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Junior Eva Herman’s drawing, Faces, received a Silver Key award at the Scholastic Art Awards.
Thirteen Cate students received awards from the Scholastic Art Awards this year: (first row, bottom, L to R) Kenna Reyner ‘17, Eva Herman ’17, Julia Farner ’18, Mikaela Li ’16; (second row) Lauren Lokre ‘17, Flora Troy ‘19; (third row) Ruby McCullers ’18, Darling Garcia ’18, Kate Bradley ‘19, Laura Vences ’18; (fourth row) Ally Satterfield ’17, Halie Straathof ’18, and Charles Shi ’18. (Not pictured: Christian Burke ’16 and Charlotte Pecot ’16)
Sophomore Julia Farner’s painting, Pomegranate, received an Honorable Mention at the Scholastic Art Awards.
ARTFULLY WON Fourteen Cate students were recognized for their artistic talent in the 2016 Scholastic Art Awards, the oldest and most prestigious art competition in the United States. Organized by the nonprofit Alliance for Young Artists and Writers, the awards honor the nation’s most promising young artists in grades 7 through 12. Christian Burke ‘16, Julia Farner ‘18, Darling Garcia ‘18, Eva Herman ‘17, Mikaela Li ‘16, Lauren Lokre ‘17, Ruby McCullers ‘18, Charlotte Pecot ‘16, Kenna Reyner ‘17, Ally Satterfield ‘17, Charles Shi ‘18, Halie Straathof ‘17, Flora Troy ‘19, and Laura Vences ‘18 collectively took home a total of 26 awards this year. Kate Bradley ‘19 won three writing awards, including a “gold key” for her essay entitled A Series of Brief Meditations on Popular Fallacies. Charles Shi and Eva Herman received national awards for their respective drawings. Less than 1% of all art and 12
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writing submissions received the National Medal this year. On the success of the student visual artists, Cate Arts Department teacher Aspen Golann said, “There are currently 47 students in the studio program, and we earned 26 regional and national awards. That percentage is absolutely stunning and speaks to the dedication and talent of our students and to the originality, insightfulness, and power of their works.” The Cate artists’ submissions were categorized according to the media they used. Drawing and illustration yielded the most awards with six honorable mentions, nine silver keys, and five gold keys. Submissions of sculpture and painting were rewarded with an honorable mention in each category; and in the mixed media category, Cate artists took home one honorable mention and three silver keys. The competition is judged by
leaders in the fields of literary and visual arts. Former jurors such as Robert Frost, Judy Blume, Paul Giamatti, and David Sedaris are credited with identifying early promise in wellknown artists and writers both past and present. Alumni include Andy Warhol, Sylvia Plath, Truman Capote, Kay WalkingStick, Lena Dunham, Robert Redford, and Ken Burns. This year there were a record 320,000 entries in the competition’s 28 categories, which range from architecture to jewelry, from video games to poetry. Golann added, “The Scholastic awards value more than just technical skill. A technically excellent drawing on its own will not garner national attention; winning works differentiate themselves by demonstrating originality and the emergence of personal voice or vision.”