We are very excited to announce that our talented students in the fine arts were recently honored again this year by having their work selected in the Scholastic Art competition. This is a highly competitive art competition which returned this year to local jurying through our affiliate at the Visual Arts Center. MLWGS students had another record-setting year of 80 total awards, recognizing Maggie Walker as one of the region’s top schools for the Arts.
80 Total awards -more than any other schools in the area (again).
16 Gold Key awards (10 Photo, 6 Art)
26 Silver Key awards including 2 Silver Key Portfolio (1 Art Portfolio, 1 Photography Portfolio, 18 Photo, 6 Art)
38 Honorable Mentions (24 Photo, 14 Art)
A show of Gold and Silver Key works will be held at The Visual Arts Center of Richmond at 1812 West Main Street from February 17-25th. Honorable mention works will be projected. All are welcome to come join the celebration!
A closing reception will be held for all award winners on February 24th between the hours of 1-4pm. A ceremony for Gold Key winners will be held at Binford Middle school (1701 Floyd Ave. located directly next to VisArts). We hope you will be able to attend.
Additionally, Gold Key winners’ work will move on to the Alliance for Young Artist and Writers national adjudication process, where it will be eligible for further recognition and scholarship opportunities. Adjudication of Gold Key works will take place in New York City and award winners will be announced in March.
2017 – 2018 Scholastics Awards Summary
Class Award First Name Last Name Title
Photo Gold Key Aashri Aggarwal Invisible Attraction
Photo Gold Key Thomas Blue Salmon Ascending the Waterfall
Photo Gold Key Jordan Bowman 5$ Footlongs
Art 3 Gold Key Angela Chen Self-Portrait: Disheveled
Art 5 Gold Key Kristin Hines Dissipation
Art 5 Gold Key Kristin Hines A $2 Souvenir Bracelet that was Supposed to Give Me Peace
Photo Gold Key Siri Kodu Slopes
Photo Gold Key Thea Konefal Plant Face
Photo Gold Key Thea Konefal Tub
Art 5 Gold Key Megan Lee Morning Light
Art 4 Gold Key Lillian May It Happened
Photo Gold Key Sarah Purrington Road
Art 2 Gold Key Raina Tian Conplexus Cordis
Photo Gold Key Maia Uphoff Ten-Thousand Collisions
Photo Gold Key Sadie Van Wie Cornucopia
Photo Gold Key Katy Werwath Random Foot
Art 5 Silver Key Portfolio Elliot Scaparo Liminality and Transitional Spaces
Photo Silver Key Portfolio Sarah Purrington Third Eye
Photo Silver Key Aashri Aggarwal Blind Monster/View from the Bottom of the Well
Photo Silver Key Aashri Aggarwal Force Fields
Photo Silver Key Aashri Aggarwal Between 10 and 15 seconds
Photo Silver Key Lauren Davis Points
Art 3 Silver Key Sophia Johnston Sabotage
Photo Silver Key Samra Kanwal Fault Line
Photo Silver Key Siri Kodu Three as One
Photo Silver Key Siri Kodu After the Melt
Photo Silver Key Siri Kodu Portrait in the Yard
Photo Silver Key Thea Konefal Uncomfortable Meal
Photo Silver Key Josie Martin Farewell
Art 4 Silver Key Rosario Martinez Ramos Migration
Art 4 Silver Key Lillian May Dissociate
Art 4 Silver Key Lillian May Vent Nov. 9
Art 5 Silver Key Abigail Milllar Seeing Yellow
Art 5 Silver Key Abigail Milllar Nature’s Dress
Photo Silver Key Reona Pereira Morning Commute
Photo Silver Key Sarah Purrington Pairings
Photo Silver Key Yumna Rahman Arrow
Photo Silver Key Elliot Scaparo Abandoned House at Carter’s Mountain
Photo Silver Key Mildred Tompkins Shadow of Its Former Self
Photo Silver Key Sadie Van Wie StressGiving
Photo Silver Key Sadie Van Wie Man and a Half
Photo Silver Key Maggie Wright Morning Light
Art 5 Honorable Mention Grace Barron Space Study 2
Art 5 Honorable Mention Grace Barron Molded
Photo Honorable Mention Caitlin Beaver Petersburg Caboose
Photo Honorable Mention Thomas Blue Natural Virginia
Art 4 Honorable Mention Sarah Carr Slide #1
Art 3 Honorable Mention Sarah Carr Whipped
Photo Honorable Mention Ruby Chase Access
Photo Honorable Mention Lyndsey Clark Netherworld
Photo Honorable Mention Lyndsey Clark Faerie
Photo Honorable Mention Lyndsey Clark The Green Reach
Photo Honorable Mention Ned Cooper Superboy
Art 3 Honorable Mention Emily Dai Growing Pains
Art 3 Honorable Mention Emily Dai Gray Day
Design Honorable Mention Nicoleta Gavris Pippin Show Poster
Design Honorable Mention Nicoleta Gavris An Ideal Husband Show Poster
Art 5 Honorable Mention Kristin Hines It’s Hard to Make Anything Coherent
Photo Honorable Mention Lawrence Jia Hexagons in the Sun
Photo Honorable Mention Jordan Johnson Bone Rattling, Earth Shattering
Photo Honorable Mention Samra Kanwal Highway of the Apocalypse
Art 2 Honorable Mention Maya Koehn-Wu Bread Knot
Photo Honorable Mention Thea Konefal Plastic Light
Photo Honorable Mention Thea Konefal Underneath
Photo Honorable Mention Huixian Lian By the Stream
Photo Honorable Mention Grace Locke Straps
Art 4 Honorable Mention Lillian May 3 AM
Photo Honorable Mention Elizabeth McCombs And there is pansies, that’s for Thoughts
Photo Honorable Mention Elizabeth McCombs There’s rue for you
Photo Honorable Mention Elizabeth McCombs They say he made a good end.
Photo Honorable Mention Liam Miller From Below
Photo Honorable Mention Katie Page On the Surface
Photo Honorable Mention Kenan Potter !
Photo Honorable Mention Kenan Potter Stain
Art 3 Honorable Mention Mia Rodriguez Self Portrait
Photo Honorable Mention Hiba Saleem Vapor
Art 5 Honorable Mention Elliot Scaparo Camp; Remnants from the Glory Days
Art 5 Honorable Mention Elliot Scaparo Silent Prayer; Active Worship; Six-Handed Hell Beast
Photo Honorable Mention Elliot Scaparo Elephant Ears Listening in
Photo Honorable Mention Maggie Wright Polished
