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2013Scholastic
Art&WritingAwards
2.28.2013 Vol LIX Issue 7
The Sycamore Leaf
2013Scholastic
Art&WritingAwards
2.28.2013 Vol LIX Issue 7
The Sycamore Leaf2
Featured in front cover (left to right)Contemplation - Melissa Mendelson, 12 - ScratchboardShades of Emotion - Giulia Mezzabotta, 11 - PaintingIn A Box - Virginia Elliott, 12 - PaintingHumorous Humerus - Laura Mendez, 11 - DrawingOf Many Reflections - Aaron Ishida, 12 - PhotographyStitching Perfect - Michelle Ewert, 12 - Sculpture
Project managers: Ana Barros and Rachael SunContributors: Caroline Gao, Kathryn Tenbarge, Sanika Vaidya, and Anna Zhou
HonorableMention Winners
3What are Scholastics?
What areScholastics?
Laura Mendez, 11
Scholastics was a great experience and I plan on entering next year again. This experience has taught me patience and perseverance. At times it got very stressful but I kept pushing forward and I am pleased with the results.
Audrey Moeller, 10
I think the Scholastics experience was extremely enlightening. I felt so honored to be selected and my favorite part was seeing the other work on display and thinking about how I could grow as an artist.
The AwardsBy the Numbers
9decades of work
28 categories of art and writing
25millions of dollars awarded as scholarships
100+ partner groups
Hope Wang, 11
I haven’t entered Scholastics with SHS, but from just participating in it over the past few years, I can tell that in general, more and more students are entering and receiving awards, which is awesome, because good art should be recognized and cultivated.
34 Portfolio Nominees
Portfolio Nominees
Michael Edelson, 12Michael Edelson, 12
Tabula Rasa, Darkroom photography
Piece 1 of 8
Morgan Feldhaus, 12
Honestly, I didn’t really have a plan when I began this project, I just had a lot of fun with it. It’s really about people doing common activities. I plan on pursuing art in college, keeping photography as a hobby.
Morgan Feldhaus, 12Portfolio, Photography
Michael Taylor, 12 - PhotographyNot featured:
My portfolio centers around the idea of the passing of my father due to Alzheimer’s and the degradation of memory. Most of these ideas play upon lighting in which it takes away features of the body like you can see in the image “Tabula Rasa”. My portfolio has taken me the entire first semester to get to the point it is now but I’m still working on it and I will probably continue with this concept after I graduate.
American VisionsNominees
Hope Wang, 11Diary Entry, Mixed Media
Five Gold Key works per region are nominated as “Best of Show.” These works are reviewed for the American Visions Award. One
National American Visions Award recipient is recognized per region.
The portrait itself consists of words I scribbled down during a vicious struggle with self-worth, identity, and pride. By marrying the bold sharpness of these pins with an emotional painting of my face, the pins represent the obvious concept--pain--but they also represent a barrier between my vulnerability and the eyes of others. This is my diary entry.
Hope Wang, 11
Madeline Garrett, 11The Future of Books, Mixed Media
This piece was based off of the idea that nowadays we are moving away from paper books and more toward electronic ones. What will we do with paper books in the future?
Madeline Garrett, 11
Side view
American Visions Nominees 5
6 Gold Key Winners
Gold Key Winners
Alexandra Logsdon, 11I Can Hear the Aliens, Daniel, Photography
Emily Proudfoot, 12Decaying Apple, Photography
Gabriela Godinez-Feregrino,11Smaller than not less than,
Photography
Saeed Piracha, 12
Art serves as a laxative for feelings – feelings that start in my heart and mess with my head. When I make art, these feelings are released through my hands and transformed into poetry for the eyes. Suddenly, when art is shared with peers, the weight of these feelings are dispersed and I no longer have to carry so much by myself. This has to be my favorite part.
Adam Darwiche, 12 - PhotographyAnna Zhou, 9 - Mixed Media
Caroline Gilmore, 11 - PhotographyClaire Pustinger, 12 - Photography
Daniel Manion, 12 - DrawingEllie Goldman, 12 - Writing
Erica Bateman, 11 - PhotographyGloria Hu, 10 - Photography
Hope Wang, 11 - Mixed Media
Not featured: Kailin Tang, 10 - PaintingMadeline Garrett, 11 - Mixed Media
Madison Herrmann, 12 - PaintingMelissa Mendelson, 12 - DrawingMichael Masset, 11 - Photography
Morgan Feldhaus, 12- Painting, drawingMorgan Rupp, 12 - PhotographyNathan Gregg, 11 - Photography
Samantha Siler, 12 - PaintingYana Udaltsova, 10 - Photography
Amelia Wells, 12
To me, art gives you the biggest sense of accomplishment, because it’s something you succeed in yourself- it can’t just be learned.
7Gold Key Winners
Gold Key Winners
Amelia Wells, 12We Are Our Words, Acrylic painting
Lilly Lefton, 12Fig. 5, Drawing
Laurel Taylor, 10Flora Mae, Mixed Media
Virginia Elliot, 12Eye, Charcoal drawing
Gabriela Godinez-Feregrino, 11
My favorite thing about art is that there are no words to properly describe the emotions in the pieces. You can try to find the words, but there will always be something you can’t quite describe. With art you don’t have to say anything; you just have to look, breath it in, and feel.
Mackenzie Boyd, 10
I realized how useless negative thinking was. I kept worrying that all the time I’d put in was worthless, and it turned out the only thing that was worthless was the worry.”
Silver Key Winners8
Erica Bateman, 11Untitled, Photography
Alma Rechnitzer, 10 - Mixed MediaAndrew Spiller, 12 - ArchitectureAneta Mosoriakova, 11 - PhotographyAngelica Grossbart, 11 - Photography
Caroline Seiler, 12 - PaintingClaire Pustinger, 12 - Drawing
Daniel Manion, 12 - Mixed MediaGloria Hu, 10 - Photography
Graham Livingston, 12 - ArchitectureJacob Maupin, 11 - Photography
Lilly Lefton, 12 - DrawingMadeline Garrett, 11 - Sculpture
Michael Edelson, 12 - PhotographyMichelle Ewert, 12 - Drawing, Sculpture,
PhotographyMorgan Feldhaus, 12 - Mixed Media, drawing
Morgan Rupp, 12 - PhotographyStephanie Knechtly, 10 - Architecture
Samantha Siler, 12 - DrawingVirginia Elliott, 12 - Drawing
Not featured:
*work in progress
Melissa Mendelson, 12
Honestly, my favorite things about art are the reactions and emotions it inspires in others. While I enjoy immensely working on the art itself, it’s immensely gratifying when I show it to my friends or parents or teacher and see the surprise and love in their face...that’s what makes art so wonderful for me.
Melissa M
endelson, 12Contem
plation, Scratchboard
Helen Wessinger, 11Shy, Photography
SilverKey Winners
Alexandra Logsdon, 11
I love art because it forces me to look at the world differently.
Audrey Moeller, 10Yarn self portrait, Mixed Media
Silver Key Winners 9
Honorable Mention Winners10
HonorableMention Winners
Aaron Ishida, 12Of Many Reflections, Photography
Lilly Lefton, 12
I’m kind of sick and tired of people looking at me, finding out I’m an artist, and then expecting me to make pretty pictures of unicorns and fairies and rainbows and all of that girly stuff. What comes out of my mind is twisted and full of messages, and for some reason, that surprises people. Is it because I’m so small? Is it because I’m a girl? I don’t know.
Aneta Mosoriakova, 11 - PhotographyAngelica Grossbart, 11 - Photography
Anna Condron, 11 - PhotographyCaroline Gao, 9 - Mixed Media
Caroline Gilmore, 11 - PhotographyCasey Formal, 12 - Photography
Daniel Manion, 12 - DrawingGraham Livingston, 12 - Mixed Media
Hope Wang, 11 - Print Making, Mixed MediaJacob Maupin, 11 - Photography
Jacob Paul, 12 - DesignJonathan Goldfarb, 11 - Photography
Not featured: Jonathan Stein, 12 - PhotographyKelly McDonald, 12 - Photography
Laura Mendez, 11 - DrawingMadeline Garrett, 11 - Painting
Michael Edelson, 12 - PhotographyMichael Taylor, 12 - Painting
Morgan Feldhaus, 12 - Painting, Mixed MediaNeha Srivatsa, 10 - Painting
Rachael Maupin, 10 - DesignRobert Freeman, 12 - ArchitectureSaeed Piracha, 12 - Photography
Hannah Goldman, 12 - PoetryEllie Goldman, 12 - Poetry
Honorable Mention Winners 11
Giulia Mezzabotta, 11
Scholastics was such a great experience. It taught me just
how creative people can be and it’s nice to see what other
high schoolers can create. It truly inspired me to be a
better artist.
HonorableMention Winners
Gloria Hu, 10
My favorite part about art is that I can be creative and there are no specific guidelines to it.
Giulia Mezzabotta, 11Shades of Emotion, Painting
Lilly Lefton, 12Bow
l, Draw
ing
Daniel Manion, 12
Art, I suppose for me, is the best way I can express my ideas with those willing to listen. Art is hard.
“The purpose of art is to wash the dust of daily life
off our souls”Pablo Picasso
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