MHS Students Take Home Art, Writing Awards

Several Medford High School students were recently announced as recipients of Boston Globe Show Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, according to a release on the school department's website.

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The Boston Globe Show is the state branch of the National Scholastic Art and Writing Competition. This year, public, parochial, and private school throughout Massachusetts submitted thousands of individual pieces of art in media ranging from traditional drawing and painting to digital arts and experimental sculpture. Work was adjudicated by a panel of artists, art educators and creative professionals. Students had to demonstrate technical proficiency, creative expression, and a sense of personal vision.

Thirteen Medford High School students were recognized for their outstanding achievement. MHS students were awarded 5 Gold Keys, 3 Silver Keys, and 4 Honorable Mentions. In addition, Senior Kayla Greeley was awarded the Gold Key for her Portfolio of 8 works of art.

The work of Gold and Silver Key winners will be exhibited at the State Transportation Building Gallery in Boston from February 13-April 20. Gold Key winners will go on to compete on the National level.

You can view the works of all of the art awards winners here.

Here are the winners of the 2013 art awards:

• Safinsanadre Antoine, Unsafe, Honorable Mention: Ceramics
• Marissa Coit, Mask Mutation, Gold Key: Ceramics
• Kayla Greeley, Pressure Reaching the Tipping Point: Honorable Mention, Sculpture
• Kayla Greeley, The Book Boot, Silver key: Sculpture
• Kayla Greeley Gold Key: Portfolio
• Jordan Harris, The Raven’s Nest, Gold Key: Ceramics
• Jordan Harris, The Walker’s Hunger, Gold Key: Sculpture
• Jeremy Martins, Two-Faced, Gold Key: Sculpture
• Bianca Mase, Dare to Dream, Honorable Mention: Photography
• Kristen McCarthy, Blooming, Silver Key: Sculpture
• Samuel Prince, My Father’s Dream, Honorable Mention: Printmaking
• Audrey Ring, Masher, Silver Key: Drawing
• Briana Struppa, Wolf Box, Gold Key: Ceramics

And here are the winners of the 2013 writing awards:

• Nicole Avella, Honorable Mention, Personal Essay/Memoir, “Soccer Struggles”, Mr. Ambrose
• Kylie Baker, Silver Key, Poetry, “Bones, Ode to the Chair on my Porch”, Mr. Morris
• Lian Blake, Silver Key, Personal Essay/Memoir, “Boxes”, Mr. Ambrose
• August Bowder-Newton, Honorable Mention, Flash Fiction, “Exist”, Mr. Heinegg
• Abigail Candee, Honorable Mention, Personal Essay/Memoir, “The Martian Who Got Left Behind: Growing Up Different In A Cookie-cutter Society”, Mr. Ambrose
• Ariana Chiarenza, Gold Key, Personal Essay/Memoir, “When The Stars Fell”, Ms. Liu
• James Conlon, Honorable Mention, Personal Essay/Memoir, “From Odd Man Out To Man On Top”, Ms. Peritore
• Kali Crosby, Gold Key, Personal Essay/Memoir, “That Dog Has Spunk”, Ms. Liu
• Victoria Diprizio, Honorable Mention, Short Story, “Silence”, Mr. Ambrose
• Jennifer Frederick, Silver Key, Poetry, “Failure, Irrevocable, Fear, Confirmation Bias, Phineas Gage”, Mr. Morris
• Hannah Gultom, Silver Key, Personal Essay/Memoir, “The Bull and the Blanket”, Ms. Liu
• Elijah Kissman, Silver Key, Personal Essay/Memoir, “A Day At The Races”, Mr. Ambrose
• Sophia MacKay, Honorable Mention, Personal Essay/Memoir, “Lopping Off Locks”, Ms. Liu
• Zofia Tamburini, Honorable Mention, Personal Essay/Memoir, “Across The Trail”, Ms. Liu
• Callaghan Todhunter, Gold Key, Flash Fiction, “A Simple Exchange In An Elevator”, Mr. Ambrose
• Emma Whisler, Honorable Mention, Personal Essay/Memoir, “Surfing”, Ms. Liu