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The Boston Globe Scholastic Art and Writing Awards An astounding 13 CSW students received Gold Key awards, the top honor of the 2015 The Boston Globe Scholastic Art & Writing Awards presented by the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (SMFA), and 10 students received Silver Key awards. Three students were recipients of Gold Key awards for their entire portfolio of work: Will Close ’15 (pictured above), Dylan Davis ’15, and Noa Machover ’15 . Silver Key awards were also given to five students for their portfolios: Katie Blumstein ’15, Dylan Davis ’15, Josh Glass ’15, Amanda Poorvu ’15 and Max Pratt ’15 . An additional 12 students received Honorable Mentions. Several students received awards for multiple pieces of art. Will Close ’15 won the National American Visions Medal and will receive a $70,000 scholarship to attend the School of the Museum of Fine Arts. The Award was given in recognition of Will’s piece, titled “Brainscape,” a 38 × 30 inch drawing composed of a pen and ink rendering on multiple hand-tea-stained sheets. Originally created for the course, Drawing: Conceptual Strategies, the assignment took Will a month to complete and challenged the CSW student to create a “monotonous drawing,” in which he explored the process of mark making. According to Will, the resulting landscape piece represents the human search for “a horizon, a direction to move in.”
t o p “Brainscape” by Will Close ’15 mid d l e l ef t Photo by Dylan Davis ’15 mid d l e ri g h t “Union” by Melanie Li ’16 b o t t o m “Hydration Book” Gold Key-winning piece by Raewyn Fairless ’15