Several local students have received prestigious national awards through the 2011 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards competition. As well, the work of two local students, who won awards in the 2010 competition, are included in a traveling exhibit that is currently on view at Seattle Art Museum through Sunday, April 24.
Julia Chamberlain, a talented photographer and visual artist who attended Bainbridge High School and is currently a freshman at the University of Washington, has her gold medal-winning photograph, “Pattern,” at the exhibit.
As well, passionate filmmaker Ben Kadie, who attends Interlake High School in Bellevue, has a three-minute film noir spoof in the exhibit called “Sparks in the Night,” which he originally created for The Seattle Times Three-Minute Movie Contest. His filmmaking web site and accolades can be found at https://slugco.com/.
View their work, and the art of other 2010 award winners, at the free ART.WRITE.NOW exhibit at Seattle Art Museum, in the Community Corridor. To learn more, visit the Seattle Art Museum web site.
The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards program recognizes creative teenagers and offers scholarship opportunities for graduating high school seniors. For the 2011 competition, nearly 1,500 talented students in grades 7 through 12 were chosen to receive national medals. The following local students won awards:
- Ben Kadie, Interlake High School (Bellevue):
Silver Medal – Film & Animation - Katie Henry, Cascade High School (Everett):
American Visions Medal – Sculpture - Kyle Schuman, Cascade High School (Everett):
Gold Medal – Printmaking - Aaron Pavlakos, Henry M. Jackson High School (Everett):
Gold Medal – Design - Audrey Hsu, Juanita High School (Kirkland):
Gold Medal – Science Fiction/Fantasy - Devin Maloney, Meadowdale High School (Lynnwood):
Silver Medal – Mixed Media - Linsie Kalland, Monroe High School:
Gold Medal – Painting - Abby Mitton, Mountlake Terrace High School:
Silver Medal – Drawing - Esther Kim, Kamiak High School (Mukilteo):
Silver Medal – Drawing - Anna Tatelman, Lindbergh High School (Renton):
Silver Medal – Writing Portfolio - Rikke Heinecke, Ballard High School (Seattle):
Silver Medal – Art Portfolio - Emily Ruppel, Lakeside School (Seattle):
Silver Medal – Poetry - Sofia Martins, Lakeside School (Seattle):
Gold Medal – Personal Essay/Memoir - Erica Ng, University Prep (Seattle):
Gold Medal – Short Story - Caroline Dreher, Snohomish High School:
Gold Medal – Mixed Media
The nonprofit Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, which administers the awards, will honor national winners at a special ceremony at Carnegie Hall in New York City on May 31. As well, select award-winning art and writing will be exhibited at the World Financial Center Courtyard Gallery in Lower Manhattan from June 1 through 19.
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has declared Tuesday, May 31, the official Scholastic Art & Writing Awards Day, and the top of the Empire State Building will be lit in gold in honor of the students’ achievements.
To learn more about the awards, visit https://mediaroom.scholastic.com/node/426.
