2.28.2013
Vol LIX
The Sycamore Leaf
Issue 7
2013 Scholastic Art&Writing Awards
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Vol LIX
The Sycamore Leaf
Issue 7
Featured in front cover (left to right) Contemplation - Melissa Mendelson, 12 - Scratchboard Shades of Emotion - Giulia Mezzabotta, 11 - Painting In A Box - Virginia Elliott, 12 - Painting Humorous Humerus - Laura Mendez, 11 - Drawing Of Many Reflections - Aaron Ishida, 12 - Photography Stitching Perfect - Michelle Ewert, 12 - Sculpture
2013 Scholastic Art&Writing Awards
Project managers: Ana Barros and Rachael Sun Contributors: Caroline Gao, Kathryn Tenbarge, Sanika Vaidya, and Anna Zhou
What are Scholastics? 3 I think the Scholastics experience was extremely enlightening. I felt so honored to be selected and my favorite part was seeing the other work on display and thinking about how I could grow as an artist.
Audrey Moeller, 10 I haven’t entered Scholastics with SHS, but from just participating in it over the past few years, I can tell that in general, more and more students are entering and receiving awards, which is awesome, because good art should be recognized and cultivated.
The Awards By the Numbers
28
categories of art and writing
decades of work
9
Hope Wang, 11 Scholastics was a great experience and I plan on entering next year again. This experience has taught me patience and perseverance. At times it got very stressful but I kept pushing forward and I am pleased with the results.
100+
partner groups
25
millions of dollars awarded as scholarships
Laura Mendez, 11
e What are Scholastics? Winners
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4 Portfolio Nominees
Portfolio Nominees
Piece 1 of 8
Michael Edelson, 12 Tabula Rasa, Darkroom photography
My portfolio centers around the idea of the passing of my father due to Alzheimer’s and the degradation of memory. Most of these ideas play upon lighting in which it takes away features of the body like you can see in the image “Tabula Rasa”. My portfolio has taken me the entire first semester to get to the point it is now but I’m still working on it and I will probably continue with this concept after I graduate.
Honestly, I didn’t really have a plan when I began this project, I just had a lot of fun with it. It’s really about people doing common activities. I plan on pursuing art in college, keeping photography as a hobby.
Morgan Feldhaus, 12 Morgan Feldhaus, 12 Portfolio, Photography
Not featured:
Michael Taylor, 12 - Photography
Michael Edelson, 12
American Visions Nominees 5
American Visions Nominees
Five Gold Key works per region are nominated as “Best of Show.� These works are reviewed for the American Visions Award. One National American Visions Award recipient is recognized per region.
Hope Wang, 11 Diary Entry, Mixed Media
Madeline Garrett, 11 The Future of Books, Mixed Media
Side view
The portrait itself consists of words I scribbled down during a vicious struggle with self-worth, identity, and pride. By marrying the bold sharpness of these pins with an emotional painting of my face, the pins represent the obvious concept--pain--but they also represent a barrier between my vulnerability and the eyes of others. This is my diary entry.
Hope Wang, 11
This piece was based off of the idea that nowadays we are moving away from paper books and more toward electronic ones. What will we do with paper books in the future?
Madeline Garrett, 11
6 Gold Key Winners
Gold Key Winner Art serves as a laxative for feelings – feelings that start in my heart and mess with my head. When I make art, these feelings are released through my hands and transformed into poetry for the eyes. Suddenly, when art is shared with peers, the weight of these feelings are dispersed and I no longer have to carry so much by myself. This has to be my favorite part.
Saeed Piracha, 12
Gabriela Godinez-Feregrino,11 Smaller than not less than, Photography
Not featured:
Alexandra Logsdon, 11 I Can Hear the Aliens, Daniel, Photography
Emily Proudfoot, 12 Decaying Apple, Photography
Adam Darwiche, 12 - Photography Anna Zhou, 9 - Mixed Media Caroline Gilmore, 11 - Photography Claire Pustinger, 12 - Photography Daniel Manion, 12 - Drawing Ellie Goldman, 12 - Writing Erica Bateman, 11 - Photography Gloria Hu, 10 - Photography Hope Wang, 11 - Mixed Media
Kailin Tang, 10 - Painting Madeline Garrett, 11 - Mixed Media Madison Herrmann, 12 - Painting Melissa Mendelson, 12 - Drawing Michael Masset, 11 - Photography Morgan Feldhaus, 12- Painting, drawing Morgan Rupp, 12 - Photography Nathan Gregg, 11 - Photography Samantha Siler, 12 - Painting Yana Udaltsova, 10 - Photography
Gold Key Winners 7
Winners To me, art gives you the biggest sense of accomplishment, because it’s something you succeed in yourself- it can’t just be learned. Amelia Wells, 12
Amelia Wells, 12 We Are Our Words, Acrylic painting
I realized how useless negative thinking was. I kept worrying that all the time I’d put in was worthless, and it turned out the only thing that was worthless was the worry.”
Mackenzie Boyd, 10
Laurel Taylor, 10 Flora Mae, Mixed Media
Lilly Lefton, 12 Fig. 5, Drawing
My favorite thing about art is that there are no words to properly describe the emotions in the pieces. You can try to find the words, but there will always be something you can’t quite describe. With art you don’t have to say anything; you just have to look, breath it in, and feel. Virginia Elliot, 12 Eye, Charcoal drawing
Gabriela Godinez-Feregrino, 11
8 Silver Key Winners
Not featured: Alma Rechnitzer, 10 - Mixed Media Andrew Spiller, 12 - Architecture Aneta Mosoriakova, 11 - Photography Angelica Grossbart, 11 - Photography
Caroline Seiler, 12 - Painting Claire Pustinger, 12 - Drawing Daniel Manion, 12 - Mixed Media Gloria Hu, 10 - Photography Graham Livingston, 12 - Architecture
Jacob Maupin, 11 - Photography Lilly Lefton, 12 - Drawing Madeline Garrett, 11 - Sculpture Michael Edelson, 12 - Photography
Erica Bateman, 11 Untitled, Photography
Michelle Ewert, 12 - Drawing, Sculpture, Photography
Morgan Feldhaus, 12 Mixed Media, drawing Morgan Rupp, 12 - Photography
Stephanie Knechtly, 10 - Architecture
Samantha Siler, 12 - Drawing Virginia Elliott, 12 - Drawing
Silver Key Winners 9
Silver Key Winners
I love art because it forces me to look at the world differently.
Alexandra Logsdon, 11
Helen Wessinger, 11 Shy, Photography
Melissa Mendelson, 12
*work in progress
Melissa Mendelson, 12 Contemplation, Scratchboard
Honestly, my favorite things about art are the reactions and emotions it inspires in others. While I enjoy immensely working on the art itself, it’s immensely gratifying when I show it to my friends or parents or teacher and see the surprise and love in their face...that’s what makes art so wonderful for me.
Audrey Moeller, 10 Yarn self portrait, Mixed Media
10 Honorable Mention Winners
Not featured: Aneta Mosoriakova, 11 - Photography Angelica Grossbart, 11 - Photography Anna Condron, 11 - Photography Caroline Gao, 9 - Mixed Media Caroline Gilmore, 11 - Photography Casey Formal, 12 - Photography Daniel Manion, 12 - Drawing Graham Livingston, 12 - Mixed Media Hope Wang, 11 - Print Making, Mixed Media Jacob Maupin, 11 - Photography Jacob Paul, 12 - Design Jonathan Goldfarb, 11 - Photography
Jonathan Stein, 12 - Photography Kelly McDonald, 12 - Photography Laura Mendez, 11 - Drawing Madeline Garrett, 11 - Painting Michael Edelson, 12 - Photography Michael Taylor, 12 - Painting Morgan Feldhaus, 12 - Painting, Mixed Media Neha Srivatsa, 10 - Painting Rachael Maupin, 10 - Design Robert Freeman, 12 - Architecture Saeed Piracha, 12 - Photography Hannah Goldman, 12 - Poetry Ellie Goldman, 12 - Poetry
I’m kind of sick and tired of people looking at me, finding out I’m an artist, and then expecting me to make pretty pictures of unicorns and fairies and rainbows and all of that girly stuff. What comes out of my mind is twisted and full of messages, and for some reason, that surprises people. Is it because I’m so small? Is it because I’m a girl? I don’t know. Aaron Ishida, 12 Of Many Reflections, Photography
Lilly Lefton, 12
Honorable Mention Winne
Honorable Mention Winners 11 Lilly Lefton, 12 Bowl, Drawing
Art, I suppose for me, is the best way I can express my ideas with those willing to listen. Art is hard.
Daniel Manion, 12 My favorite part about art is that I can be creative and there are no specific guidelines to it.
Gloria Hu, 10
e Winners
Giulia Mezzabotta, 11 Shades of Emotion, Painting
Scholastics was such a great experience. It taught me just how creative people can be and it’s nice to see what other high schoolers can create. It truly inspired me to be a better artist. Giulia Mezzabotta, 11
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“The purpose of art is to wash the dust of daily life off our souls” Pablo Picasso