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Student Creativity Recognized at Slaughter Family Arts Awards
Four FWCD Upper School students earned 2025 Slaughter Family Fine Arts Awards (SFAA) in April. Sean Hong ’27 (Classical Solo Instrumental Performance), Priscilla Lambis ’25 (Musical Theatre Performance), Genevieve Rudner ’27 (Photography), and Ashton Theesfeld ’26 (Painting) were honored at a ceremony on April 6. Each student winner earned a $300 scholarship in addition to $50 for being named a finalist in their respective categories. Gracie Fuller ’26, Nathan Horsch ’26, Sophia Jiang ’26, Olivia Miller ’26, Alex Parsons ’26, and Cloe Charron Sancen ’27 were also finalists, each earning $50. The ceremony took place in FWCD’s Scott Theater.
The Slaughter Family Arts Awards were created to recognize and honor outstanding student artists in the Fort Worth community. Inspired by his family’s legacy and his own experiences bringing music to hospital patients through his nonprofit, Music Meets Medicine, Dr. J Mack Slaughter Jr. ’02 and his wife, Rebecca (artists, arts advocates, and FWCD parents) launched the awards after witnessing FWCD’s moving performance of Chicago: High School Edition in 2019. The program, a branch of Music Meets Medicine, celebrates young talent and underscores the power of the arts to heal, connect and inspire.
