MPH Students Shine at Scholastic Art Competition
Nearly 400 schools from across 13 counties send their best students’ artwork to compete in the Regional Scholastic Art Competition each year. This year, there were over 4,650 entries! More than 70 professional artists, educators, and photographers select award winners during the judging process. Honorable Mention recognitions represents the top 15% of entries, Silver Key awards represent the top 10% of entries and Gold Key winners represent the top 5% of all entries.
Thirty-eight MPH students dedicated countless hours and challenged themselves to take creative risks as entrants to this year’s competition. Overall, MPH students were honored with 53 awards! Students who received Gold Key awards will move on to compete at Nationals. All student work will be on display at the Whitney Applied Technology Center at Onondaga Community College for the next month. Congratulations to the following students for their achievements, and most of all, their hard work!
View artwork here.
Portfolio Awards (given to seniors who enter eight pieces of work):
Olivia Bigtree – Gold Key Portfolio
Simon Hoke – Silver Key Portfolio
Gold Key: Represents the top 5% of entries
Anna Abrams- 10th Grade – Photography – “Covering Up Ugly”
Asriel Anderson – 8th Grade – Photography – “Just – Ice”
Olivia Bigtree – 12th Grade – Future New – “145 Indigenous Women”
Mira Conrey – 8th Grade – Photography – “Colors”
Annabel Davis – 10th Grade – Painting – “Look Close Enough”
Naomi Hamlin Navias – 12th Grade – Photography – “Pearl V (Clot)”
Simon Hoke – 12th Grade – Photography – “Toilet Boy”
Ella Pisciarino – 11th Grade – Sculpture / Mixed Media – “TV Bird”
Molly Pratt – 8th Grade – Digital Art – “Attention”
Mary Smorol – 10th Grade – Photography – “Plastic Pollution”
Natalie Storie – 11th Grade – Photography – “Blue”
Nick Trivelpiece – 10th Grade – Photography – “Overwhelmed”
Silver Key: Represents the top 10% of entries
Anna Abrams – 10th Grade – Photography – “Face Painting”
Olivia Bigtree – 12th Grade – Photography – “Reflecting”
Olivia Bigtree – 12th Grade – Photography – “Self Evaluation”
Olivia Bigtree – 12th Grade – Photography – “Strength is Beauty”
Lucas Brundin – 11th Grade – Digital Art – “Untitled”
Justice Curry – 9th Grade – Photography – “Her Majesty’s Soldiers”
Tommy Deng – 10th Grade – Mixed Media – “Mirror Boy”
Margaret Fudo – 9th Grade – Photography – “Untitled”
Zoe Gross – 8th Grade – Photography – “A Series of Clowns”
Ezra Hanlin – 12th Grade – Photography – “Off the top 4”
Simon Hoke – 12th Grade – Photography – “Piano Maniac”
Simon Hoke – 12th Grade – Photography – “Sand Panther 1”
Aaron Lesch – 12th Grade – Photography – “Photography”
Aaron Lesch – 12th Grade – Photography – “Woah”
Camille Ouimette Garza – 10th Grade – Painting – “Reach”
Camille Ouimette Garza – 10th Grade – Painting – “Words”
Natalie Store – 11th Grade – Photography – “Power”
Nick Trivelpiece – 10th Grade – Photography – “What do I do?”
Nick Trivelpiece – 10th Grade – Photography – “Getting the News”
Honorable Mention: Represents the top 15% of work
Oliva Bigtree – 12th Grade – Future New – “Relatives”
Olivia Bigtree -12th Grade – Photography – “Closet”
JJ Braverman – 9th Grade – Photography – “Drowning”
Lucas Brundin – 11th Grade – Photography – “Fear the Dentist”
Yumi Chen – 11th Grade – Photography – “Magic Fairy”
Emily Conrey – 8th Grade – Photography – “Cubes and Roses”
Annabel Davis – 10th Grade – Painting – “Dissolve”
Alex Fung – 9th Grade – Digital Art – “Exposure”
Naomi Hamin Navias – 12th Grade – Digital Art – “Pearl”
Naomi Hamin Navias – 12th Grade – Digital Art – “Pearl III (Flux)”
Ezra Hanlin – 12th Grade – Digital Art – “Off the Top 1”
Ezra Hanlin – 12th Grade – Digital Art – “Off the TOp 3”
Ezra Hanlin – 12th Grade – Photography – “Looking Up”
Ezra Hanlin – 12th Grade – Sculpture – “Young Thug”
Abigail Hinshaw – 9th Grade – Photography – “Reflection”
Eric Ma – 10th Grade – Architecture – “Modern House”
Camille Ouimette Garza – 10th Grade – Photography – “Momo and the Sun”
Mary Smorol – 10th Grade – Painting – “Untitled”
Nick Trivelpiece – 10th Grade – “Drops as Heavy as Bullets”
Nick Trivelpiece – 10th Grade – “Sliding Home”