2021 Matriculation List

from Windward Magazine Summer 2021

New and Departing Trustees

Flexing Their Creativity

Windward’s 5th Annual CREATE Showcase took place on Wednesday, June 2 as an opportunity for students and faculty to share and celebrate their creative and innovative passions. Awards were presented in the following categories: Most Original, Niftiest, Fridgeworthy, and Stewards' Pick.

Congratulations to the following students for their awards!

Most Original: Mitchell Brodie ’22 Most Fridge-Worthy: Misha Sharif ’24 Niftiest: Jake Eaton ’23 Stewards’ Pick: Charlie van Hook ’23

A big congratulations is also in order for Aman Granados-Puvvula ’25 and Lexi Gelbard ’26 for being awarded the Middle School Innovators Award, which recognizes their creative spirit and exemplifies an innovator’s mindset throughout the year.

Left: "Stewards' Pick" award winner Charlie van Hook ’23 demonstrates his robot. Top Left: A painting of Mt. Fuji won the "Most Fridge-Worthy" award for Misha Sharif ’24.

Bottom Left: Mitchell Brodie ’22 won the "Most Original" award for his aluminum can sculpture.

Below: The "Niftiest" awardwinning bookshelf by Jake Eaton ’23.

Virtual Visuals

Since Windward’s founding, its Visual and Media Arts program has valued artistic rigor and excellence, process and risk-taking, critical thinking, and personal voice. With traditional and contemporary media, Windward students become curious and informed navigators of a complex visual world.

During the 2020-21 school year, that visual world became even more complicated as students were forced to create art from within the confines of their homes. As a celebration of all of the hard work put forth by VMA students this past year, the department created a vibrant website, which showcases student portfolios from all courses beginning with 7th Grade Introduction to Studio and Media Arts all the way up to AP Art and Design. The website is all encompassing—featuring both traditional and contemporary expressive modalities.

Given the challenges of remote learning for the 2020-21 school year, Justine Ludden '23, 3D design student, built and designed a virtual space as an end-ofyear art exhibition called the Windward Art Collective. The virtual exhibition is a collection of art made up by hardworking Windward art students. It is a glimpse into the work they have done while a part of the collective and features mediums such as painting, drawing, and virtual design.