Avedon; actors Frances Farmer, Robert Redford, Alan Arkin, Lena Dunham, and John Lithgow; fashion designer Zac Posen; and filmmakers Stan Brakhage, Ken Burns, and Richard Linklater.” – https://www.artandwriting.org/