2024 NATIONAL SCHOLASTIC ART AWARDS
Congratulations to Haley Lipscomb '24 who won a national gold medal for an ink drawing and Yuri Lewis '27 won two silver medals for two photographs. More than 100,000 students entered nearly 340,000 original works of art and writing to the 2024 Scholastic Awards. Their work was selected by some of the foremost leaders in the visual and literary arts for excellence in originality, skill, and the emergence of a personal voice or vision. Fewer than 2,500 works received a national medal, which places them within the top 8% of all submissions!
2024 REGIONAL SCHOLASTIC ART AWARDS
Congratulations to the 23 students from Mercy’s Art Department who won 45 awards in this year’s Regional Scholastic Art Awards competition. Nine Mercy students won a total of 14 gold keys (first place). Gold key winning pieces will also compete in New York for national awards in March. Gold key winning students are: Tessa Campau, Brenda Hernandez-Ramirez, Gianna Ivezaj, Yuri Lewis, Haley Lipscomb, Olivia Nazareno, Marie Schueneman, Victoria Straub, and Lola Walter. Other winning students include: Harshitha Arvapalli, Layan Ayad, Sydnei Brooks, Jamiesha Faulkner, Samantha Francis, Jocelyn Gursin, Zahra Jamil, Sophia Johnson, Sigita Jurgutis, Catie Kuchta, Audrey Laing, Isabella Larson, Liliana Sturgis, and Kelsey VanDenBerg.
Special congratulations to three senior portfolio students who received honors: Olivia Nazareno, Victoria Straub, and Lola Walter. Olivia Nazareno’s portfolio also received the special recognition of Best of Show.
