With 5 Gold Keys, 6 Silver Keys, and 7 Honorable Mentions, USN students racked up awards at this year's Scholastic Regional Art Awards.
By Andy King, HS Art Teacher
Students earned 5 Gold Keys, 6 Silver Keys, and 7 Honorable Mentions at this year's Scholastic Regional Art Awards.
The Scholastic Art Competition is the most competitive and renowned student art competition in the U.S. Middle School and High School students ages 13 and up submitted over 1800 artworks from the Middle Tennessee region this year. Of those submissions, 128 Gold Keys, 141 Silver Keys, and 301 Honorable Mentions were recognized. The Gold Key winners will be on display at Cheekwood from Saturday, February 7, to Sunday, March 8.
GOLD KEY Wyatt Block ’26, Sculpture Bridget Beem ’27, Painting Katie Jane Bruehl ’30, Painting Mac Perry ’30, Ceramics Theo Burgess ’27, Printmaking
SILVER KEY Elliott Carlson ’29, Sculpture Eunice Ponce ’27, Ceramics/Glass Imaan Salad ’29, Photography Kavya Shah ’30, Photography Porter Ratliff ’26, Comic Art Theo Burgess ’27, Printmaking
HONORABLE MENTION Chase Small ’31, Photography Claire Dehner ’29, Photography Jayger McDowell-Levin ’30, Ceramics Jones Crumpton ’26, Painting Katie Jane Breuhl ’30, Painting Mac Perry ’30, Sculpture Mars Bredesen ’29, Sculpture
During a fun cross-division collaboration, students in Third Grade Teacher Cala Millis' class visited HS Art Teacher Chris Cheney's class to learn about printmaking and the inner workings of a USN art studio.
Rodney Crowell, legendary artist and grandfather to USN student Iris ‘26, will perform on Saturday, April 11, for Music Night, our annual adult-only concert in Durnan Auditorium. Tickets will be available soon for this fundraiser, which supports the arts and athletics at USN.
For the third year in a row, USN has won the Tennessee Regional Ethics Bowl Championship. Congratulations to Coco Shepard ’27, Alice Littlehale ’26, Alice Cramer ’28, Caroline Stinner ’27, Z Aulino ’26, and Kostas Rokas ’29 for this accomplishment.
USN Mission: University School of Nashville models the best educational practices. In an environment that represents the cultural and ethnic composition of Metropolitan Nashville, USN fosters each student’s intellectual, artistic, and athletic potential, valuing and inspiring integrity, creative expression, a love of learning, and the pursuit of excellence.