2025 Regional Scholastic Art Awards
Congratulations to the 33 students from Mercy’s Art Department who won 50 awards in this year’s Regional Scholastic Art Awards competition.
Ten Mercy students won gold keys (first place). Gold key winning pieces will also compete in New York for national awards in March. Gold key winning students are: Maeve Casey, Lailah Henderson, Emery Kolb, Mia Liddell, Penelope Livermore, Sofia Melhado, Mya Sampson, Katherine Sarafa, Marie Schueneman, and Hazel Syke. Other winning students include: Layan Ayad, Tessa Campau, Cassidy Campau, Jillian Collins, Bryce Costa, Jordan Eberwein, Aubrey Gluth, Gianna Ivezaj, Klara Jamalieh, Jasmine Joseph, Lainey Kolb, Mira Kolbusz, Audrey Laing, Yuri Lewis, Mackenzie McDaniel, Lily Offak, Joye Pyronneau, Claire Rogan, Carmela Sam, Lauren Smith, Hailey Thotenson, Emily Whelan, and Avery Wright.
Special congratulations to three senior portfolio students who received honors: Bryce Costa, Gianna Ivezaj, and Penelope Livermore.
Winning artworks will be on display at the Walter B. Ford II building on the Ford Campus of College for Creative Studies from February 10 - February 28, 2025. Public hours are Monday - Friday, 9-5, Saturday and Sunday noon to 5. An awards ceremony will be held on February 11, 2025, at 7:00 PM at the Detroit Film Theatre located within the Detroit Institute of Arts.
|
Student First Name |
Student Last Name |
Grade |
Title |
Category |
Award |
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Maeve
|
Casey
|
12
|
Veiled in Purity, Cloaked in Danger
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Ceramics & Glass
|
Gold Key
|
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Hazel
|
Syke
|
11
|
The Light of Decay
|
Ceramics & Glass
|
Gold Key
|
|
Lailah
|
Henderson
|
9
|
Portrait of my Father
|
Drawing & Illustration
|
Gold Key
|
|
Emery
|
Kolb
|
10
|
All Dressed Up
|
Photography
|
Gold Key
|
|
Mia
|
Liddell
|
11
|
Deep Chrome
|
Photography
|
Gold Key
|
|
Penelope
|
Livermore
|
12
|
Mirror Mirror
|
Mixed Media
|
Gold Key
|
|
Sofia
|
Melhado
|
9
|
A Mother's Vision
|
Photography
|
Gold Key
|
|
Mya
|
Sampson
|
12
|
Daydreaming
|
Digital Art
|
Gold Key
|
|
Katherine
|
Sarafa
|
9
|
Worn Paths
|
Photography
|
Gold Key
|
|
Marie
|
Schueneman
|
12
|
Geometry in Color
|
Photography
|
Gold Key
|
|
Jillian
|
Collins
|
11
|
The Passage of Time
|
Ceramics & Glass
|
Honorable Mention
|
|
Audrey
|
Laing
|
10
|
Iso-pot
|
Ceramics & Glass
|
Honorable Mention
|
|
Lauren
|
Smith
|
12
|
A Perch Above the Waves
|
Ceramics & Glass
|
Honorable Mention
|
|
Avery
|
Wright
|
10
|
Serrated Shores
|
Ceramics & Glass
|
Honorable Mention
|
|
Layan
|
Ayad
|
11
|
Arches of Time
|
Photography
|
Honorable Mention
|
|
Layan
|
Ayad
|
11
|
Seaside Serenity
|
Photography
|
Honorable Mention
|
|
Tessa
|
Campau
|
11
|
Captures
|
Photography
|
Honorable Mention
|
|
Cassidy
|
Campau
|
9
|
Dig In
|
Photography
|
Honorable Mention
|
|
Bryce
|
Costa
|
12
|
The Five Gems
|
Portfolio
|
Honorable Mention
|
|
Aubrey
|
Gluth
|
10
|
Floating Gems
|
Photography
|
Honorable Mention
|
|
Gianna
|
Ivezaj
|
12
|
Through the Eyes of the Wild
|
Portfolio
|
Honorable Mention
|
|
Klara
|
Jamalieh
|
11
|
Echoes of the Garden
|
Digital Art
|
Honorable Mention
|
|
Lainey
|
Kolb
|
10
|
Seeing the Light
|
Photography
|
Honorable Mention
|
|
Mira
|
Kolbusz
|
10
|
Self-Portrait
|
Drawing & Illustration
|
Honorable Mention
|
|
Mira
|
Kolbusz
|
10
|
Shared Shores
|
Painting
|
Honorable Mention
|
|
Penelope
|
Livermore
|
12
|
Eye Spy
|
Drawing & Illustration
|
Honorable Mention
|
|
Penelope
|
Livermore
|
12
|
Rev It Up Collage
|
Photography
|
Honorable Mention
|
|
Mackenzie
|
McDaniel
|
12
|
Nature's Palette
|
Printmaking
|
Honorable Mention
|
|
Lily
|
Offak
|
10
|
Blue Harvest: The Floral Alchemy
|
Printmaking
|
Honorable Mention
|
|
Joye
|
Pyronneau
|
11
|
Viridescent Marbles
|
Photography
|
Honorable Mention
|
|
Mya
|
Sampson
|
12
|
Pixel Gamer
|
Digital Art
|
Honorable Mention
|
|
Katherine
|
Sarafa
|
9
|
Some of Us Still Read Books
|
Photography
|
Honorable Mention
|
|
Marie
|
Schueneman
|
12
|
Growth
|
Digital Art
|
Honorable Mention
|
|
Marie
|
Schueneman
|
12
|
Joe and Frank
|
Digital Art
|
Honorable Mention
|
|
Marie
|
Schueneman
|
12
|
Psychedelic Blooms
|
Digital Art
|
Honorable Mention
|
|
Marie
|
Schueneman
|
12
|
The Fate of a Fish
|
Digital Art
|
Honorable Mention
|
|
Hailey
|
Thostenson
|
11
|
Blank Page but a Long Composition
|
Photography
|
Honorable Mention
|
|
Jordan
|
Eberwein
|
12
|
Mystic Sphere
|
Jewelry
|
Silver Key
|
|
Mya
|
Sampson
|
12
|
Riveted Pendant with Marble
|
Jewelry
|
Silver Key
|
|
Hazel
|
Syke
|
11
|
Unseen Signal
|
Ceramics & Glass
|
Silver Key
|
|
Layan
|
Ayad
|
11
|
Whispers of the Tide
|
Photography
|
Silver Key
|
|
Gianna
|
Ivezaj
|
12
|
In the Presence of Power
|
Drawing & Illustration
|
Silver Key
|
|
Jasmine
|
Joseph
|
11
|
Simple Meal
|
Sculpture
|
Silver Key
|
|
Emery
|
Kolb
|
10
|
Floating Messages
|
Photography
|
Silver Key
|
|
Yuri
|
Lewis
|
10
|
Fragments of Me
|
Mixed Media
|
Silver Key
|
|
Penelope
|
Livermore
|
12
|
A World Reflected
|
Portfolio
|
Silver Key
|
|
Claire
|
Rogan
|
12
|
Pure Mischief, Wrapped in Sweetness Reprised
|
Drawing & Illustration
|
Silver Key
|
|
Carmela
|
Sam
|
9
|
Through His Eyes
|
Digital Art
|
Silver Key
|
|
Mya
|
Sampson
|
12
|
Feeling Blue
|
Digital Art
|
Silver Key
|
|
Emily
|
Whelan
|
11
|
Dad, Unscripted
|
Drawing & Illustration
|
Silver Key
|