National Scholastic Art Award Winners

Source: Mercy High School

Author: Mercy High School

We are pleased to announce that Mercy High School seniors Miranda Stano, Jinghan Hu

and their teacher, Ms. Susan Smith, have earned national recognition in the Scholastic Art

& Writing Awards of 2016. Miranda won a gold medal and an American Visions Medal

for her drawing titled “Grandmother”. Jinghan won a silver medal for her drawing titled

“My Grandmother” and a silver medal for her portfolio titled “People In My Eyes”.

These students have been identified by panels of creative professionals as the most

talented young artists 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. Miranda and Ms.

Smith been invited to attend a ceremony at the world-famous Carnegie Hall on Thursday,

June 2.

The Art.Write.Now.2016 National Exhibition will be open at the Sheila C. Design Center

at Parsons The New School for Design (66 5th Avenue at 13th Street) and at the Pratt

Manhattan Gallery (144 West 14th Street, 2nd Floor) from 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM. National

Medalist art and writing will be on display June 2–12. Come see the best work created by

teens across the country!

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