The Scholastic Art Awards of New Hampshire received 2,0096 submissions of art from public, parochial and private school students in grades 7-12.
Six panels of judges awarded 822 awards – 269 Gold Key awards – in New Hampshire.
Regional winners’ work in 16 visual art categories will be forwarded to New York in mid-February for national adjudication.
The winning works are on display now through Feb. 8 at host site and sponsor Pinkerton Academy’s Stockbridge Theatre in Derry. Viewing hours are Mondays through Fridays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Students with exhibited work will be recognized during two ceremonies on Feb. 8 – at noon for grades 7-9 and at 1 p.m. for grades 10-12, both in the Stockbridge Theatre. All students will receive certificates, and Silver and Gold Key recipients will receive a key pin for their achievement.
Local winners include:
- Gold Key: Julia Burns, grade 10, painting, Pen and Palette Art Studio; Molly Hoppa, grade 8, painting, Pen and Palette; Rebekah Arruda, grade 10, drawing and illustration, and painting, Pinkerton Academy; Adam Bohorquez, grade 11, film and animation, Pinkerton; Jasminn Garcia, grade 11, drawing and illustration, Pinkerton; Claudia Hansen, grade 12, ceramics and glass; Pinkerton; Sydney Saporito, grade 12, drawing and illustration, Pinkerton; and Lily Zemelko, grade 12, drawing and illustration, Pinkerton.
- Silver Key: Molly Hoppa, grade 8, Hampstead Middle School, fashion, Pen and Palette Art Studio; Kaila Cote, grade 12, two in drawing and illustration; one in painting; Pen and Palette; Rebekah Arruda, Grade 10, drawing and illustration, Pinkerton Academy; Cyrus Champey, grade 12, painting, Pinkerton; Jennifer Dufresne, grade 12, drawing and illustration, Pinkerton; Lauren McGee, grade 10, photography, Pinkerton; and Lily Zemelko, grade 12, painting, Pinkerton.
- Honorable Mention: Emily Wentworth, grade 8, painting, Pen and Palette Studio; Rebekah Arruda, Grade 10, painting, Pinkerton Academy; Jasminn Garcia, grade 11, drawing and illustration, Pinkerton; Madison Harlow, grade 11, photography, Pinkerton; Lauren Humphrey, grade 9, painting, Pinkerton; Anita Kotowicz, grade 12, art portfolio, Pinkerton; Nicole Porter, grade 11, photography, Pinkerton; and Carmela Rogers, grade 11, film and animation, Pinkerton.
This year’s program is made possible with the support of host site and sponsor Pinkerton Academy, the New Hampshire Institute of Art, the Brown-Monson Foundation, Maine College of Art, the New Hampshire Art Educators’ Association, Coca-Cola of Northern New England, and John and Sheila Hoglund.
