2013Scholastic

Art&WritingAwards

2.28.2013 Vol LIX Issue 7

The Sycamore Leaf

2013Scholastic

Art&WritingAwards

2.28.2013 Vol LIX Issue 7

The Sycamore Leaf2

Featured in front cover (left to right)Contemplation - Melissa Mendelson, 12 - ScratchboardShades of Emotion - Giulia Mezzabotta, 11 - PaintingIn A Box - Virginia Elliott, 12 - PaintingHumorous Humerus - Laura Mendez, 11 - DrawingOf Many Reflections - Aaron Ishida, 12 - PhotographyStitching Perfect - Michelle Ewert, 12 - Sculpture

Project managers: Ana Barros and Rachael SunContributors: Caroline Gao, Kathryn Tenbarge, Sanika Vaidya, and Anna Zhou

HonorableMention Winners

3What are Scholastics?

What areScholastics?

Laura Mendez, 11

Scholastics was a great experience and I plan on entering next year again. This experience has taught me patience and perseverance. At times it got very stressful but I kept pushing forward and I am pleased with the results.

Audrey Moeller, 10

I think the Scholastics experience was extremely enlightening. I felt so honored to be selected and my favorite part was seeing the other work on display and thinking about how I could grow as an artist.

The AwardsBy the Numbers

9decades of work

28 categories of art and writing

25millions of dollars awarded as scholarships

100+ partner groups

Hope Wang, 11

I haven’t entered Scholastics with SHS, but from just participating in it over the past few years, I can tell that in general, more and more students are entering and receiving awards, which is awesome, because good art should be recognized and cultivated.

34 Portfolio Nominees

Portfolio Nominees

Michael Edelson, 12Michael Edelson, 12

Tabula Rasa, Darkroom photography

Piece 1 of 8

Morgan Feldhaus, 12

Honestly, I didn’t really have a plan when I began this project, I just had a lot of fun with it. It’s really about people doing common activities. I plan on pursuing art in college, keeping photography as a hobby.

Morgan Feldhaus, 12Portfolio, Photography

Michael Taylor, 12 - PhotographyNot featured:

My portfolio centers around the idea of the passing of my father due to Alzheimer’s and the degradation of memory. Most of these ideas play upon lighting in which it takes away features of the body like you can see in the image “Tabula Rasa”. My portfolio has taken me the entire first semester to get to the point it is now but I’m still working on it and I will probably continue with this concept after I graduate.

American VisionsNominees

Hope Wang, 11Diary Entry, Mixed Media

Five Gold Key works per region are nominated as “Best of Show.” These works are reviewed for the American Visions Award. One

National American Visions Award recipient is recognized per region.

The portrait itself consists of words I scribbled down during a vicious struggle with self-worth, identity, and pride. By marrying the bold sharpness of these pins with an emotional painting of my face, the pins represent the obvious concept--pain--but they also represent a barrier between my vulnerability and the eyes of others. This is my diary entry.

Hope Wang, 11

Madeline Garrett, 11The Future of Books, Mixed Media

This piece was based off of the idea that nowadays we are moving away from paper books and more toward electronic ones. What will we do with paper books in the future?

Madeline Garrett, 11

Side view

American Visions Nominees 5

6 Gold Key Winners

Gold Key Winners

Alexandra Logsdon, 11I Can Hear the Aliens, Daniel, Photography

Emily Proudfoot, 12Decaying Apple, Photography

Gabriela Godinez-Feregrino,11Smaller than not less than,

Photography

Saeed Piracha, 12

Art serves as a laxative for feelings – feelings that start in my heart and mess with my head. When I make art, these feelings are released through my hands and transformed into poetry for the eyes. Suddenly, when art is shared with peers, the weight of these feelings are dispersed and I no longer have to carry so much by myself. This has to be my favorite part.

Adam Darwiche, 12 - PhotographyAnna Zhou, 9 - Mixed Media

Caroline Gilmore, 11 - PhotographyClaire Pustinger, 12 - Photography

Daniel Manion, 12 - DrawingEllie Goldman, 12 - Writing

Erica Bateman, 11 - PhotographyGloria Hu, 10 - Photography

Hope Wang, 11 - Mixed Media

Not featured: Kailin Tang, 10 - PaintingMadeline Garrett, 11 - Mixed Media

Madison Herrmann, 12 - PaintingMelissa Mendelson, 12 - DrawingMichael Masset, 11 - Photography

Morgan Feldhaus, 12- Painting, drawingMorgan Rupp, 12 - PhotographyNathan Gregg, 11 - Photography

Samantha Siler, 12 - PaintingYana Udaltsova, 10 - Photography

Amelia Wells, 12

To me, art gives you the biggest sense of accomplishment, because it’s something you succeed in yourself- it can’t just be learned.

7Gold Key Winners

Gold Key Winners

Amelia Wells, 12We Are Our Words, Acrylic painting

Lilly Lefton, 12Fig. 5, Drawing

Laurel Taylor, 10Flora Mae, Mixed Media

Virginia Elliot, 12Eye, Charcoal drawing

Gabriela Godinez-Feregrino, 11

My favorite thing about art is that there are no words to properly describe the emotions in the pieces. You can try to find the words, but there will always be something you can’t quite describe. With art you don’t have to say anything; you just have to look, breath it in, and feel.

Mackenzie Boyd, 10

I realized how useless negative thinking was. I kept worrying that all the time I’d put in was worthless, and it turned out the only thing that was worthless was the worry.”

Silver Key Winners8

Erica Bateman, 11Untitled, Photography

Alma Rechnitzer, 10 - Mixed MediaAndrew Spiller, 12 - ArchitectureAneta Mosoriakova, 11 - PhotographyAngelica Grossbart, 11 - Photography

Caroline Seiler, 12 - PaintingClaire Pustinger, 12 - Drawing

Daniel Manion, 12 - Mixed MediaGloria Hu, 10 - Photography

Graham Livingston, 12 - ArchitectureJacob Maupin, 11 - Photography

Lilly Lefton, 12 - DrawingMadeline Garrett, 11 - Sculpture

Michael Edelson, 12 - PhotographyMichelle Ewert, 12 - Drawing, Sculpture,

PhotographyMorgan Feldhaus, 12 - Mixed Media, drawing

Morgan Rupp, 12 - PhotographyStephanie Knechtly, 10 - Architecture

Samantha Siler, 12 - DrawingVirginia Elliott, 12 - Drawing

Not featured:

*work in progress

Melissa Mendelson, 12

Honestly, my favorite things about art are the reactions and emotions it inspires in others. While I enjoy immensely working on the art itself, it’s immensely gratifying when I show it to my friends or parents or teacher and see the surprise and love in their face...that’s what makes art so wonderful for me.

Melissa M

endelson, 12Contem

plation, Scratchboard

Helen Wessinger, 11Shy, Photography

SilverKey Winners

Alexandra Logsdon, 11

I love art because it forces me to look at the world differently.

Audrey Moeller, 10Yarn self portrait, Mixed Media

Silver Key Winners 9

Honorable Mention Winners10

HonorableMention Winners

Aaron Ishida, 12Of Many Reflections, Photography

Lilly Lefton, 12

I’m kind of sick and tired of people looking at me, finding out I’m an artist, and then expecting me to make pretty pictures of unicorns and fairies and rainbows and all of that girly stuff. What comes out of my mind is twisted and full of messages, and for some reason, that surprises people. Is it because I’m so small? Is it because I’m a girl? I don’t know.

Aneta Mosoriakova, 11 - PhotographyAngelica Grossbart, 11 - Photography

Anna Condron, 11 - PhotographyCaroline Gao, 9 - Mixed Media

Caroline Gilmore, 11 - PhotographyCasey Formal, 12 - Photography

Daniel Manion, 12 - DrawingGraham Livingston, 12 - Mixed Media

Hope Wang, 11 - Print Making, Mixed MediaJacob Maupin, 11 - Photography

Jacob Paul, 12 - DesignJonathan Goldfarb, 11 - Photography

Not featured: Jonathan Stein, 12 - PhotographyKelly McDonald, 12 - Photography

Laura Mendez, 11 - DrawingMadeline Garrett, 11 - Painting

Michael Edelson, 12 - PhotographyMichael Taylor, 12 - Painting

Morgan Feldhaus, 12 - Painting, Mixed MediaNeha Srivatsa, 10 - Painting

Rachael Maupin, 10 - DesignRobert Freeman, 12 - ArchitectureSaeed Piracha, 12 - Photography

Hannah Goldman, 12 - PoetryEllie Goldman, 12 - Poetry

Honorable Mention Winners 11

Giulia Mezzabotta, 11

Scholastics was such a great experience. It taught me just

how creative people can be and it’s nice to see what other

high schoolers can create. It truly inspired me to be a

better artist.

HonorableMention Winners

Gloria Hu, 10

My favorite part about art is that I can be creative and there are no specific guidelines to it.

Giulia Mezzabotta, 11Shades of Emotion, Painting

Lilly Lefton, 12Bow

l, Draw

ing

Daniel Manion, 12

Art, I suppose for me, is the best way I can express my ideas with those willing to listen. Art is hard.

“The purpose of art is to wash the dust of daily life

off our souls”Pablo Picasso

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