Penn student-artists honored in Scholastic Art competition
Posted on February 1, 2016From mosaic masks that featured a dazzling kaleidoscope of color, to visionary photography that encased social commentary, Penn High School students took their artist creativity and expression to higher levels through the Scholastic Art competition.
Penn students claimed 57 awards at three levels (Gold Key, Silver Key, Honorable Mention) regionally. The art of Gold Key winners will be in a competition at the national level in New York City.
Click here for a gallery of some of the award-winning art.
All three levels will be displayed for a public exhibition in the Warner Gallery at the South Bend Museum of Art in the Century Center from January 30th to Feb 27th.
Principal Steve Hope appreciated the showing of Penn’s student-artists.
“It was great to see so many student-artists from Penn recognized at the regional Scholastic Arts Awards,” Hope said. “The work from these creative and talented students is varied in subject and media from realistic to abstract and from drawing to sculpture. The work displayed at The South Bend Museum of Art is a testament to the hard work put forth by these student-artists and to the great art instruction at Penn High School. We should never take for granted the benefits of living in a community which values and supports the arts.
“In this age of both teacher and student accountability, many schools have cut programming to the arts,” Hope said. “At Penn, we have continued to emphasize the development of the whole person – body, mind and soul. The arts feed our soul and help us develop a better understanding of ourselves and our place in the world. Decades of research have supported that study in the arts help further develop an understanding in all academic areas.”
According to a Scholastic Art press release, the Scholastic Art competition is nation’s longest-running and most prestigious recognition initiative for creative teens. It has been credited with identifying the early promise of some of our nation’s most accomplished visionaries and encouraged young artists and writers to pursue a variety of creative career paths and endeavors.
Penn High School art instructor Barbara Miller said the Scholastic Art competition for high school and junior high school students is in its 92nd year and that it involves students in all 50 states. It is sponsored by the Scholastic Book Company.
“Penn and (Penn-Harris-Madison School Corporation) have always been in the top 10, if not the top three-to-five 3-5 for earning awards of about 72 schools in our region,” Miller said. “That is important to help recognize our hard-working students and our outstanding visual arts program and the quality teaching that takes place in our schools.”
Miller said that the Scholastic Award winning-work by Penn students will be displayed in the Kingsmen Fine Arts Gallery March 10-April 18.
“We have three professional art exhibits and three student art exhibits in our Penn Kingsmen Fine Arts Gallery each school year,” Miller said. “We are very fortunate to have this gallery. It is something that few schools in our state, or even country have. It was originally the vision of our principal, Steve Hope, to have this and he worked for many years with the P-H-M Educational Foundation to establish it.”
Art Instructor Becky Hope also appreciated Penn’s commitment to Art, which has played a key role in the success of Penn students in the Scholastic Art competition.
“Penn has supported the Visual Arts through providing an amazingly diverse selection of teachers in specialized course art work so that student can develop master skills in drawing, graphic design and sculpture to name a few of the opportunities,” Hope said.
Penn High School Scholastic Art Awards 2015-16
Penn Student |
Award |
Category |
Teacher |
Olivia Adam |
Honorable Mention |
Design |
A. Verzatt |
Mariah Anderson |
Honorable Mention |
Mixed Media |
B. Miller |
Deniz Arikan |
Gold Key |
Photography |
B. Dunham |
Deniz Arikan |
Silver Key |
Photography |
B. Dunham |
Mckenzie Blankenbaker |
Honorable Mention |
Drawing |
B. Miller |
Sid Clark |
Silver Key |
Sculpture |
B. McKechnie |
Emma Daggy |
Honorable Mention |
Mixed Media |
B. Miller |
James Darr |
Silver Key |
Sculpture |
B. Brown |
Sydney DeMeyer |
Honorable Mention |
Sculpture |
B. McKechnie |
Brianna Edgerly |
Honorable Mention |
Photography |
B. Dunham |
Joseph Emery |
Gold Key |
Sculpture |
B. McKechnie |
Amelia Frasier |
Silver Key |
Photography |
B. Dunham |
Isabella Gianesi |
Silver Key |
Design |
A. Verzatt |
Kira Goudy |
Silver Key |
Drawing |
B. Miller |
Mackenzie Griman |
Silver Key |
Sculpture |
B. Hope |
Miranda Hans |
Silver Key |
Photography |
B. Dunham |
Payton Holland |
Honorable Mention |
Sculpture |
B. McKechnie |
Jack Hollowell |
Gold Key |
Photography |
B. Dunham |
Jack Hollowell |
Silver Key |
Photography |
B. Dunham |
Jack Hollowell |
Silver Key |
Photography |
B. Dunham |
Bryce Holt |
Gold |
Drawing |
B. Miller |
Bryce Holt |
Honorable Mention |
Printmaking |
B. Miller |
Mic Hughes |
Honorable Mention |
Sculpture |
B. McKechnie |
Abby Jones |
Gold Key |
Photography |
B. Dunham |
Abby Jones |
Gold Key |
Photography |
B. Dunham |
Emily Latham |
Silver Key |
Sculpture |
B. McKechnie |
Bobbie Mammolenti |
Gold Key |
Photography |
B. Dunham |
Bobbie Mammolenti |
Gold Key |
Photography |
B. Dunham |
Emmi Meyer |
Honorable Mention |
Design |
A. Verzatt |
Lacey Milcherska |
Honorable mention |
Photography |
B. Dunham |
Michaela Palicki |
Gold key |
Photography |
B. Dunham |
Eliana Peterson |
Honorable Mention |
Drawing |
B. Miller |
Jason Reinoehl |
Honorable Mention |
Drawing |
B. Miller |
Matt Rzeszutko |
Silver Key |
Printmaking |
B. Miller |
Emily Schultz |
Honorable Mention |
Photography |
B. Dunham |
Courtney Seigel |
Gold Key |
Photography |
B. Dunham |
Courtney Seigel |
Silver Key |
Digital |
B. Dunham |
Taylor Sharpe |
Honorable Mention |
Photography |
B. Dunham |
Eric Spaargaren |
Silver Key |
Design |
A. Verzatt |
Leigha Sparrow |
Honorable Mention |
Mixed Media |
B. Miller |
Madeline Strintz |
Silver Key |
Photography |
B. Dunham |
Madeline Strintz |
Silver Key |
Photography |
B. Dunham |
Ashley Szumski |
Gold Key |
Photography |
B. Dunham |
Ashley Szumski |
Gold Key |
Photography |
B. Dunham |
Ashley Szumski |
Gold Key |
Photography |
B. Dunham |
Sabrina Thayer |
Silver Key |
Design |
A. Verzatt |
Sabrina Thayer |
Honorable Mention |
Design |
A. Verzatt |
Akane Tokusumi |
Gold Key |
Drawing |
B. Miller |
Akane Tokusumi |
Honorable Mention |
Printmaking |
B. Miller |
Noemi Toroczkai |
Honorable Mention |
Printmaking |
B. Miller |
Katie Turner |
Honorable Mention |
Photography |
B. Dunham |
Katie Turner |
Honorable Mention |
Design |
A. Verzatt |
Breyanne Urbin |
Gold Key |
Printmaking |
B. Miller |
Emily Wennerstrom |
Honorable Mention |
Drawing |
B. Miller |
Austin White |
Gold Key |
Digital |
B. Dunham |
Madason Whittaker |
Silver Key |
Printmaking |
B. Miller |
Kacey Wood |
Silver Key |
Photography |
B. Dunham |
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