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| Cosette Thompson: Gold Medal Drawing and Illustration "The Narrow Doorway" |
Four DGN Fine Arts students were honored this year at the national level, placing them in the Top 1% of all adjudicated works. Their artwork will be in exhibition at Carnegie Hall in New York, New York beginning with a gala opening in June of 2019.
Downers Grove North is proud to congratulate this year's National Scholastic Art Award winners:
- Kaitlyn Almazan: Silver Medal Drawing and Illustration "Paranoia"
- Lucy Quinn: Silver Medal Ceramics and Glass "Utterly Inconceivable"
- Kate Sosnovsky: Silver Medal Comic Art "Cosmic Bend"
- Cosette Thompson: Gold Medal Drawing and Illustration "The Narrow Doorway"
We are thrilled for these exceptional visual art students and this amazing accomplishment," said DGN Fine Arts Department Chairperson Brayer Teague. "Their hard work and determination, coupled with the exceptional mentoring of their teachers, has propelled them to be recognized at this level. We could not be happier for them."
Each year, the Alliance of Young Artists and Writers partners with more than 100 visual arts and literary arts organizations across the country to bring the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards to local communities. Teens in grades 7–12 (ages 13 and up) apply in 29 categories of art and writing.
Starting in 1923, the competition has made an enduring impact on the art and education. In 2019, students submitted nearly 340,000 works of art and writing to the Scholastic Awards.
Submissions are juried by luminaries in the visual and literary arts, some of whom are past award recipients.
Panelists look for works that best exemplify originality, technical skill, and the emergence of a personal voice or vision.
Students receiving Gold Keys, Silver Keys, Honorable Mentions, or American Voices and Visions Nominations are celebrated within their communities through local exhibitions and ceremonies.
Gold Key works are then judged nationally by an impressive panel of creative–industry experts to receive National Medals, including Gold Medals, Silver Medals, American Voices and Visions Medals, Gold Medal and Silver with Distinction Portfolio Medals, and Special Achievement Awards. National Medalists are recognized in part at the National Ceremony at Carnegie Hall in New York City.
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| Kate Sosnovsky: Silver Medal Comic Art "Cosmic Bend" |
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| Lucy Quinn: Silver Medal Ceramics and Glass "Utterly Inconceivable" |
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| Kaitlyn Almazan: Silver Medal Drawing and Illustration "Paranoia" |
