Student artists from Downers Grove North High School received regional visual art recognition through The 2010 Scholastic Art Awards. In all, North High visual artists garnered 74 awards in the juried exhibition.
Now in its 87th year, the Scholastic Art Awards is a national competition devoted to recognizing outstanding art and writing created by middle school and high school students.
The competition begins with regional adjudications across the country. Our 2009 regional show, sponsored by District 99, received 1251 entries from 18 local high schools, as well as entries from 2 middle schools competing in a separate age category.
The competition begins with regional adjudications across the country. Our 2010 regional show, sponsored by District 99, received 1449 individual entries from 20 local high schools, as well as two middle schools competing in a separate age category.
15 independent judges, consisting of local art educators and art professionals, assigned three levels of recognition to students: Gold Key, Silver Key and Honorable Mention Awards.
A showing of over 500 award winning works will be on display at Downers Grove North High School. The Opening Reception will be held Sunday, February 7th from 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. in the Main Street and Auditorium Lobbies. The show will be on display through February 12th. At the close of the show, all individual Gold Key and Gold Key Portfolio winners will have their work forwarded to New York City for the national adjudication, in which thousands of works from across the United States will be vying for a select number of awards.
Downers Grove North High School was honored with another outstanding performance at this year’s regional show.
- 36 Honorable Mention commendations.
- 20 Silver Key honors
- 14 individual Gold Key awards
- 4 Portfolio Gold Key awards
The following North High students received awards:
Art Portfolio Category
Sabreena Damra GOLD
Nicole Irwin GOLD
Padraic O’Connor GOLD
Ceramics Category
Kristiana Bonomo GOLD
Rob Lott GOLD
Ansley McLeod GOLD
Crystal Yi GOLD
Alexander Wirtas SILVER
Stephen Banda SILVER
Gina Gammonley SILVER
William Hennessy SILVER
Maureen Eckdahl SILVER
Jewel Davis HM
Emily Dylla HM
Andrew Kelliher HM
Nicole Papp HM
Eric Smith HM
Rachel Swirsky HM
Digital Art Category
Padraic O’Connor GOLD; SILVER (2); HM
Sabreena Damra HM
Drawing Category
Bernadette Calvino GOLD (2)
Dan Meinhart GOLD; HM
Samantha Fry SILVER
Mahrya Jefferson SILVER
Hannah Ottley SILVER
Elizabeth Havenga HM (2)
David Martini HM
Rachel Swirsky HM
Design Category
Ellen McCammon GOLD
Nicole Irwin SILVER
Kevin Pechnick SILVER
Jordan Craft HM
Emily Dang HM
Colleen Ryan HM
Jewelry Category
Nicole Irwin GOLD (2); SILVER
Emily Duka HM
Marie Homolkova HM
Kristina Via-Reque HM
Mixed Media Category
Jackie Maish SILVER
Sheila Sczepanik SILVER
Nicole Irwin HM
Christina Verdone HM
Painting Category
Bernadette Calvino GOLD; HM
Photography Category
Katie Earl GOLD; SILVER; HM (6)
Heather McNeil GOLD
Elizabeth Raines SILVER (4); HM (3)
Sabreena Damra HM
Michelle Twist HM
Photo Portfolio Category
Katie Earl GOLD
Sculpture Category
Matthew Braun HM
Erin Dees HM
Alzbeta Homolkova HM
