New DGN-FOFA Spirit Store Offers Expanded Options!

The DGN Friends of Fine Arts have launched a new Spirit Store that significantly expands options to purchase and own Visual Art, Theatre and Music program merchandise. Orders are shipped directly to your home within days. Show your support for the arts by visiting the site today!

tinyurl.com/DGN-FOFASpiritStore

Five DGN Visual Artists Earn National Scholastic Art Awards

Congratulations to DGN Visual Artists Claire Meyers, Emily Nemeth, Haley Phillips, Aiden Robinson, and Elena Tomchek, who have been honored with National Medals by the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, placing their artwork in the Top 1% of all adjudicated works nationally. 

"We are thrilled for these students, and this amazing national 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 2021-22, students submitted over 300,000 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 Regional 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. 

Musicians Shine at D99 Vocal Honors Recital

Congratulations to each of the North High School & South High School musicians selected to perform in the D99 Vocal Honors Recital on Monday, March 21, 2022.

Sammy Bachara

Olivia Balicki

Ceci DeArcangelis

Abby France

Kate France

Nathan Frewen

Christina Godar

Cora Lingenfelter

Annie Methard 

Faith Nelson

Maximillian O'Connor

Finn Ormond

Lake Ragnini

Sydney Richardson

Abby Rook

Ryan Rosignal

Gwendolynne Royle

Ian Stagaman

Jo Stewart

Emery Teague

DGN Chamber Choir:

Bridget Callaghan

Owen Curran 

Connor Daemicke 

Alexa Hanson 

Jonathan Isoniemi 

Catherine Laffey 

Christine Lee  

Cora Lingenfelter 

Lake Ragnini 

Kathryn Rutkowski 

Ryan Sanhamel 

Ian Stagaman 

Lex Truby 

DGS Madrigal Singers:

Kaleb Ancell

Sammy Bachara

Brantley Bilby

Nolan Crooks

Adreana Duarte

Tyler Engel

Nathan Frewen

Mackenzie Gambrel

Aaric Hager

Ashley James

Zachary Mead

Reinette Monteiro

Faith Nelson

Maximilian O’Connor

Charlie O’Neill

Kassem Ossman

Sydney Richardson

Abby Rook

Ryan Rosignal

Gwendolynne Royle

Jo Stewart

Delaney Turner

DGN Visual Artists Earn 5.8 Million In Scholarship Offers!

Dozens of talented visual artists, from 100+ Illinois high schools, converged to showcase their art and vie for college scholarships offered at the 10th Annual Illinois High School Art Exhibition (IHSAE).

22 DGN Visual Art students earned a combined $5,888,932 in scholarship offers from ten of the nation's leading collegiate visual art programs: Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cleveland Institute of Art, Columbus College of Art & Design, Illinois State University, Illinois Wesleyan University, Iowa State University, Millikin University, Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Northern Illinois University, and Western Michigan University.

DGN's combined scholarship total was the highest of any single high school in the state of Illinois this year.

Click HERE for a virtual tour of the 2022 IHSAE exhibitions.

Congratulations to scholarship-winning DGN Visual Art students:

Ana Barnett

Ethan Bell

Cooper George

Ali Hackett

Ohana Jeron

Valerie Kersh

Mikki McCann

Gavin McCool

Caden Meegan

Claire Meyers

Mikayla Moran

Joni Murphy

Autumn Neil

Jack Oakes

Madeline Pearson

Stena Powell

Lake Ragnini

Madi Smith

Benedikt Strempfer

Jade Taylor

Rhianna Tinsley

Ashley Zochowski

Congratulations D99 Orchestras!

Congratulations to the members of the D99 Concert Orchestra, and D99 Symphonic Orchestra for a wonderful performance at the Winter Orchestra Concert, held on March 17, 2022 in the Clarence Johnson Auditorium of North High. A special commendation is extended to senior soloists Isaac Hsu (cello) and Caitlyn Stock (harp) for their outstanding concerto performances!

D99 Orchestra Concert - Thursday, March 17

The D99 Orchestras will be in concert this Thursday, March 17, at 7:00 PM in the Clarence Johnson Auditorium of North High School. Please join us on the DGN campus to enjoy performances by the Concert Orchestra and Symphonic Orchestra, with senior concerto soloists Isaac Hsu (Cello) and Caitlyn Stocki (Harp). 

Concert program HERE. [tinyurl.com/D99WinterOrch22]

Out-of-town family and friends may view the concert, live-streamed, on the DGN Fine Arts YouTube Channel, HERE, or by visiting: www.youtube.com/DGNFineArts

Mr. Pappageorge, Take a Bow!

Following the final performance of DGN's Mary Poppins, the company paused to honor Mr. Demetrios Pappageorge and thank him for twenty-years of theatre-program leadership. Mary Poppins marks Mr. Pappageorge's final production as Director at North High. Click HERE to see the tribute, the sentiments expressed by students, and Mr. Pappageorge's final bow.

Mary Poppins Opens to Rave Reviews!

Congratulations to the cast, crew and orchestra of DGN's Mary Poppins, for an opening that was "practically perfect in every way!"