Thursday, February 7, 2019

Scholastic Art and Writing Awards 2018-2019 Winners

The Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School Visual Arts and English Departments are proud to announce that our students have received two gold keys, six silver keys and eight honorable mentions in the 2019 Boston Globe Scholastic Art and Writing Awards. Established in 1923, the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards are the longest-running, most prestigious recognition program for creative teens in the United States.  Gold Key works will automatically advance to national judging and will be considered for national awards. Gold Key work is currently being reviewed at the national level in New York City by panels of creative professionals. National Medalists selected by these panelists will be announced on Wednesday, March 13, 2019.  Gold Key award-winning work will be exhibited at the Massachusetts Scholastic Art and Writing Awards regional exhibition at Breed Memorial Hall, Tufts University, from March 16 through March 25.

Visual Arts: At Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School Violette Holbrook received a gold key.  Aidan Heney, Makenzie Liphardt, and YueYan Zhang received silver keys.  Miranda Boyd, Margaret Brown, Lily Cassidy, Annabel Howley and Olivia Malloy received honorable mentions.  At Miles River Middle School Maya Beach received two honorable mentions. 

English: At Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School Nidihi Pillai received a gold key and an honorable mention.  Megan Amero received a silver key and Nora Sullivan-Horner received two silver keys. 

Congratulations to all winners!



Tessa Violet
Maya Beach, Grade 8
Honorable Mention
Reflection
Maya Beach, Grade 8
Honorable Mention
Muir Beach Skull
Olivia Malloy, Grade 12
Honorable Mention 
Three Musketeers
Annabel Howley, Grade 12
Honorable Mention
Succulent
Makenzie Liphardt, Grade 10
Silver Key
Kate and Maren
Lily Cassidy, Grade 9
Honorable Mention
Melting Marsh
Margaret Brown, Grade 12
Honorable Mention
Barbed Fauna
Miranda Boyd, Grade 11
Honorable Mention
Still Life with Plaster Hand
YueYan Zhang, Grade 11
Silver Key

Fellas by the Beach
Violette Holbrook, Grade 11
Gold Key
Fighting Your Shadow
Aidan Heney, Grade 12
Silver Key