Governor’s arts students earned an incredible 81 Scholastic Art awards this year. This beats the 67 awards won last year by our art students. With 22 writing awards, the total number of Scholastic Art & Writing awards earned by Govs students this year is a remarkable 103 awards.
Students who earned Gold Key awards for their portfolios are: Lily Bailey ’16 for photography, Samara Gallagher ’16 photography, Ember Hua ’16 for photography, Lukas Stachtiaris ’16 for photography, and Brandon Benson ’16 for ceramics.
14 students earned Gold Key awards for their work. The following students won Gold Keys for their photographs: Abigail Pike ’17, Ember Hua ’16, Kevin Zhou ’17, Lukas Stachtiaris ’16, Maggie Farrell ’17, Merilyn Hinrichs ’17, Will Friend ’18, and Will Johnson ’17.
Chloe Lee ’16 earned a Gold Key for her architectural piece.
The following students earned Gold Key awards for their ceramics pieces: Alex Sterchele ’18, Brandon Benson ’16, Jihyun Kim’17, Kate Nickodemus ’17, and Lily Everett ’17.
The full list of art award winners by category is listed below. To view all of the award winning pieces, click here.
Portfolio Winners
Lily Bailey ‘16- Gold Key (Photography)
Samara Gallagher ‘16- Gold Key (Photography)
Ember Hua ‘16- Gold Key (Photography)
Lukas Stachtiaris ‘16- Gold Key (Photography)
Brandon Benson ‘16- Gold Key (Ceramics)
Emma Nekoroski ‘16- Silver Key (Ceramics)
Jasmin Park ’16- Silver Key (Ceramics)
Ratchaphak Tantisanghirun‘16- Silver Key (Photography)
Sydney MacDonald ‘16- Silver Key (Photography)
Abigail Caron ‘16- Honorable Mention (Photography)
Katherine Rodriguez ‘16- Honorable Mention (Ceramics)
Gold Key Winners- Individual Pieces
Chloe Lee ’16 (Architecture)
Abigail Pike ’17 (Photography)
Ember Hua ’16 (Photography)
Kevin Zhou ’17 (Photography)
Lukas Stachtiaris ’16 (Photography)
Maggie Farrell ’17 (Photography)
Merilyn Hinrichs ’17 (Photography)
Will Friend ’18 (Photography)
Will Johnson ’17 (Photography)
Alex Sterchele ’18 (Ceramics)
Brandon Benson ’16 (Ceramics)
Jihyun Kim’17 (Ceramics)
Kate Nickodemus ’17 (Ceramics)
Lily Everett ’17 (Ceramics)
Silver Key Winners- Individual Pieces
Chloe Lee ‘16 (2 Awards) Art
Abigail Caron ’16 (Photography)
Andrew Brown ’18 (Photography)
Elise Chigier ’18 (Photography)
Ember Hua ’16 (Photography)
Jeremiah Mackin-Alonzi ’18 (Photography)
Lily Bailey ‘16 (2 awards) Photography
Maeve Corbett ‘18 (Photography)
Maggie Harrison ’18 (Photography)
Rebecca Willis ’18 (Photography)
Samara Gallagher ’16 (Photography)
Sorieba Fofanah’18 (Photography)
Brandon Benson ’16 (Ceramics)
Honorable Mentions- Individual Pieces
Della Shi ’17 (2 awards) Art
Jason Lee Park ‘18 (2 awards) Art
Jin Kang’17 (Art)
Sarah Pokelwaldt ’19 (Art)
Shawn Robertson ’16 (Art)
Abigail Caron ’16 (Photography)
Abigail Pike ’17 (Photography)
Alex Eliasen’17 (3 awards) Photography
Dan Simonds ’17 (Photography)
David Michel ’17 (Photography)
Holly Jones ’17 (2 awards) Photography
Jack Donahue’18 (Photography)
Maggie Farrell ’17 (Photography)
Samara Gallagher ’16 (Photography)
Sophia Duplin ’16 (Photography)
Ariel Portorreal ’16 (2 awards) Ceramics
Emma Nekoroski ‘16 (2 awards) Ceramics
Jack Norton ’17 (2 awards) Ceramics
Jasmin Park ’18 (Ceramics)
Julia Keith ’16 (2 awards) Ceramics
Kate Nickodemus ’17 (Ceramics)
Katherine Rodriguez ’16 (Ceramics)
Ryan Godfrey ’16 (Ceramics)
Sophia Madsen ’16 (Ceramics)
Collethea Lambert ’18 (Film)
David Rosen ’16 (Film)
Duncan Binnie ’18 (Film)
Congratulations to all of our Scholastic Award winners!
