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 that had over 2600 art entries from the region. MLWGS students had another record-setting year of 69 total awards, recognizing Maggie Walker as one of the region’s top schools for the Arts.
2019-20 Scholastics Awards Summary – 69 Total awards
12 Gold Keys awards including 2 Gold Key Portfolios
(2 Gold Key Art Portfolios, 3 Photo Gold Keys, 7 Art Gold Keys)
23 Silver Keys awards including 1 Silver Key Portfolio
(1 Silver Art Portfolio, 6 Photo Silver Keys, 16 Art Silver Keys)
34 Honorable Mentions including 2 Honorable Mention Portfolios
(2 HM Photo Portfolios, 16 Photo HM, 16 Art HM)
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 8-16th. Honorable mention works will be projected. All are welcome to come and join the celebration!
A closing reception will be held for all award winners on February 15th between the hours of 1-4 pm. At 2 pm, 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 and celebrate these student successes.
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.
Please join me in congratulating the following Maggie Walker Students and the Fine Arts staff for their success!
Portfolio winners are in bold below with links to their work.
Jeff Hall, Fine Arts Department Chair
| First | Last | Teacher Last | Award | Category | Title |
| Addy | Cullen | Stinnett | Gold Key | Photography | Passing through Air and Space |
| Cameron | Golden | Stinnett | Gold Key | Painting | Melt |
| Marina | Kapitanov | Hall | Gold Key | Art Portfolio | Part by Part |
| Marina | Kapitanov | Hall | Gold Key | Painting | SS Cheville |
| Rylan | Karjane | Hall | Gold Key | Painting | Help. |
| Maya | Koehn-Wu | Hall | Gold Key | Drawing & Illustration | Figure Study |
| Maya | Koehn-Wu | Hall | Gold Key | Painting | Woman With a Gold Earring |
| Renny | McFadin | Hall | Gold Key | Sculpture | i may be ugly but at least i won first place |
| Eileen | Morley | Hall | Gold Key | Art Portfolio | au naturel |
| Mia | Rodriguez | Hall | Gold Key | Painting | Throw Away USA |
| Savannah | Vonesh | Stinnett | Gold Key | Photography | Buffetted |
| Jacqueline | Yu | Hall | Gold Key | Mixed Media | watch me |
| Kori | Benjamin | Stinnett | Silver Key | Mixed Media | Torn Paper Self Portrait |
| Elizabeth | Celentano | Hall | Silver Key | Mixed Media | Adolescence: Flight vs Flee |
| Addy | Cullen | Stinnett | Silver Key | Photography | Wing and a Wire |
| Addy | Cullen | Stinnett | Silver Key | Photography | Epilogue |
| Helen | Hall | Hall | Silver Key | Drawing & Illustration | Colorful Personality |
| Marina | Kapitanov | Hall | Silver Key | Painting | der Scheinwerfer |
| Rylan | Karjane | Hall | Silver Key | Drawing & Illustration | My Imaginary Friend |
| Natalie | Kim | Hall | Silver Key | Drawing & Illustration | Rocks and Waves |
| Michael | Kish | Hall | Silver Key | Sculpture | Freedom of Speech |
| Madison | Leonard | Stinnett | Silver Key | Photography | A Self Portrait |
| Anthony | Paiva | Stinnett | Silver Key | Photography | Democracy Dissolves |
| Anthony | Paiva | Stinnett | Silver Key | Photography | Top Down |
| Audrey | Price | Hall | Silver Key | Drawing & Illustration | Negative Figure Drawing |
| Mia | Rodriguez | Hall | Silver Key | Mixed Media | Bee |
| Mia | Rodriguez | Hall | Silver Key | Printmaking | Sign Print 2 |
| Nived | Sanjay | Caldwell | Silver Key | Drawing & Illustration | Rule the Roost |
| Amelia | Seabury | Hall | Silver Key | Sculpture | An Attempt to Rest |
| Alyasia | Shaw | Hall | Silver Key | Drawing & Illustration | POSE |
| Raina | Tian | Hall | Silver Key | Drawing & Illustration | Remnants of Old China |
| Nathaniel | Williams | Hall | Silver Key | Sculpture | Boogiemask |
| Jacqueline | Yu | Hall | Silver Key | Painting | places where women are uncomfortably aware of the fact that they are women: bathroom |
| Jacqueline | Yu | Hall | Silver Key | Art Portfolio | the female gaze |
| Jacqueline | Yu | Hall | Silver Key | Future New | talk about social media, self esteem, and women with me while i paint azalea flowers on my face |
| Claire | Bierly | Stinnett | Honorable Mention | Photography | Eye |
| Avery | Bowers | Stinnett | Honorable Mention | Photography | Hole in One |
| Liza | Craig | Stinnett | Honorable Mention | Photography | Waiting |
| Stella | Davies | Stinnett | Honorable Mention | Photography | Holes |
| Emily | Duncan | Stinnett | Honorable Mention | Photography | Morning Glory |
| Taylor | Dunn | Stinnett | Honorable Mention | Photography | Yellow Rain Boots |
| Matthew | Eaton | Hall | Honorable Mention | Design | Broke-Typographic Study-Visual Pun |
| Hugh | Feehan | Stinnett | Honorable Mention | Photography | Sparring |
| Max | Goldkuhle | Hall | Honorable Mention | Painting | quercus alba |
| Helen | Hall | Hall | Honorable Mention | Drawing & Illustration | Inside Out – Installation view of 4 portrait drawings, The Two Sides of Ada and The Two Sides of Annie |
| Zelda | Hinkle | Stinnett | Honorable Mention | Photography | Pony |
| Marina | Kapitanov | Hall | Honorable Mention | Painting | die Ventilwelle |
| Rylan | Karjane | Hall | Honorable Mention | Painting | Self Portrait |
| Rylan | Karjane | Hall | Honorable Mention | Drawing & Illustration | Figure of a Woman with a Staff |
| Isabella | Kates | Stinnett | Honorable Mention | Photography | The Monster’s Approach |
| Tina | Le | Hall | Honorable Mention | Design | Typographic Studies- Melt |
| Tina | Le | Hall | Honorable Mention | Painting | Semipermeable Dream |
| Eileen | Morley | Hall | Honorable Mention | Future New | turmeric tee |
| Eileen | Morley | Hall | Honorable Mention | Painting | la plage diptyque |
| Pallavi | Natarajan | Stinnett | Honorable Mention | Photography | Through the Hoop |
| Daphne | Pang | Stinnett | Honorable Mention | Photography | Stray |
| Meredith | Peters | Stinnett | Honorable Mention | Photography | Dusting |
| Audrey | Price | Hall | Honorable Mention | Sculpture | Cardboard Astronaut Helmet |
| Mia | Rodriguez | Caldwell | Honorable Mention | Art Portfolio | The Decay of Signs |
| Nived | Sanjay | Caldwell | Honorable Mention | Mixed Media | Packer |
| Alyssa | Smith | Stinnett | Honorable Mention | Photography | Bug Dance |
| Raina | Tian | Hall | Honorable Mention | Drawing & Illustration | Study of Henry |
| Raina | Tian | Hall | Honorable Mention | Art Portfolio | Traditions |
| Raina | Tian | Hall | Honorable Mention | Future New | 17 Years |
| Savannah | Vonesh | Stinnett | Honorable Mention | Photography | RVA |
| Savannah | Vonesh | Stinnett | Honorable Mention | Photography | Surfacing |
| Savannah | Vonesh | Stinnett | Honorable Mention | Photography | Olivia |
| Lucy | Wampler | Hall | Honorable Mention | Drawing & Illustration | A Study of Man |
| Julianne | Zielinski | Hall | Honorable Mention | Printmaking | shades of society |
Kapitanov 
Morley