The Scholastic Art and Writing Awards program is the longest-running, most prestigious recognition program for creative teens in the United States. Students submit works in a number of categories including photography, drawing, printmaking, sculpture and mixed media. Work is judged on originality, technical skill and emergence of a personal voice or vision. Gold Key winners will move on to the national competition. National Award winners will be announced in mid-March.

Here are some pictures courtesy Dana Hall of some of their Gold Key winners’ work. We’d love to post some WPS students’ entries, so please send them along.

Dana Hall’s Soomin Mah won a Gold Key for her sculpture titled, “Emotion Processing”

Dana Hall’s Amera Youssef won a Gold Key for her mixed media work, “Survival”

Dana Hall’s Ye Ri Lee won a Gold Key for her work titled, “Mess”

Dana Hall’s Jackie Hayre Perez won a Gold Key for work titled, “Mujeres Con Ninos”

WPS student Sruti Ramaswamy earned an Honorable Mention for her work titled Sunset Glow

The following Dana Hall and Wellesley High School and Middle School students stood out from thousands of entries and received awards and honorable mentions:

Dana Hall, Gold Key
Jacquie Hayre-Pérez ’17, Art Portfolio
SoYeon Kim ’18, Sculpture, Fashion
Ye Ri Lee ’17, Mixed Media (two awards), Drawing and Illustration (two awards), Sculpture, Painting
Soo Min Mah ’17, Art Portfolio, Sculpture
Susie Yifan Xu ’17, Drawing and Illustration
Amera Youssef ’17, Mixed Media
Sinclaire Vandervoort, Art Portfolio

Wellesley High School, Gold Key
Sophie Barré, Sculpture
Erica Blackett, Photography
Baird Feeney, Poetry
Ling Groccia, Fashion; Jewelry
Anna Macek, Printmaking
Maeve Mungovan, Personal Essay/Memoir
Samantha Simon, Ceramics & Glass (3 awards)
Matthew Tom, Painting; Jewelry
Annie Yu, Poetry
Christie Yu, AV Humor

Wellesley Middle School, Gold Key
Alex Abdelal, Drawing and Illustration
Arianna Baffa, Jewelry Tentacles
Matthew Choate, Digital Art
Elisabeth Fils-Aime, Jewelry
Russell Hornung, Painting
Clara Vegas, Photography
Zoe Zhang, Drawing and Illustration

Dana Hall, Silver Key
Saaniya Desai ’19, Photography
Grace Dunne ’17, Photography
Ye Ri Lee ’17, Art Portfolio (two awards), Mixed Media, Digital Art, Painting
Soo Min Mah ’17, Drawing and Illustration
Jurnee Peltier ’19, Photography
Brittney Smith ’19, Photography
Grace Wang ’19, Photography

Dana Hall, Honorable Mentions
Pani Bhengsri ’19, Printmaking
Chilton Cabot ’17, Photography
Nattavipa Chongvimansin ’17, Painting
Ida Jia ’18, Science Fiction/Fantasy
Evonne Yu-Fang Lao ’17, Mixed Media
Ye Ri Lee ’17, Painting (three awards), Mixed Media (two awards), Drawing and Illustration
Effie Li ’17, Painting (two awards), Drawing and Illustration
Zoe Lillis ’17, Painting
Manxue Mah ’17, Painting
Soo Min Mah ’17, Painting (three awards), Drawing and Illustration (three awards)
Sasha Megie ’17, Photography (two awards)
Anna Park ’18, Poetry
Sruti Ramaswamy ’19, Photography
Jorryn Wu ’19, Photography
Susie Yifan Xu ’17, Painting
Amera Youssef ’17, Mixed Media

Wellesley High School, Silver Key
Elizabeth Bellon, Sculpture
Katherine Brooks, Digital Art
Luisa Coakley, Ceramics & Glass
Elizabeth Duvall, Photography
Olivia Eburne, Jewelry
Maia Foley, Personal Essay/Memoir
Olivia Gieger, Journalism (2 awards)
Ling Groccia, Art Portfolio
Carolyn Hale, Journalism
Katherine Hall, Art Portfolio
Michael Hershelman, Sculpture
Anthony Ranaldi, Sculpture
Emma Soliva, Sculpture
Katie Stevenson, Art Portfolio
Andrew Tucker, Art Portfolio
Johanna van der Wal, Personal Essay/Memoir
Adriana Voci, Poetry
Annie Yu, Poetry
Christie Yu, Poetry
Clover Zheng, Sculpture

Wellesley High School, Honorable Mentions
Sophie Barré, Sculpture
Scarlett Benson, Photography
Natalie Boyle, Short Story
Abby Buckham, Ceramics & Glass
Shannon Chaffers, Critical Essay
Luisa Coakley, Ceramics & Glass
Lauren Cohen, Digital Art Just Peachy
Sofia Fauza, Ceramics & Glass
Cameron Field, Short Story
Maia Foley, Personal Essay/Memoir (2 awards)
Olivia Gieger, Personal Essay/Memoir; Critical Essay; Journalism
Caleb Giess, Poetry
Carolyn Hale, Poetry (2 awards)
Katherine Hall, Photography
Leenah Hamdy, Jewelry
Sandra Keenan, Sculpture; Art Portfolio
Maeve Kelley, Jewelry
Shin Kim, Poetry
Sookyeong Kim, Journalism
Patrick Kley, Ceramics & Glass
Christopher Kolb, Personal Essay/Memoir
Kyra Laffey, Digital Art
Zhi Li, Personal Essay/Memoir (2 awards)
Javier Lopez, Ceramics & Glass
Tomas Lopez-Benitez, Drawing and Illustration
Abby Lueth, Photography
Emma Lussier, Photography
Julie Ma, Personal Essay/Memoir
Lily Mcrae, Ceramics & Glass
Avery Mohan, Jewelry
Edie Parsons, Ceramics & Glass
Emma Petrovich, Sculpture; Drawing and Illustration
Anthony Ranaldi, Sculpture
Tim Sheehan, Ceramics & Glass
Samantha Simon, Art Portfolio
Kristin Soderholm, Ceramics & Glass
Emma Spinale, Ceramics & Glass
Luke Stuntz, Printmaking
Johanna van der Wal, Personal Essay/Memoir
Sinclaire Vandervoort, Fashion
Christie Yu, Painting (2 awards)
Annie Yu, Short Story
Emily Zhang, Jewelry
Michelle Zhang, Painting
Clover Zheng, Sculpture

Wellesley Middle School, Silver Key
Eleanor Dunne, Poetry
Anna Foody, Ceramics & Glass
Emily Gao, Short Story
Jacqueline Mack, Digital Art Dancing
John Muenning, Drawing and Illustration
Liddy Schulz, Jewelry
Emily Sotelo, Flash Fiction

Wellesley Middle School, Honorable Mention
Oliver Berg, Digital Art
Grace Bida, Photography
Nicole Ceriani, Drawing and Illustration
Hannah Copplestone, Jewelry
Brooke Fontana, Ceramics & Glass
John Gianakis, Flash Fiction
Audree Hedequist, Ceramics & Glass
Russell Hornung, Drawing and Illustration
Lauren Mealey, Digital Art
Benista Owusu-amo, Drawing and Illustration
Lily Rademacher, Digital Art
Jenny Van Zandt, Ceramics & Glass
Iris Xia, Painting
Zoe Zhang, Painting