Scholastic Art Award Winners 2023
ESM Art Department students brought home 70 awards from the 2023 CNY Scholastic Art Awards. Our students earned 3 special awards, 17 Gold Keys, 22 Silver Keys and 28 Honorable Mentions.Kailee Clark earned the American Visions Award in Photography, recognizing the Best of Show from all Gold Key photography. The piece titled Ophelia also earned Kailee the Ron Hellmann Photography Award for Best Senior High Photo.
Sophia Ferns earned the American Visions Award in Drawing & Illustration, recognizing the Best of Show from all Gold Key drawing & illustration winners, for her piece titled Different Perspective.
All Gold Key artwork will go on to compete at the national level. The list of ESM award winners is below. Visit our facebook page for photo of each wining piece (link). There will be 1,350 of the art pieces on display to the public in the Whitney Building at Onondaga Community College now through March 4. The Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse will also display select works, from March 11 through April 9.
Students from 14 counties and more than 90 CNY schools submitted more than 4,000 pieces and 102 portfolio entries. A panel of judges, made up of professional artists, educators and photographers, judged the pieces and selected 1,155 works for Gold Key, Silver Key and honorable mention awards.
ESM’s middle and high school participating art teachers include Todd Bachta, Matthew Cincotta, Kathleen Ehrlich, Audrey Heller and Jessica Pilowa. A special awards ceremony was held Jan. 17 at OCC. The 2023 CNY Scholastic Art Awards are sponsored by M&T Bank and hosted by Onondaga Community College.
| Name | Gr | Award | Category | Title of Piece |
| Andrews, Emily | 11 | Hon. Mention | Ceramics & Glass | Detatch |
| Backus, Michael | 11 | Hon. Mention | Drawing & Illustration | Optimus Prime |
| Benhassen, Nadia | 12 | Silver Key | Mixed Media | Natural Order |
| Benhassen, Nadia | 12 | Silver Key | Art Portfolio | Purveyor of Lies |
| Benhassen, Nadia | 12 | Hon. Mention | Ceramics & Glass | Abstraction |
| BenHassen, Sonya | 10 | Silver Key | Ceramics & Glass | Heart of the Ocean |
| Bennink, Rachel | 12 | Gold Key | Digital Art | Sightings |
| Carr, Madeline | 8 | Silver Key | Photography | Luca |
| Chmura, Alina | 11 | Silver Key | Drawing & Illustration | Lose Yourself |
| Clark, Kailee | 12 | Gold Key | Photography | Ophelia |
| Clark, Kailee | 12 | Ron Hellmann Photgraphy Award:Best Senior High Photo | Photography | Ophelia |
| Clark, Kailee | 12 | American Visions Award | Photography | Ophelia |
| Clark, Kailee | 12 | Hon. Mention | Photography | Holding up |
| Clark, Kailee | 12 | Silver Key | Art Portfolio | Eclipsed |
| Coolbeth, Jordan | 11 | Silver Key | Digital Art | Magic Room |
| De-souza, Clara | 12 | Hon. Mention | Ceramics & Glass | The Kracken |
| Defio, Katie | 10 | Gold Key | Drawing & Illustration | unt |
| Downs, Mak | 10 | Silver Key | Drawing & Illustration | Rubber Duckies |
| Ferns, Sophia | 10 | Gold Key | Drawing & Illustration | Different Perspective |
| Ferns, Sophia | 10 | American Visions Award | Drawing & Illustration | Different Perspective |
| Ferns, Sophia | 10 | Gold Key | Drawing & Illustration | My Friend |
| Ferns, Sophia | 11 | Gold Key | Drawing & Illustration | Doubled |
| Foster, Ella | 10 | Hon. Mention | Painting | This Isn't About You. |
| Gaskins, Eli | 11 | Hon. Mention | Digital Art | Avery |
| Gomon, Ian | 9 | Hon. Mention | Drawing & Illustration | Orange Radiance |
| Greis, Madeline | 11 | Gold Key | Drawing & Illustration | Up Close |
| Greis, Madeline | 11 | Hon. Mention | Drawing & Illustration | Justice Undone |
| Greis, Madeline | 11 | Hon. Mention | Drawing & Illustration | Masked |
| Henry, Arabella | 9 | Silver Key | Painting | Still Moment |
| Hughes, Emily | 9 | Silver Key | Ceramics & Glass | Isolation |
| Hunt, Henry | 8 | Hon. Mention | Photography | Green Lakes |
| Huyck, Ryan | 8 | Hon. Mention | Photography | Loki's Journey |
| Johnson, Kyra | 12 | Silver Key | Mixed Media | Entangle My Sanity |
| Kline, Mykayda | 11 | Silver Key | Drawing & Illustration | Red Clover |
| LaGrow, Olivia | 10 | Gold Key | Drawing & Illustration | Poodle |
| LaGrow, Olivia | 10 | Gold Key | Painting | Reflections |
| LaGrow, Olivia | 10 | Gold Key | Drawing & Illustration | Talulah |
| Mere, Zaynah | 10 | Hon. Mention | Drawing & Illustration | The Phone |
| Merkel, Faith | 8 | Silver Key | Photography | Sunny Day |
| Mesic, Anela | 10 | Silver Key | Drawing & Illustration | Squirrel on tree |
| Mesic, Anela | 11 | Silver Key | Drawing & Illustration | Burnt Out |
| Michael, Christopher | 12 | Gold Key | Digital Art | 04.07.05 |
| Millet, Alyssa | 9 | Gold Key | Painting | Silent Thoughts |
| Millet, Alyssa | 10 | Hon. Mention | Drawing & Illustration | Breaking Point |
| Myers, Natalie | 8 | Hon. Mention | Painting | Gus |
| Needle, Aaron | 11 | Silver Key | Photography | Levitation |
| Peterson, Natalie | 11 | Silver Key | Ceramics & Glass | Deep See Treasure |
| Ridley, Samara | 12 | Gold Key | Digital Art | Ask For Help |
| Rojek, Joshua | 9 | Silver Key | Drawing & Illustration | Nuts & Bolts |
| Roux, Elliot | 9 | Hon. Mention | Drawing & Illustration | Penny |
| Scheftic, Cassidy | 9 | Hon. Mention | Ceramics & Glass | Tsunami Waves |
| Scofield, Eire | 8 | Hon. Mention | Painting | Creepy Crawlies |
| Scofield, Eire | 8 | Hon. Mention | Mixed Media | Needles |
| Scofield, Eire | 8 | Silver Key | Printmaking | Lady in Red |
| Seargent, Rebecca | 11 | Gold Key | Digital Art | Mother Nature |
| Seargent, Rebecca | 11 | Silver Key | Photography | Winter Wonderland |
| Shatrau, Zoe | 9 | Gold Key | Drawing & Illustration | Blackberry |
| Shatrau, Zoe | 10 | Hon. Mention | Drawing & Illustration | Body Dysmorphia |
| Shaughnessy, Gigi | 11 | Gold Key | Drawing & Illustration | I Am |
| Shaughnessy, Gigi | 11 | Hon. Mention | Drawing & Illustration | Lonely |
| Shaughnessy, Gigi | 11 | Silver Key | Drawing & Illustration | Night Terror |
| Stevenson, Bryan | 12 | Hon. Mention | Ceramics & Glass | Perpetual Tea |
| Venditti, Braiden | 12 | Hon. Mention | Ceramics & Glass | Stacked |
| Warner, Brianna | 12 | Hon. Mention | Printmaking | Defiance |
| Warner, Brianna | 12 | Hon. Mention | Art Portfolio | Discomfort, Comfort, Strength |
| Warner, Brianna | 12 | Hon. Mention | Drawing & Illustration | Doll Face |
| Warner, Brianna | 12 | Silver Key | Drawing & Illustration | Mavie |
| Warner, Daly | 10 | Hon. Mention | Painting | Beauty in Decay |
| Williams, Megan | 11 | Hon. Mention | Ceramics & Glass | The Lantern of Femininity |
| Wilson, Suzain | 12 | Gold Key | Photography | Hidden Gem |
