District Artists/Writers Land Top Awards In Scholastic Contest

Students from Lakewood High School, West Shore Career-Tech and Harding Middle School earned a significant number of honors in the annual Scholastic Art & Writing Awards regional competition, including six Gold Key winners.

Winners of a Gold Key, the highest honor given, are seventh-grader Mira Getrost, eighth-graders Kitty Crino and Halina Dreger, freshman Seth Marroquin and seniors Alex Rosul and Owen Smith. Gold Key winners move on to be judged at the national level of the 92-year-old competition.

Lakewood students were also well-presented at the Silver Key and Honorable Mention levels. Five students won eight Silver Keys, including two by junior Ned Bruere. Twenty-six students earned Honorable Mention designations for their art or writing, including two mentions for Bruere and two for senior Zoe Budzar.

The Cleveland Institute of Art hosts the regional competition that recognizes creative achievement in area 7-12 grade students. The young artists compete for cash prizes, medals, and scholarship awards. A panel of local professional artists, art educators, writers, and writing educators jury the exhibit and select the awarded pieces from nearly 3,000 entries. Students who receive Portfolio Awards and Gold Key Awards continue to the national competition held in the spring in New York City.

This year’s Regional winners in the art categories will be on display in the Art Gallery at the Cleveland Institute of Art this month. Congratulations to all the winners and teachers Dayna Kreider, Anne McQuay, Arline Olear, Autumn Sabin, Amy Sedlak, Jennifer Lewis and Ruth Pangrace.

Gold Key Winners: (approximately 7-10% of regional entries)

Kitty Crino, 8th grade – Poetry 

Halina Dreger, 8th grade – Short story 

Mira Getrost, 7th grade – Science fiction/fantasy

Seth Marroquin, freshman –Mixed Media

Alex Rosul, senior – Painting

Owen Smith, senior – Photography

Silver Key Winners: (approximately 10-15% of regional entries)

Ned Bruere, junior (2 mentions)–  Drawing and Illustration

Grace Kraidich, 7th grade  – Poetry 

Isabel Ostrowski, 10th grade –  Poetry

Willow Rosser, 7th grade – Short story

Olivia Nagy, sophomore –  Mixed Media

Hannah Randall Nietzsche, senior – Photography

Isabel Romeo, senior –  Drawing and Illustration

Madeline Schwartz, junior –  Photography

Honorable Mentions: (approximately 15-20% of regional entries)

Hannah Brown, sophomore –  Drawing and Illustration

Ned Bruere, junior (3 mentions) –  Drawing and Illustration, Comic Art and Digital

Dominic Brunori, senior –  Digital Art; teacher

Zoe Budzar, senior (2 mentions)– Printmaking and Mixed Media

Ella Chanter, 8th grade  – Poetry

Shaun Chapman, senior – Film & Animation

Amayah Coburn, sophomore –  Photography

Halina Dreger, 8th grade  –  Flash fiction 

Evie Gregg, senior  –  Short story

Claire Hylton, freshman –  Mixed Media

Kazimir Klein, sophomore –  Photography

Halle Krebs, junior –  Drawing and Illustration

Anastasiya Kurylyuk, senior –  Drawing and Illustration

Jace Lee, junior –  Design

Lauren Lowell, junior –  Photography

Sara McMillen, junior – Drawing and Illustration

Jessica Paul, junior –  Drawing and Illustration

Hannah Randall Stars & Slurpees –  Film & Animation

Trevon Rogers, senior  – Photography

Isabel Romeo, senior  –  Art Portfolio

Zena Shean, sophomore –  Mixed Media

Stephanie Shaffer, 8th grade –  Short story 

Laura Shields, 8th grade –  Flash fiction

Genevieve Thurman, senior  – Photography

Owen Smith, senior –  Photography

Gabby Toms, 7th grade –  Short story