New Hanover County Schools art students bring home 121 Scholastic Art awards | Arts & Culture

The following is a news release from New Hanover County Schools spokersperson Valita Quattlebaum:

New Hanover County Schools was a major winner during the 2013 Scholastic Art Awards competition hosted recently by Barton College. This year, there were a total of 2,123 artworks submitted for judging along with 78 portfolios from 147 schools in North Carolina.

NHCS secondary students won 32 Gold Key awards, and Ashley High School senior Amie Efting was the only NHCS student to have received the Gold Key Award for her entire portfolio.

In addition to the Gold Key Awards, NHCS students received 50 Silver Key Awards and 39 Honorable Mentions.

Digital images of the Gold Key awards, as well as the Gold Key portfolio, will be sent to New York City for judging against other regional winners for the national exhibition, which will be held in June at the Corcoran Gallery, Washington, DC.

The Gold Key Award recipients were honored during the February 3rdceremony at Barton College.  This celebration inaugurated an exhibition of the student artwork in Barton Galleries, which will run through February 22, 2013. Students’ Gold Key artwork can be seen online at http://www.barton.edu/galleries/scholastic-art-awards/gold-key/.

The following NHCS students received awards from the North Carolina Scholastic Art Award Competition:

SCHOLASTIC GOLD KEY WINNERS

Ashley High School

Teacher: Joseph Cunliffe

Lauren Jun, Mr. Cunliffe

Cory Morrison, Pilgrim Bottle

Joseph Roberts, Face Pot

Teacher:  Shelly Day

Marleena Freeman, Self-portrait

Margaret Shibley, Unreal

Teacher: Angela Hewett

Erica Buchanan – 2 Gold Keys, Distinctive Marks & Morning Cup

Amie Efting, - 7 Gold Keys, All Smiles, Blind Beggar, Curious, Savannah, Somber, The Dead and the Loved, & Wisdom

Amie Efting - Art Portfolio

Jessica Hughes, Oranges

Lauren Long, Pig

Juliana Rankin, Onions 

Cole Stikeleather, Censorship

Grace Tew – 2 Gold Keys, Lips & Juli and a Cup

Allison Villagran, Seventeen 

Grey Von Cannon – 4 Gold Keys – Amie, Coffee Anyone?, In the Jungle, & Love

Hoggard High School

Teacher: Anne Sinclair

Kristen Brown, Mute 

Eyonna Fennell, Untouchable

 Venusennifer Martinez, Fire Hydrant

New Hanover High School

Teacher: Sarah Jones

Sada Hudson, Hammer Time

Roland-Grise Middle School

Teacher: Jen Capps

Helen Barnett, Curious & Compassionate Primate

Dylan Mintz – 2 Gold Keys - The Bird Behind the Colors & Pop Cocktail

Dylan Mintz - The Vollis Simpson Whirligig Park Recycled Materials Award

SCHOLASTIC SILVER KEY WINNERS

Ashley High School

Teacher: Joseph Cunliffe

Kayla Evans – 2 Silver Keys – Flower Bowl & Flowers

Marleena Freeman, The Whistling Buddha

Lauren Jun, Pierced Vessel

Stephen Lee, Asian-Themed Serving Dish

Justine Marguerat, Joyful Buddha

Cory Morrison, - 4 Silver Keys - Amber Vessel, Black Vessel, Natures Vessel, & Timeless Vessel

Emily Sprenger – 2 Silver Keys - Black Vessel & Blue Vine

Rupert Strickland, Thrown Black and Blue

Teacher: Shelly Day

Kayla Evans, Self-portrait

Margaret Shibley, Glee

Lane Thompson, On the Riverwalk

Teacher: Angela Hewett

Amie Efting – Silver Key - Art Portfolio

Amie Efting – 5 Silver Keys - On The Holy Hill, Pink Sandals, The Darkness, Threaded, &  Woven

Jessica Hughes – 2 Silver Keys - Purple Bicycle & Winner Boat

Lauren Long, Tunnel

Michelle O'Brien, Two Cameras

Abigail Ortega – 3 Silver Keys – Enmarcados, Itzel, & Over Time

Kara Plotner - Juicy

Juliana Rankin – 4 Silver Keys - Clips, Juli, Mama's Hose, & Simba

Miranda Spencer – 2 Silver Keys - Chemistry & Humans

Cole  Stikeleather, Sailor Boy

Grace Tew – 2 Silver Keys – Grace & Onion

Allison Villagran, Carmen

Grey Von Cannon – 3 Silver Keys - Charleston's Oats, Up the Hill, & Windows

Keala Yu, Grade 12 – 3 Silver Keys - Chefs Choice, M&M's, & Tanning Bed

New Hanover High School

Teacher: Sarah Jones

Katherine Bartlett, Self-assessment

Margaret Hissam, Sweet Treat of NC

Sada Hudson, Spoon Vision

Hoggard High School

Teacher: William Hubbard

Sophie Haulman, Ruby

Krischan Jennings, Drake

SCHOLASTIC HONORABLE MENTIONS

Ashley High School

Teacher: Jacqueline Booth

Jessica Hughes, Tuesday in the Shadows

Teacher:  Joseph Cunliffe

Kayla Evans – 2 Honorable Mentions - African Pot & Flower Plate

Griffin Faulkner – 2 Honorable Mentions - Figurative Pot & Green Tree Pot

Marleena Freeman, Exquisite Yet Broken

Phelan Jones, Lided Owl Form

Lauren Jun, Angel Bas Relief

Cory Morrison, Agate Ware

Cora Stephens, Safari Vesel

Teacher:  Shelly Day

Savannah Carter, Still Life

Alexia Kahler, Pink

Margaret Shibley, Fabric Observational Drawing

Teacher:  Angela Hewett

Amie Efting – 2 Honorable Mentions - Fall & Kara

Jessica Hughes – 6 Honorable Mentions - Artists Anonymous, Blue Bicycle, Gorilla, Green Bicycle,

Pen Girl & St. Paul's

Lauren Long – 2 Honorable Mentions - Cds & Twins

Michelle O'Brien, Food Processor

Abigail Ortega, Yellow

Kara Plotner – 2 Honorable Mentions - Shark Bite & Summertime

Juliana Rankin – 3 Honorable Mentions - Joe, Past Life, & Squigley's

Grace Tew, Snack Machine

Allison Villagran – 3 Honorable Mentions – Lifeguard, Mugshots, & Prague

Grey Von Cannon – 4 Honorable Mentions - Bottled Up, Candles, Destruction, & Paris

Roland-Grise Middle School

Teacher: Jen Capps

Brooke Benton, The Value of the Lionfish