29 NCS Students Win Honors in Arts Contest

The annual Scholastic Art & Writing Awards has honored 11 NCS students for creating the most accomplished works in the region.

 

The artists and their winning category are:

• Sarah Asher '21 (Drawing and Illustration)
• Alexandra Bamford '19 (Ceramics & Glass)
• Sophia Charles '20 (Personal Essay/Memoir)
• Zandi Eberstadt '20 (Critical Essay)
• Olivia Egge '19 (Personal Essay/Memoir)
• Lucy Freemyer '20 (Ceramics & Glass)
• Madeline King '22 (Photography)
• Julia Maaia '22 (Drawing and Illustration)
• Gillian Moore '20 (Drawing and Illustration)
• Lucy Savin '22 (Photography)
• Maggie Wang '19 (Poetry)

In all, 29 NCS students were recognized in this year's regional Art & Writing Awards; presented by the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, the competition highlights students with exceptional artistic and literary talent. Silver Keys were awarded for distinguished works, and promising works received honorable mention.

 

Ten students won multiple awards: Moore, King, Savin, Maggie Wang, Julia Buzacott '21, Chloe Campbell '19, Sydney Featherstone '20, Amelia Griffin '20, Katherine Leahy '19, and Jamie Wang '19.

 

And 10 were repeat honorees: Leahy and Jamie Wang were recognized for the third consecutive year; Bamford, Buzacott, Charles, Ella Bruno '20, Freemyer, Griffin, Leahy, and Moore for the second time.

 

All award recipients will be honored March 10 at the Sixth and I Historic Synagogue in Washington, D.C. The Media Gallery includes a selection of this year's Gold and Silver Key-winning visual works. Following is a complete list of the NCS artists and writers who were recognized:

 

Sarah Asher '21, in Drawing and Illustration, for "Sight"

Alexandra Bamford '19, in Ceramics & Glass, for "Broken Set"

Sophia Charles '20, in Personal Essay/Memoir, for "Step by Step, Word by Word"

Zandi Eberstadt '20, in Critical Essay, for "Resistance Against Imperialism in Olaudah Equiano's Memoir"

Olivia Egge '19, in Personal Essay/Memoir, for "Getting to the 10th Floor"

Lucy Freemyer '20, in Ceramics & Glass, for "Game Tiles"

Madeline King '22, for her photograph "Shoes"

Julia Maaia '22, in Drawing and Illustration, for "Agnes Scythicus"

Gillian Moore '20, in Drawing and Illustration, for "Cerulean"

Lucy Savin '22, for her photograph "Iyeba's hair"

Maggie Wang '19, in Poetry, for "Lebewohl"

 

Julia Angelov '19, in Personal Essay/Memoir, for "The Lesson"

Ella Bruno '20, in Personal Essay/Memoir, for "Lanky Lads"

Julia Buzacott '21, for her photograph "Purple"

Chloe Campbell '19, in Personal Essay/Memoir, for "An Ode to Mr. Lee"

Bilena Dabalen '21, for her photograph "Rainy Day"

Sydney Featherstone '20, in Ceramics & Glass, for "Living Book"

Zari Garfield '21, for her photograph "Sunset on House"

Amelia Griffin '20, in Flash Fiction, for "The Marker"

Katherine Leahy '19, for her short story "The Far Horizon"

Gillian Moore '20, in Drawing and Illustration, for "Tower in the Night"

Sonia Walke '22, for her photograph "Perfect Imperfections"

Maggie Wang '19, in poetry, for "Five Untitled Sonnets"

Maggie Wang '19, in Personal Essay/Memoir, for "Eucharist"

Avery Watkins '20, in Ceramics & Glass, for "Waves"

 

Julia Buzacott '21, for her digital art "Energy"

Julia Buzacott '21, for her photograph "Bilena"

Julia Buzacott '21, for her photograph "Bloom"

Chloe Campbell '19, in Humor, for "Chewin the Fat"

Chloe Campbell '19, in Personal Essay/Memoir, for "A Sublime Angel"

Sydney Featherstone '20, in Ceramics & Glass, for "Flowing Cups and Pitchers"

Sydney Featherstone '20, in Ceramics & Glass, for "Three Cans"

Samantha Gibby '19, in Critical Essay, for "Dear America: Pay Your Interns"

Amelia Griffin '20, in Critical Essay, for "Flawed Feminine: Female Influence and Gender Identity in Lives of Girls and Women"

Iyeba Kamara '22, for her photograph "Books"

Ellie Kearns '21, for her photograph "The Cathedral"

Madeline King '22, for her photograph "Spinning Earth"

Katherine Leahy '19, in Personal Essay/Memoir, for "The Boy With the Sea Glass Eyes"

Katherine Leahy '19, in Personal Essay/Memoir, for "100 Yards"

Katherine Leahy '19, in Poetry, for "An end to pancakes"

Katherine Leahy '19, in Short Story, for "The Watcher"

Katherine Leahy '19, in Writing Portfolio, for "As It Was And Ever Shall Be"

Yvonne LopezDavila '21, in Ceramics & Glass, for "Floral Jars"

Gillian Moore '20, in Drawing and Illustration, for "Unsinkable"

Gillian Moore '20, in Drawing and Illustration, for "A Study in Freedom"

Allison Pierce '21, for her photograph "Stained Glass"

Lucy Savin '22, for her photograph "The National Cathedral"

Emily Wadlow '22, for her photograph "Jet Streams"

Jamie Wang '19, for her art portfolio "Juxtapositions"

Jamie Wang '19, in Ceramics & Glass, for "Blue Beach"

Maggie Wang '19, in Personal Essay/Memoir, for "Rhapsody No. 2"