2017 Scholastic Art + Writing Awards

 

University School students won 12 gold keys, 24 silver keys, and 47 honorable mentions. Gold key winners continue to the national competition in New York City in June. The student artwork will be on exhibit, Jan. 17 to Feb. 3, in the Reinberger Gallery at the Cleveland Institute of Art. Visit CIA for more information. 

 

This year, more than 1,800 students in grades 7-12 in Cuyahoga County submitted more than 3,100 pieces of artwork and writing samples to be judged.

"A hearty congratulations goes out not only to our students who won awards in a wide variety of writing categories, but also to everyone who entered the contest,” said Janice Fazio, Upper School English teacher and adviser. “It’s always a risk to submit your work to be judged, and our students should be proud of their efforts.”

 

Michael Starinsky, chair of the Department of Art and Design Technology at the Upper School, noted, "We are extremely proud of the work our students created this year. We are most proud of the fact that our awards cover so many different categories in the competition. It is a testament to our students' good work and our teachers' skilled guidance." 

 

The gold and silver key recipients are: 

Dan Accordino – gold key, design

Uzo Ahn – 2 silver keys, critical essay “The Curious Case of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach” and personal essay, “The Art of Nature”

Reid Anderson – silver key, digital art

Omer Ashruf – 2 sliver keys, critical essays “Abraham Lincoln’s Reconstruction” and “Validity of the Democratic Peace Theory: The Warlike Nature of Autocracies in Relation to Democracies”

Will Ellis – gold key, drawing and Illustration

Cole Fallon – gold key, drawing and illustration

Max Feldman – 2 silver keys, photography

Tyler Fertel – silver key, critical essay “The Effects of Legalizing Sports Betting”

Ben Firstenberg – silver key, personal essay “Tryouts”

Rohan Garg - gold key, photography; 2 silver keys, photography

Hunter Goldberg – silver key, photography

Adam Gurary – 2 silver keys, short story “Life of Bill” and science fiction, “Log: The Observation”

Eli Kaufman – silver key, photography

Daniel Leonard – gold key, critical essay “The Drowning City”

Will Leslie - 2 gold keys, photography

Miles Monga – 2 silver keys, dramatic script “The Life of a Fool” and short story “Puppy Love”

Ryan O’Malley – silver key, digital art

Isaiah Paik – gold key, critical essay “Teaching Living, Teaching Learning”; silver key, critical essay “North Korea’s Media Misrepresentation: A Vicious Cycle”

Michael Richmond – silver key, critical essay “The Controversy of Huck Finn”

James Sheeler – gold key, sculpture; silver key, photography

Dylan Siegler – silver key, critical essay, “Wikileaks: When Journalism is Terrorism”

Rafiq Sitabkhan – gold key, photography

Dante Sudilovsky – 2 gold keys, photography; silver key, digital art

Grant Wasserman – silver key, photography

 

University School students received honorable mentions in the following categories: 

Architectural & Industrial Design: Dan Accordino, Chris Coughlin, Andrew Weitzman

Art Portfolio: Rohan Garg

Ceramics & Glass: James Sheeler

Critical Essay: Jacob Bartell, Hadi Bouali, Reed Chen, Eric Miranda, Jack Sacks, Tim Sullivan

Design: Brendon Slabe

Digital Art: Ryan O’Malley (2), Matthew Holland, Caleb Peters

Drawing & Illustration: Will Ellis

Flash Fiction: Will Zhang

Journalism: Sumner Jones

Personal Essay: Jon Blackwell, Joe Fedro, Rohan Garg

Photography: Firas Abboud, Enrique de la Mata, Rohan Garg, Will Leslie, Kyle Llinas, Caleb Peters (2), Arjun Ramachandran, Bryan Rego, John Sazima (2), James Sheeler (2), Riaz Sitabkhan, Gabe Teel

Poetry: Quinn Kennedy, Daniel Ryan

Printmaking: George Necastro

Sculpture: Craig Centa, John Hollington, Adam Marcia

Short Story: Rohan Garg, Jack Harris, Topstone Liang, John-Shaw Moazami