Students earn 44 Cheekwood art awards

by Trent Boysen, arts department co-chair & photography teacher

Students will be honored next month at Cheekwood Botanical Garden for their award-winning photography, paintings, drawings, and sculptures.
Congratulations and thank you to all of the students who participated in this year's scholastic art awards and Visual Art faculty who helped them get there. Our talented students received 44 awards at the regional level of this competition: one American Vision, seven Gold Key, six Silver Key, and 30 Honorable Mention awards.

An Awards Reception to honor Gold and Silver Key winners and teachers will be held 1 to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 4 in Cheekwood Botanical Garden's Massey Auditorium.

American Vision Award
Talia Barton '18 for her photograph "Ru"

Gold Key Awards
Bonnie Allen '17 for her photograph "Camille"
Talia Barton '18 for her photographs "Ru" and "Shadows"
Eleanor Koch '17 for her photograph "Healing"
Emma Larson '17 for her painting "A Value Study"
Annabelle Li '18 for her ceramic vessel "Blue Layered Vessel"
Alya Zouaoui '18 for her drawing "Illustration in the Moment"

Silver Key Awards
Talia Barton '18 for her photograph “Old Time”
Madeline Baxter '18 for her sculpture "After Kara"
Daley Hall '19 for the photograph “Foster”
Catherine LeMaster '18 for her painting “Annelise”
Lucy Mauries '21 for her photograph “Double Development”
Madisyn Starks '22 for her drawing “New York Dream”

Honorable Mention Awards
Talia Barton '18, Zoe Boysen '18, Camilla Caldwell '17, Gavin Clark '17, Carolyn Crenshaw '18, Gabriel Faulcon '18 (for two artworks), Louisa Friedman '17 (for five artworks), Greta Galli '19, William Gilliland '18, Savannah Groos '17, Jonah Hoffman '17, Eleanor Koch '17 (for two artworks), Emma Larson '17, Acadia LeQuire '22, Lucy Mauries '21, Anna Munson '21, Betsy Nolan '18, Lia Payne '22, Molly Roth '18, Abigail Schoenecker '22, Jordyn Sheats '20, Camille Townson '17, Joshua Usdan '21, Barbara Xiong '17
 
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