More than 100 Williamson County students are earning praise for their artistic talents.
The students are among those who received recognition at the 2017 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards regional competition. The annual contest is open to students in seventh through twelfth grades. Awards given by the competition include the American Vision Award, the Gold Key Award, the Silver Key Award and Honorable Mentions.
The American Vision Award is only given to five artistic works in the region, selected from all categories and grades. Jenna Lowe, an eleventh-grader at Brentwood High School, was chosen for this prestigious award for her piece “Diving Deeper.”
A ceremony honoring the hard work of the recipients was held at the Cheekwood Art Museum on February 4. The exhibition will remain at Cheekwood until March 5. Congratulations to the following WCS students:
Gold Key Winners
| Name | School | Title | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashlyn Anderson | Franklin High | Me in Tea | Drawing and Illustration |
| Alyssa Dinkins | Page High | Evan Peters | Drawing and Illustration |
| Jamie Gim | Centennial High | Nail Polish | Drawing and Illustration |
| Lindsey Heath | Franklin High | Summer Peaches | Drawing and Illustration |
| Katherine Jones | Brentwood High | Tear Drop | Sculpture |
| Jenna Lowe | Brentwood High | Diving Deeper | Drawing and Illustration |
| Brandon Nurczyck | Summit High | Abandoned | Drawing and Illustration |
| Johnny Park | Ravenwood High | Yin Yang Cat | Drawing and Illustration |
| Matthew Parris | Summit High | Screens | Photography |
| Karissa Selby | Independence High | Guiding Lines | Photography |
| Karissa Selby | Independence High | The Game of Life | Art Portfolio |
| Olivia Snow | Page High | Midsummer | Drawing and Illustration |
| Caroline Southard | Brentwood Middle | In Tune | Drawing and Illustration |
| Emily Turner | Summit High | A day in the Life of a Grasshopper | Drawing and Illustration |
| Emily Turner | Summit High | Serious Side | Drawing and Illustration |
| Ethan Valk | Independence High | Ring Ring | Drawing and Illustration |
| Cami Vollmer | Independence High | Bringin Home the Bacon | Printmaking |
Silver Key Winners
| Name | School | Title | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amina Afzali | Ravenwood High | Bird Of Prey | Drawing and Illustration |
| Ashlyn Anderson | Franklin High | Breaking News | Drawing and Illustration |
| Haley Batson | Centennial High | Popsicles | Drawing and Illustration |
| Shirley Cai | Brentwood High | Hanging Up | Drawing and Illustration |
| Grace Catlett | Brentwood High | Mr. Solitude | Sculpture |
| Austin Copps | Independence High | The Alone Chronicles | Comic Art |
| Kate Davis | Brentwood High | hand | Drawing and Illustration |
| Sophia Featherstone | Brentwood High | Flea Bitten Grey | Photography |
| Zoe Fitzhugh | Independence High | Know your Enemy, Know Yourself | Comic Art |
| Kallen Fons | Ravenwood High | Snird (Snake Bird) | Printmaking |
| Kallen Fons | Ravenwood High | The Hanged Man | Printmaking |
| Kallen Fons | Ravenwood High | Indo-Exoskeleton | Printmaking |
| Taylor Genter | Independence High | August Heads | Drawing and Illustration |
| Bailey Gibson | Ravenwood High | Confined | Painting |
| Alice Guo | Brentwood Middle | Mr. SkyTurtle | Drawing and Illustration |
| Taylor Golda | Summit High | Leading Lines with Wood | Photography |
| Zachary Johnston | Brentwood High | Knotted Majesty | Drawing and Illustration |
| Zachary Johnston | Brentwood High | The Veil | Drawing and Illustration |
| Jenna Lowe | Brentwood High | Inversion | Drawing and Illustration |
| Sarah Maggart | Ravenwood High | Self Portrait #4 | Drawing and Illustration |
| Blake Oliver | Independence High | The Man In Thamel | Photography |
| Sydney Peay | Summit High | Suffocation | Drawing and Illustration |
| Sarah Richards | Summit High | Glass Half Empty | Painting |
| Karissa Selby | Independence High | Eyes of a Child | Photography |
| Rhiannon Speckman | Franklin High | Horses: the Light of My World | Drawing and Illustration |
| Lauren Tenney | Independence High | Coral Snake | Drawing and Illustration |
| Josie Tunnell | Brentwood High | Autumn | Ceramics and Glass |
| Cami Vollmer | Independence High | Little Red In The Hood | Drawing and Illustration |
Honorable Mention
| Name | School | Title | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rachel Bengert | Brentwood High | Stone Stacking | Ceramics and Glass |
| Gray Bennett | Brentwood High | Room to Grow | Painting |
| Molly Cahill | Independence High | Moment of Peace | Drawing and Illustration |
| Molly Cahill | Independence High | Seventeen | Drawing and Illustration |
| Molly Cahill | Independence High | Seeing Through You | Drawing and Illustration |
| Grace Catlett | Brentwood High | Biomorphic form | Sculpture |
| Kendrick Catron | Fairview High | Feeling Paper Thin | Painting |
| Allison Connor | Brentwood High | smoke out | Painting |
| Kate Davis | Brentwood High | self portrait | Painting |
| Margaret Day | Brentwood Middle | The Adventures of The Stones | Comic Art |
| Madeline Deere | Franklin High | She who sees | Mixed Media |
| Emily Duke | Summit High | Scales are Pretty Too | Drawing and Illustration |
| Emily Duke | Summit High | Spinning Shadows | Painting |
| Isabel Fitzhugh | Independence High | Dead Fantasy | Digital Art |
| Isabel Fitzhugh | Independence High | All Those Eyes, But She Still Can't See | Digital Art |
| Isabel Fitzhugh | Independence High | Say It In 6 Words | Drawing and Illustration |
| Zoe Fitzhugh | Independence High | The Machine | Drawing and Illustration |
| Zoe Fitzhugh | Independence High | Birth of Sin | Comic Art |
| Zoe Fitzhugh | Independence High | A Ginger Glance | Painting |
| Zoe Fitzhugh | Independence High | Lady Murasaki's Journey | Film and Animation |
| Kallen Fons | Ravenwood High | Love Dies? | Mixed Media |
| Kallen Fons | Ravenwood High | She is Crooked | Printmaking |
| Kallen Fons | Ravenwood High | Kim Deal's Shirt | Mixed Media |
| Taylor Genter | Independence High | Mom, Why Is There A Tape Man In My | Sculpture |
| Bailey Gibson | Ravenwood High | Peppers | Painting |
| Christian Glenn | Brentwood High | boulder | Sculpture |
| Jungmin Han | Brentwood Middle | Mother Teresa | Drawing and Illustration |
| Lindsey Heath | Franklin High | Reflection | Painting |
| Lilly Kate | Brentwood High | Lauren | Painting |
| Sarah Beth Inman | Franklin High | Peaches | Painting |
| Aidan Kassis | Summit High | Character Reference Sheet Holly | Comic Art |
| Hannah Levy | Brentwood High | Fire and Ice | Sculpture |
| Anna Li | Ravenwood High | Spaceman | Painting |
| Jenna Lowe | Brentwood High | Unresolved | Drawing and Illustration |
| Jiayang Lu | Brentwood High | Suspension | Sculpture |
| Jiayang Lu | Brentwood High | Behind the Straw | Sculpture |
| Sarah Maggart | Ravenwood High | The Distorted Reality is A Desire | Art Portfolio |
| Sarah Maggart | Ravenwood High | Bye (Figure 8) | Drawing and Illustration |
| Brooks Morrow | Ravenwood High | Arenal Volcano Through The Fence | Photography |
| Blake Oliver | Independence High | Riding Through Thamel | Photography |
| Blake Oliver | Independence High | The Boy In Thamel | Photography |
| Nicki Parish | Summit High | Love Daze | Drawing and Illustration |
| Sydney Peay | Summit High | Glass Half Full | Drawing and Illustration |
| Tierney Prine | Summit High | Bicycle Shadow | Painting |
| Megan Prickett | Franklin High | South American Seahorse | Drawing and Illustration |
| Jasmine Puria | Ravenwood High | The Snake Charmer | Drawing and Illustration |
| Jasmine Puria | Ravenwood High | The Painted Elephant | Drawing and Illustration |
| Paola Regino | Independence High | The Sky Cries Too | Printmaking |
| Sarah Richards | Summit High | Bird of Paradise | Drawing and Illustration |
| Sarah Richards | Summit High | Spinning Shadows | Painting |
| Vienna Rovenstine | Brentwood Middle | Untitled | Fashion |
| Morgan Schultz | Brentwood Middle | Don't Trust | Drawing and Illustration |
| Sarah Schweitzer | Ravenwood High | Whale & Squid | Drawing and Illustration |
| Karissa Selby | Independence High | Kindness Isn't Weakness | Photography |
| Catherine Sewell | Brentwood High | Frame | Drawing and Illustration |
| Sarah Skupien | Brentwood High | Scout | Painting |
| Caroline Southard | Brentwood Middle | Fruit Basket Tumble | Drawing and Illustration |
| Grace Spehr | Brentwood High | Geometric | Sculpture |
| Erin Tappel | Ravenwood High | Technique | Drawing and Illustration |
| Madi Thomson | Ravenwood High | Cold Feet | Painting |
| Ethan Valk | Independence High | Mom, There's Nothing To Eat! | Painting |
| Ethan Valk | Independence High | Church St. | Drawing and Illustration |
| Cami Vollmer | Independence High | The Samurai and His Son | Painting |
| Reid Wiemer | Brentwood High | Handmade Wooden Veneer Canoe | Sculpture |
| Aine Williams | Franklin High | Noble Beast | Drawing and Illustration |
| Bailee Wilson | Ravenwood High | Wild West | Mixed Media |
| Delaney Wingerd | Brentwood High | Airstream Box | Sculpture |