Stoughton High Artists Earn 2012 Scholastic Art Awards Recognition

The following is a press release from the Stoughton Fine Arts Department:

The Scholastic Art and Writing Awards Alliance recently recognized eight Stoughton High art students for their artistic talents.

Founded in 1923, The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards are the longest-running, most prestigious recognition programs for creative teens in the U.S. and the largest source of scholarship funds for young artists and writers.

Each year, ambitious students in grades 7–12 from across the nation and in American schools abroad submit more than 165,000 works of art and writing to be evaluated by visual and literary arts professionals, educators, and scholars.

The Scholastic Art Awards start at the regional level. Students who earn the Gold Key Award will move on to national adjudication in New York City.

The Gold Key Award is the highest level of achievement on the regional level. The Silver Key Award is for works worthy of recognition on the regional level. The Honorable Mention Award is for work demonstrating artistic potential.

SHS Senior Matthew MacDonald earned the Gold Key Award for his Photography Portfolio.

Gold Key award winners for individual works: Shannon Hickey, grade 9, for her photo titled "Hoping for a Thaw"; Emma Sinkus, grade 9, for her photo titled "In the Darkest Folds, You Find Light"; and Julia Sjoquist, grade 10, for her drawing titled "White and White”.

Alex DeNapoli, grade 10, earned a Silver Key Award for his paintings “Self Portrait” and “Angela.”

Honorable Mention awards for individual works went to: Amanda Carlow, grade 9, for her photo titled "Waiting to be Born"; Johnna Costello, grade 11, for her photo titled "Enough"; Nicholas Selby, grade 12 for his painting titled "Abstract Self Portrait”.

Gold and Silver Key award winners have their works on display at the Massachusetts State Transportation Building, 10 Park Plaza in Boston. The exhibition will run February 13 through Friday, April 20. The hours are Monday - Friday, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. and Saturday & Sunday, noon - 4 p.m.

Gold Key Award winners will have their works forwarded to New York City for national evaluation. SPS Fine Arts members David Wall and Mark Craig are the art and photography teachers at Stoughton High School.

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Photos and paintings from these award winning artists are posted in the media gallery above.