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More than 60 young artists enrolled in Spring Branch ISD middle or high schools have received Scholastic Art Awards in annual regional competition sponsored through the Harris County Dept. of Education (HCDE).

Several students were honored with multiple awards in one or more separate categories.

This year, 25 students won Gold Key awards. Their best works now advance for final judging at the national level. In addition, 17 students received Silver Key awards, and 28 students earned Honorable Mention recognitions.

In all, 70 separate recognitions among these talented art students reflect one of the highest award totals ever recorded in recent SBISD Scholastic Award history. 

District winners will be honored along with their peers in regional ceremonies on Feb. 21 for middle school winners at Texas Art Supply, 2001 Montrose Blvd., and on Feb. 28 at Spring Street Studios, 1824 Spring St., for high school honorees.

The combined Scholastic Art & Writing Awards highlight and honor young artists and writers who may be the nation’s next generation of creative visionaries. This spring, 1,500 or more students will receive national awards, and join the ranks of famous artists, photographers and writers who include Andy Warhol, Sylvia Plath, Truman Capote, Richard Avedon, Robert Redford and Joyce Carol Oates.

HCDE serves each year as the regional sponsor for the prestigious Scholastic Art program. The regional educational group judges thousands of entries submitted by teen artists. HCDE judges routinely view and evaluate thousands of student submissions from across Harris County.

SBISD Student Art Award Winners

Gold Key Awards

These awards represent the very best area works submitted to HCDE. Gold Key works are automatically considered for national-level honors and recognition.

Memorial High
Sharon Han, 12th grade, Art Portfolio, “Abounding Hope”
Marissa Hines, 10th grade, Drawing & Illustration, “Just Stop Talking,” and Painting, “Remembrance of a Life”
Callie Hurley, 12th grade, Art Portfolio, “Seasons of Change”
Mayla Kalo, 11th grade, Mixed Media, “I’m Here”
Jane Lee, 12th grade, Mixed Media, “Stained Alley”
Laura Lee, 9th grade, Painting, “Intruder”
Mia Mancheski, 9th grade, Drawing & Illustration, “Family Dynamics”
Avantika Matele, 10th grade, Drawing & Illustration, “Bliss”
Jacki Morris, 12th grade, Drawing & Illustration, “Alone”
Emeline Moss, Painting, 10th grade, “Mornings in Vietnam”
Chloe Pruett, 10th grade, Painting, “Determination”
Anqi Wang, Art Portfolio, 12th grade, “The Realization of Self Image” and Digital Art, “Flare-Ups”
Rebecca Yu, 10th grade, Drawing & Illustration, “Visions of the Past”
Greer Giles, 11th grade, Photography, both “Cracked” and “El Trabajador”
Vallery Orr, 10th grade, Digital Art, “Disintegrated Identity”
Ariela Romero, 12th grade, Photography, both “Abuelo” and “Hermanos”
Daphne Sun, 12th grade, Photography, “Divine Light”
Ashley Thompson, 11th grade, Photography, “Neon Dreams”
Ava Willard, 11th grade, Digital Art, “Ag”
Julia Kim, 10th grade, Mixed Media, “Looking Beyond”
Ruby Zhou, 12th grade, Mixed Media, “Swinging Through the Ages”

Memorial Middle
Alina Du, 8th grade, Drawing & Illustration, “On the Gogh”

Spring Woods High
Susan Torres, 12th grade, Sculpture, “Horne Gardne”

Stratford High
Hossein Farahani, 11th grade, Photography, for “Lost in a Moment,” “Hess,” and “Wait a Second”
Angela Villarreal, 11th grade, Photography, “New Life”

Silver Key Awards

These awards represent represent stand-out submitted student works that demonstrate exceptional quality.

Memorial High
Cindy Xinyl, 9th grade, Drawing & Illustration, “Longing”
Brisa Gawlikowski, 11th grade, Drawing & Illustration, “Into the Light”
Stephanie Han, 9th grade, Mixed Media, “Daydream”
Tyler Kaneda, 10th grade, Drawing & Illustration, “Drawing Home”
Firyal Sameer, 11th grade, Photography, “Missing Home”
Lizzie Gissel, 11th grade, Digital Art, “Indigo Child”
Ally Kilgore, 11th grade, Photography, “Greyson”
Naomi Delemos, 9th grade, Drawing & Illustration, “Shoes”
Damarys Gerardo, 9th grade, Painting, “Abuela”

Spring Woods High
Ella Guo, 11th grade, Editorial Cartoon, “Friends”
Kassandra Kujawa, 9th grade, Editorial Cartoon, “ok boomer”
Susan Torres, 12th grade, Sculpture, “the magnetic pole has shifted”

Stratford High
Matias Grimoldi Calo, 12th grade, Art Portfolio, “Control,” and Digital Art, “Break”
Hossein Farahani, 11th grade, Photography, “Dark Blue,” “Don’t Be Fake,” “Pain,” and “Last of Us”
Angela Villareal, 11th grade, Photography, “Opening”
Nevada Ransom, 11th grade, Digital Art, “Deadlocked Hands”
Adrian Vazquez Mora, 11th grade, Drawing & Illustration, “Screen Time”

Honorable Mention

These accomplished student works reflect great skill and potential.

Memorial High
Mia Cumberland, 10th grade, Painting, “Major Mischief”
Aspen Eastham, 11th grade, Drawing & Illustration, “Look at My Face”
Emma Feuer, 11th grade, Drawing & Illustration, “Life of a Sous Chef”
Sophie Guinn, 11th grade, Drawing & Illustration, “There’s More to Me”
Kunyang Li, 11th grade, Drawing & Illustration, “Working Class”
Grace Pernoud, 10th grade, Mixed Media, “Undiagnosed”
Aida Pourmousa, 12th grade, Mixed Media, “Dreaming of Home”
Rachel Sedita, 11th grade, Drawing & Illustration, “Dinner Please”
Madeline Stieglitz, 9th grade, Photography, “Am I Enough?”
Emily Crawmer, 11th grade, Digital Art, “Persephone”
Maddi Feinberg, 11th grade, Photography, “Forbidden Fig”
Sophie Guinn, 11th grade, Digital Art, “Ornithophobia”
Samantha Hilder, 12th grade, Photography, “Disposable”
Carolyn Parmer, 12th grade, Photography, “Dancer in Grayscale”
Kayla Sidik, 11th grade, Photography, “After Awhile Crocodile”
Annie Stewart, 11th grade, Photography, “Temporary Beauty”
Farrah Wohlford, 10th grade, Photography, “Attached”
Kate Stuyck, 9th grade, Drawing & Illustration, “Moose”
MinSun Lee, 11th grade, “Conversation”

Memorial Middle
Hannah Kim, 8th grade, Colored Pencil Drawing, “Hard to Bear”

Spring Woods High
Abby Garner, 11th grade, Sculpture, “I couldn’t find the answer but it may be flowers”
Ella Guo, 11th grade, Sculpture, “bird cage”
Kassandra Kujawa, 9th grade, Editorial Cartoon, “for your dad too”
Angelica Mendoza, 11th grade, Mixed Media, “giraffe”

Stratford High
Bokyung Jeon, 12th grade, Drawing & Illustration, “Deterioration”
Rylie Williams, 11th grade, “Trapped”
Hossein Farahani, 11th grade, Photography, “Iran”
Alexis Moidel, 11th grade, Photography, “The Ball”

 

View HCDE’s Scholastic Art postings and information.

For more information about the program including an upcoming list of national Gold Key honorees, please visit Scholastic Art & Writing Awards.