Centreville Students Win Art Awards

students were among the winners of the Regional Scholastic Art Awards program sponsored by the Alliance for Young Artists and Writers. Winning artwork will be on display at Northern Virginia Community College’s Ernst Community Cultural Center in Annandale from Friday, Feb. 10, through Thursday, Feb. 23. An awards ceremony for Gold and Silver Key winners is planned for Tuesday, Feb. 21, at 7:30 p.m.

Gold Key award-winning entries will be submitted to the national Scholastic Art Awards competition, where students are awarded national Gold and Silver medals, as well as monetary awards and scholarships. Awards will be announced in April, and an exhibit of the national winners’ works will be on display in New York later this year.           

More than 250,000 students participate in the program on a regional basis, and more than 50,000 students receive regional awards and exhibition opportunities.

Certificate of merit: 

Syed Ali for digital art, "Vultus"

HeeJoo Hong for sculpture, "Toasted"

Tobin Horst for sculpture, "Madame des Arbres"

Mira Kim for sculpture, "Midnight Before Dawn"

Soo Yeon Lee, for mixed media, "The 4th Dimension"

Yeri Park for drawing, " Together Untouched" and "Sound"

Yasaman Vahdat for digital art, "They are Watching"

Silver Key:

Emily Berkley for ceramics and glass, "Autotoxin"

Daniel Kim for design, "Purification"

Tobin Horst for art portfolio, "Je Me Déteste Et Je Veux Mourir"

Joo‐Young Ko for art portfolio, "Self-portrait"

Mira Ko for art portfolio, "Can"

Gold Key:

Sara Emsley for jewelry, "Tempus Fugit"

Ashley Frongello for sculpture, "Aluminum Standard"

Chung Ha Min for digital art, "Open Up My Thoughts"

Kelly Hicks for sculpture, "2 Course Meal"

Daniel Kim for mixed media, "Prayer"

Simranjit Singh for digital art, "Human Destruction"

Esther Yoon for mixed media, "Liberation of Broken Hearts"

Min Kyong Han for design, "Zippity Dooda"

Jamie Rondot for ceramics and glass, "Piggy Bank"