December 19, 2022
ROCKY RIVER, Ohio – A total of 12 Rocky River High School (RRHS) students combined to earn 18 awards in the prestigious Scholastic Art & Writing Awards regional contest. The group combined to receive five Gold Awards, four Silver Awards and nine Honorable Mention Awards.
Gold Key winners move on to national judging.
Listed below are the award winners from RRHS.
Gold Key Award
Shea Alexander (Tarot, Mixed Media)
Marcos Hernandez (Cap May Sunset, Photography)
Blair Pichola (Fight On, Painting)
Jackson Sheller (Two Sides of One Person, Digital Art)
Natalie Yan (Pity Party, Photography)
Silver Key Award
Shea Alexander (Blue, Drawing & Illustration)
Marcos Hernandez (Temporal Illumination, Photography)
Marcos Hernandez (Dew On The Wing, Photography)
Kaiya Mayich (Beyond, Photography)
Honorable Mention Award
Sydney Allen (Floral Still Life, Drawing & Illustration)
Henry Lange (The Origin, Photography)
Sophia Loparo (Anxiety, Drawing & Illustration)
Rae Porach (Peace of Mind, Digital Art)
Rae Porach (Never in Solitary, Digital Art)
Audrey Slankard (On My Bed, Digital Art)
Ana Vladescu (Shoes in Graphite, Drawing & Illustration)
Natalie Yan (5 Stages of a Piece of Paper, Film & Animation)
Each year, the Cleveland Institute of Art hosts the Scholastic Art & Writing Competition to recognize creative achievement in area students in grades 7-12. The young artists and writers compete for cash prizes, medals, and scholarship awards. A panel of local professional artists, art educators, writers, and writing educators jury the exhibit and select the awarded pieces from nearly 3,000 entries. Students who receive Gold Key Awards for individual works and portfolios continue to the national competition held each spring in New York City.