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Tuesday, January 24, 2023

DGN Visual Artists Honored - 2023 Scholastic Art Awards


The Downers Grove North High School Fine Arts Department is proud to announce the results of the judging from the 2023 Scholastic Art Awards. This year more than 250,000 woks of art and writing were submitted nationally. In the Chicago Region 2,347 works from 1,008 artists representing 186 art educators and 46 high schools were submitted for adjudication. North High artists won a total of 107 awards, including 1 Best of Show, 31 Gold Key Awards, 37 Silver Key Awards, and 38 Honorable Mention Awards.



“District 99 looks forward to hosting the Chicago-area regional exhibition at North High,” said Brayer Teague, Fine Arts Department Chairman. According to Teague, the art teachers from both North and South High School play an important role in putting the exhibition together.  “Our teachers are the engine behind this regional affiliate of the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards.  Their dedication and tireless commitment enables student artists from all over the suburban region to have their work evaluated by professional artists. I'm immeasurably proud of our faculty for their efforts to coordinate this regional exhibition, assuring this important opportunity for students and art educators all over Chicago."  


Senior Aiden Robinson garnered a prestigious American Vision nomination. "The American Vision designation is the 'best of show' award for a Scholastic Regional Exhibition," said Teague. "Only five of these awards are given by the judges, in total, placing the works in the top one-quarter of one percent of all adjudicated pieces. This is the second year in a row that Aiden has been honored as an American Vision nominee at the regional level, making him our school's first-ever back-to-back honoree!"


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to view a portfolio of all DGN award winning artwork.


The public is invited to attend that Exhibition's Opening Reception on Sunday, January 29, from 1:00 - 4:00 PM at Downers Grove North High School (4436 Main Street, Downers Grove, IL 60515).


AMERICAN VISION - Best of Show (1)

Aiden Robinson (Sculpture) Remember That Night


GOLD KEY AWARDS (31)

Emily Allen (Ceramics & Glass) Kettle Bunny

Julia Arnold (Film & Animation) The Feeling of Home

Julia Arnold (Art Portfolio) Found Family

Sarisa Chulanon (Jewelry) numbers ? worth

Natalie DiBartolo (Ceramics & Glass) Chomp

Timmy Fleming (Sculpture) The Beggar

Natasha Fugate (Photography) Break of Dawn

Eve Giesler (Digital Art) Holy Melancholy

Henry Gwozdz (Photography) Anesthetized

Henry Gwozdz (Mixed Media) For the Five

Henry Gwozdz (Photography) A Mind of Its Own

Jaclynn Howard (Ceramics & Glass) Trio Set

Nathan Klasen (Jewelry) Eternal Vigilance

Ella Leathers (Photography) On the Streets

Nathaniel Lee (Digital Art) Handyman

Calliope Legare (Digital Art) Venomous Bliss

Maura MacDonald (Digital Art) Shattered

Ieva Mieliauskas (Ceramics & Glass) Cat & Mouse

Tabaaraka Muzammil (Ceramics & Glass) Freedom

Emily Nemeth (Art Portfolio) Burning Through the Years

Sarah Paul (Painting) Bodys

Aiden Robinson (Sculpture) 527 N Hamlin

Aiden Robinson (Jewelry) Maker’s Mark

Aiden Robinson (Art Portfolio) A New Perspective

Aiden Robinson (Jewelry) Chained To The Craft

Aiden Robinson (Sculpture) Remember That Night

Emma Salman (Jewelry) I Wish You’d Let Me Go

Emma Salman (Jewelry) Protecting My Peace

Sarah Woods (Photography) A Daughter’s Form

Sarah Woods (Photography) Laundry Day

Sarah Woods (Photography) Familial Scenes



SILVER KEY AWARDS (37)

Julia Arnold (Comic Art) Winter Break

Julia Arnold (Comic Art) A Conversation  

Emma Barton (Jewelry) Let It Bee

Sarisa Chulanon (Art Portfolio) Breaking Standards

Aidan Corbett (Sculpture) Reach Out

Katherine Cremer (Jewelry) Flowing Flames

Nathan Gier (Jewelry) Molten

Eve Giesler (Jewelry) Moon Moth

Eve Giesler (Digital Art) The Horned One

Henry Gwozdz (Jewelry) Euthanize My Digital Self

Henry Gwozdz (Photography) I Prefer to Eat Alone

Henry Gwozdz (Photography) My Flesh is Your Currency

Henry Gwozdz (Photography) Satisfaction is a Luxury

Henry Gwozdz (Photography) My Fate is Sealed

Payton Hubbs-Plumley (Digital Art) Rejoicing 

Payton Hubbs-Plumley (Digital Art) Blizzard 

Charlie Michaels (Ceramics & Glass) Box Monster

Bailey Mongello (Ceramics & Glass) Holding it Together

Gretchen Nelson (Photography) Phantasm

Emily Nemeth (Sculpture) Kaida

Emily Nemeth (Jewelry) Vulcan

Amelia Passero (Jewelry) Baron Von Fredrick the 3rd

Sarah Paul (Painting) Pressure

Sarah Paul (Drawing & Illustration) Forest

Sarah Paul (Drawing & Illustration) Morning Coffee

Leo Peters (Digital Art) Crimson King’s Chorus

Matthew Poe (Photography) Tents


Matthew Poe (Photography)
The End of Time

Aiden Robinson (Sculpture) What The Locksmith Sees

Aiden Robinson (Jewelry) To My Metalwork Teacher, I Am Forever Grateful

Aiden Robinson (Ceramics & Glass) Maker’s Mark II

Aiden Robinson (Ceramics & Glass) Winter Cottage

Aiden Robinson (Art Portfolio) Life and Its Many Emotions

Azrael Robinson (Mixed Media) I Am Not Your Dream Boy

Azrael Robinson (Design) The Mothman of West Virginia

Jonah Sutton (Photography) Abandon

Sarah Woods (Photography) Marks of an Unloving Home



HONORABLE MENTION (38)

Julia Arnold (Comic Art) They Make My World More Colorful

Julia Arnold (Comic Art) Found Family Dinner

Sarisa Chulanon (Mixed Media) The Asian Experience

Sarisa Chulanon (Photography) False Reflection

Timmy Fleming (Jewelry) Breeze

Eric Fosket (Photography) Blue Teeth

Maya Gawley (Jewelry) Metanoia

Nathan Gier (Sculpture) Lighthouse

Nathan Gier (Jewelry) Current

Henry Gwozdz (Sculpture) The Internal Questioning of Your Hospitality

Payton Hubbs-Plumley (Digital Art) Dad

Payton Hubbs-Plumley (Drawing & Illustration) Carrot Filer

Payton Hubbs-Plumley (Comic Art) The Journey

Erika Kellam (Ceramics & Glass) Delilah

Nathan Klasen (Sculpture) Where The Sun Rises

Nathan Klasen (Jewelry) No Mans Land

Amelia Kolatek (Drawing & Illustration) Konstancja

Emily Kus (Jewelry) Balance of Nature

Ella Leathers (Photography) Addiction

Nathaniel Lee (Art Portfolio) Crimson Anatomy

Lydia Metcalf (Drawing & Illustration) The Conducting Mantis

Charlie Michaels (Ceramics & Glass) Uncertain Seas

Kate Miller (Photography) What You Don’t See

Gretchen Nelson (Photography) Gentle Horror

Emily Nemeth (Jewelry) Dual Embers

Amelia Passero (Jewelry) The Slain Heart

Amelia Passero (Jewelry) The Curse Occurs

Sarah Paul (Drawing & Illustration) Epiphany

Mattew Poe (Photography) Desires

Mattew Poe (Photography) The Cultivation of Time

Mattew Poe (Painting) Dreamscape

Aiden Robinson (Jewelry) Engineer’s Touch

Greta Serniute (Painting) One Ways

Greta Serniute (Painting) Look At What You’ve Done

Ashley Wachel (Art Portfolio) Poor Language, Soul Language

Ashley Wachel (Design) What Are We Looking For?

Luke Williams (Ceramics & Glass) Adventure Through The Mind

Sarah Woods (Art Portfolio) Reflections of Self


Fine Arts @ DGN Mission

North High School endeavors to provide an enriching, vibrant, multidisciplinary environment for the study, creation, and presentation of the Fine Arts.