Ar ts@EA Dora Khayatt Award Recipients Announced The Visual Arts Department announced the 2016 Dora Khayatt Visual Art Awards at ArtsFest on Friday, April 22. Established in 1990 in memory of Dora Khayatt, artist and wife of the late John Plant, former Chairman of EA’s Classic Department, the Dora Khayatt Fund provides annual support for student awards for excellence in the fine arts and music. The 2016 Dora Khayatt Visual Art Award winners are: 2-D Category: 1st place: Nellie Konopka ’16, 2nd place: Leah Marchant ’16, and 3rd place: Cerena Robertson ’19; 3-D Category: 1st Place: Alexandra Peyton ’18, 2nd Place: Amaal Ladha ’18, and 3rd Place: Leigh Lacy ’16 Media/Photography Category: 1st Place: Morgan Lindblad ’16, 2nd Place: Maggie Mengel ’17, and 3rd Place: Sarah Wingfield ’17.
Earlier in the year, Caitlin Jorgensen ’19, Alex Oliva ’19, Felicia Zhu ’17, and Nico Christianson ’17 were selected as winners of the Dora Khayatt music awards. Musicians performed their winning pieces in Chapel on Tuesday, February 9. Caitlin performed A La Albeniz by Rodion Shchedrin on the piano. Alex passionately sang Michael Jackson’s hit, I Want You Back, and then played and sang a song he composed called Right or Wrong. Felicia Zhu performed Fredric Chopin’s Etude in B Minor Opus 25, No. 10. Nico wrapped up the performances with Chopin’s Ballade No. 3, Op. 47, in Ab Major. Twenty-six Episcopal musicians auditioned for the prestigious award. Four judges outside of the EA community selected the winners.
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