19 USN artists among Scholastic Art Awards winners

USN art students earned 31 Middle Tennessee Scholastic Art Awards for their artworks on display in a Cheekwood Estate & Gardens exhibition Saturday, February 4 through Sunday, February 26. Special congratulations to Gold Key winners Ansley Martin '27 and Jade Parrella '25.
By Trent Boysen, Arts Department Co-Chair

The 2023 Regional Scholastic Art Awards Competition recently revealed its winning entries. This event, which marks the 100th year of the art competition, drew 1,531 total submissions of works from 770 students from 62 schools across Middle Tennessee.

USN artists received two Gold Keys, seven Silver Keys, and 22 honorable mentions. 

The 2023 Middle Tennessee Scholastic Art Awards exhibition will be hosted in the Frist Learning Center at Cheekwood Estate & Gardens from Saturday, February 4 through Sunday, February 26. Gold Key works will be displayed physically with Silver Key works displayed digitally. 

Gold Key
Ansley Martin '27
Jade Parrella '25

Silver Key
Lincoln Alphin '24
Lucia Gellert '27
Ansley Martin '27
Margaret McKay '25 (2)
Clara Smail '24 (2)

Honorable Mention
Iliana Behague-Mentzel '25
Annabelle Frank '23
Lucia Gellert '27
Eliana Gorden '24
Celeste Green '27
Maya Guha '24 (2)
Dylan Miller '28
Eesha Nachnani '28
Krish Nachnani '28
Jade Parrella '25
Tre Sheats '24
Els Shepard '23 (2)
Clara Smail '24
Elliott Spiller '27
Sam Venable '25
Scarlett White '24 (2)
Lin Zheng '26 (3)
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