Submitted by Karen Fornadel
The YS Art Department is pleased to announce that senior Carrion Lover-Lilly’s Mixed Media work entitled Beauty? has earned national recognition in the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards of 2016. Carrion has been identified by panels of creative professionals as the most talented young artists and writers in the nation. This year, nearly 320,000 works of art and writing were submitted. Only the top 1% were recognized at the national level. Carrion has been invited to attend a ceremony at Carnegie Hall in NYC on Thursday, June 2.
In addition, the following students were recognized at the State Museum in Harrisburg this past Saturday for their awards in the South Central PA Regional level of the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards of 2016 for winning silver and gold keys:
Emma Frecon – Silver Key – Painting – All Nighter
Emma Frecon – Honorable Mention – Drawing and Illustration – Window
Carrion Lover-Lilly – Gold Key – Mixed Media – Beauty?
Carrion Lover-Lilly – Gold Key – Painting – Fly On
Carrion Lover-Lilly – Honorable Mention – Art Portfolio – Humanity
Csenge Nagy – Silver Key – Ceramics & Glass – Hungarian Spirit
Laura Sinkovitz – Silver Key – Ceramics & Glass – Love Yourself
In addition, the following students received honorable mentions for their submissions:
Hope Halza – Honorable Mention – Digital Art – Abortion
Ashleigh Mackin – Honorable Mention – Ceramics & Glass – Wannabe Vessel
Sofia Spadotto – Honorable Mention – Photography – The Bridge of No Return, Venezia