Here's a sampling of a few of our Gold and Silver Key winners! The MLWGS Visual Arts Department is very excited to announce that our talented students were recently honored by having their work selected in the regional 2023 Scholastic Art competition. This is a highly competitive annual art competition which had 1878 art entries from around the region.
MLWGS students had one of their best years ever with 69 total awards and the most portfolio winners from ANY school, recognizing Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School as one of the region’s top schools for the Arts. 69 total awards 28 Gold Keys awards including 3 Gold Key Portfolios and 1 American Visions Nominee 14 Silver Keys awards including 2 Silver Key Portfolios 27 Honorable Mentions including 4 Honorable Mention Portfolios Two Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School students received special recognition for their work in this show. Senior, Kori Benjamin, received an American Visions Award nomination for her drawing, Girls with Guns. Additionally, senior, Gray Pershing’s sculpture, Stargirl, was chosen for the VisArts Artistic Merit Award. A portfolio award is very difficult to achieve as it requires a comprehensive body of work expressing a unique artistic voice. Maggie Walker Governor’s School received the most portfolio awards of any school in the region. Please join me in congratulating the following SENIORS who received received special recognition for their portfolios. V Bryson - Gold Key Art Portfolio with additional awards of 1 Gold Key in Mixed Media and 1 Honorable Mention in Extended Projects Reade Henley - Gold Key Art Portfolio with additional awards of 1 Silver Key and 1 Honorable Mention for Fashion Julia Turner - Gold Key Photography Portfolio with additional awards of 1 Gold Key and 1 Silver Key for Photography Ala Killen - Silver Key Photography Portfolio, Honorable Mention Art Portfolio, with additional awards of 2 Silver Keys for Painting, 1 Silver Key for Photography, and 3 Honorable Mentions for Photography Ananya Sairaman - Silver Key Art Portfolio with additional awards of 4 Gold Keys for Drawing, Printmaking, and Painting Kori Benjamin - Honorable Mention Art Portfolio, with additional award of 1 Gold Key and American Visions Award Nominee in Drawing and 1 Gold Key in Painting Cameron Golden - Honorable Mention Art Portfolio with additional award of 1 Silver Key in Painting Libbie Sydnor - Honorable Mention Photography Portfolio with additional award of 1 Honorable Mention in Sculpture Gold and Silver Key winners will have their work displayed at the Visual Art Center of Richmond from Feb. 3- Feb. 20th. Gold Key works will be juried in New York for consideration for National Awards. Congratulations to the following students who were recognized with individual Gold Keys and/or Silver Keys: Lucie Bouton - Gold Key in Photography and Silver Key in Sculpture Tyler DeHaven - Gold Key in Digital Art Hannah Fetter - Gold Key in Photography and Honorable Mention in Ceramics Charlie Goodman - Gold Key in Photography Emil Josefiak - Gold Key in Printmaking and Gold Key in Mixed Media Izzy List - Gold Key in Painting Mercedes Luna - Gold Key in Drawing and another Gold Key in Printmaking Shorya Malani - Gold Key in Photography Cecilia Oseguera - Gold Key and Honorable Mention in Painting Gray Pershing - Two Gold Keys and an Honorable Mention in Sculpture Allyson Phillips- Two Gold Keys and an Honorable Mention in Photography Brielle Telfair - Gold Key in Mixed Media Carson Wang - Gold Key and an Honorable Mention in Film and Animation Ananthu Anish - Silver Key in Drawing Ella Cable - Silver Key in Photography Matilda Frantz - Silver Key in Drawing Xavier Julien - Silver Key in Digital Art Sadie McMahon - Silver Key in Design The Scholastic Arts competition is extremely competitive. All recognitions celebrate the quality of these student works. Please join me in congratulating these students who were recognized with Honorable Mention awards for their work: Colleen Blakeney - HM in Photography Elizabeth Eckstein- HM in Photography Sadie Hall - HM in Fashion Muriel Lewis - HM in Design Ryan Marks - HM in Photography Owen McDonald - HM in Photography Kaysen Mills - HM in Printmaking Mattias Parandeh - HM in Photography Lambrini Phillos - HM in Painting Sibi Sundar - HM in Photography Olympia Theofanos - HM in Photography Congratulations to all these talented students! Go Dragons!
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