Art Department Scholastic Art Announcement 2018
 
Congratulations to the 14 students from Mercy’s Art Department who won 34 awards in this year’s Regional Scholastic Art Awards competition.  
 
Special congratulations to seniors Mayssa Fakih and Olivia Gibaratz. Their portfolios made finalist status and will compete in New York City for talent scholarships. Several Mercy students also won gold keys (first place) and their pieces will compete in New York for national awards in March. These students are: Olivia Gibaratz (one gold key in painting), Seung Yeon Lee (one gold key in drawing), Madeline Patterson (one gold key in photography), Sojourner Posch (two gold keys in photography), Angela Rea (one gold key in drawing), and Clarisa Russenberger (four gold keys in photography).
 
The College for Creative Studies sponsors the Southeastern Michigan Art Region, which, this year, received more than 6,400 individual entries and 263 senior portfolios from students in Lenawee, Livingston, Monroe, Oakland, Washtenaw and Wayne Counties. Jurors selected 1103 individual category works to receive gold key, silver key, and honorable mention awards. 101 gold key portfolios were selected from 263 submitted.
 
Regional winning entries will be on display in the exhibit at the College for Creative Studies, Walter B. Ford II Building from Monday, February 5th – Friday, March 2nd. Hours: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm Monday – Friday, noon – 5:00 pm Saturday and Sunday. The regional ceremony for Oakland County Private schools will be held on Tuesday, February 6, 2018, at 7:00 p.m. in the Detroit Film Theater of the Detroit Institute of Arts.

Slideshow photo gallery of award-winning pieces will be posted here.

Sophia Agrusa ’20 Drawing - Honorable Mention

Lauren Chalker ‘19 Drawing - Honorable Mention

Mayssa Fakih ‘18 Art Portfolio - Gold Key; Painting - Silver Key; Painting - Silver Key

Olivia Gibaratz ‘18 Art Portfolio - Gold Key; Painting - Gold Key; Painting - Silver Key; Painting - Honorable Mention

Sarah Gormley ’19 Photography - Honorable Mention

Abbey Hembree ‘18 Photography - Silver Key; Photography - Silver Key; Photography - Silver Key; Photography - Honorable Mention; Photography - Honorable Mention; Photography - Honorable Mention

Jennifer Jaramillo ‘20 Drawing - Honorable Mention

Seung Yeon Lee ’19 Drawing - Gold Key; Drawing - Honorable Mention

Madeline Patterson ‘20 Photography - Gold Key; Photography - Honorable Mention

Sojourner Posch ‘19 Photography - Gold Key; Photography - Gold Key; Photography - Silver Key

Angela Rea ‘20 Drawing - Gold Key; Drawing - Silver Key

Karina Roberts ‘21 Photography - Silver Key

Clarisa Russenberger ‘18 Photography - Gold Key; Photography - Gold Key; Photography - Gold Key; Photography - Gold Key; Photography - Silver Key; Photography - Silver Key

Jordan Tomei ’18 Drawing - Silver Key