Students from Chagrin Falls Middle and High School received many awards from The Alliance for Young Artists & Writers’ annual Scholastic Art & Writings competition. They were honored at an awards ceremony and reception at the Cleveland Museum of Art on January 16. Their artwork will be displayed in the museum’s exhibit, open to the public, through the end of January.
The Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, a 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization, identifies teenagers with exceptional artistic and literary talent and brings their remarkable work to a national audience through The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. Each year, the Alliance partners with more than 100 visual arts and literary arts organizations across the country to bring the awards to local communities. Teens in grades seven through 12 can apply in 29 categories of art and writing. Submissions are juried by luminaries in the visual and literary arts, some of who are past award recipients. Panelists look for works that best exemplify originality, technical skill, and the emergence of a personal voice or vision.
Last year, students submitted 300,000 works of art and writing to the Awards; more than 68,000 were recognized at the regional level and celebrated in local exhibitions and ceremonies. The top 2,000 works in the country earned National Medals and were celebrated at a ceremony at Carnegie Hall.
The 35 students that were honored from Chagrin Falls Middle and High School include:
Gold Key Winners (moving on to the national competition):
Katie Baker (Untitled Painting-CFMS); Liesel Mcguiness (Character Design/Concept Art & Camera Phone Woes Comic Art-CFHS); Olivia Gabram Tulane (Tree Painting-CFHS); Kathryn Weber (Mind Over Matter Ceramics/ Glass & Haunted Liveliness Art Portfolio-CFHS)
Silver Key Winners:
Martha Liechty (Reflections Painting & Can’t Keep Checking My Phone Drawing and Illustration-CFHS); Raleigh O’Brien (Excuse me doctor? Drawing and Illustration-CFHS); Kathryn Weber (Untitled Painting-CFHS); Lily Winans (Sides Of The Soul Drawing/Illustration & Crisp Autumn Printmaking-CFMS)
Honorable Mention winners:
Marguerite Augier (Untitled Drawing/Illustration-CFHS); Bethany Bacus (Beach Walk Photography-CFHS); Catie Beg (Untitled Printmaking-CFHS); Mitchell Boechler (Art Portfolio-CFHS); Paul Cantlay (How Did This Happen? Ceramics & Glass-CFHS); Jocelyn Denton (Familiar Figure Painting-CFHS); Megan Garvey (Falls Drawing/ Illustration & Art Portfolio-CFHS); Bridget Hunt (Africa Design-CFHS); Jade Kruyne (Jade Design-CFMS); Martha Liechty (The Gaze Art Portfolio & Vivianne Painting -CFHS); Ryan Lurch (Green Monster Jewelry-CFHS); Halle Mcclintock (No Strings Attached Sculpture-CFHS); Liesel Mcguiness (Camera Digital Art- CFHS); Charles Moyse (Untitled Drawing/Illustration-CFHS); Raleigh O’Brien (Triple Vision Painting & Eyes Never Age Digital Art-CFHS); Claire O’Neil (It Wasn’t Me! Ceramics & Glass-CFHS); Michael Vinci (Self Portrait Printmaking-CFHS); Kathryn Weber (Spiked Succulents Ceramics & Glass-CFHS); Clara Young (Stairway To Van Gogh Ceramics & Glass-CFHS)
