Four MHS student artists have been recognized in the 2023 Massachusetts Scholastic Art & 写作奖, sponsored by The Boston Globe and presented by the School of the Museum of Fine 艺术 at Tufts University.

祝贺:

• Viola Quiles, 23岁, 照片的金钥匙, “Us In This Very Exact Moment: Neylan,” and an Honorable Mention for the photograph, “Us In This Very Exact Moment: Jenelee”

• Leandra nurhadiyo ' 24, 这幅画的银钥匙, “神圣的地,” and an Honorable Mention for the digital illustration, 《澳门威利斯官方网站》

• 艾普莉·哈伍德，23岁, Honorable Mention for the ceramic piece, “Joe the Pirate Who Sits Outside the Gas Station and Plays Guitar”

• Sutra Chakma ' 24, Honorable Mention for the painting, “A Marma (Indigenous) Saleswoman at Mahalchhari Market”
  

Their pieces were among more than 10,500 entries submitted by students statewide for the annual contest. 总共, the Massachusetts regional competition featured more than 7,300 submissions in the arts categories and nearly 3,200 submissions in the writing categories, 学生挣1,602荣誉称号, 1084银钥匙, 和718金钥匙.

成立于1923年，学院派艺术 & 写作奖 are the nation’s longest-running initiative supporting student achievement in the visual and literary arts. Students from across the United States, U.S. 领土, 和加拿大参加, with awards presented in 28 categories, 包括社论漫画, 绘图和插图, 摄影, 和更多的.

Leandra’s Silver Key oil painting was inspired during Winter Break of 2021-22, 当她的旅行计划落空时. She stayed on campus throughout the break and spent much of her time in the Art Studio, putting her creative energies to work.

“最初, I was just trying to create something for my Studio Art II class, but it ended up being better than I expected,Leandra回忆道。, who found that the piece conveyed a lot of emotion. “It was one of my more serious pieces for that class, because it is modeled on a friend and represents memories of friendship.”

“南瓜雕刻师,” created for Hallmark Art Intensive class, is based on a character Leandra created from a play she wrote last year. Interested in writing and filmmaking, Leandra also is also deeply curious about color and color theory. “尤其是数码作品, I could make the color as vibrant as I wanted,她补充道。, when asked about the piece’s striking orange tones.

通常用油画颜料, preferring its 大胆的ness and opacity to that of watercolor, Leandra often creates work for exhibitions outside of MHS and in her home country of Indonesia. “I like creating art and feel like I am drawn to it,” she explains. “I also like learning about art history and about art techniques, and I really enjoy being creative.”

It was the second Scholastic Gold Key for Viola, who received an award last year for her photo, “Hermano?” An MHS review board for that project, created in the fall of 2021 for Hallmark Art Intensive, inspired the Spring of 2022 project — “Us in This Very Exact Moment” — that yielded Viola’s latest award-winning photos.

Viola recruited nine friends — Neylan ’22, Sam D. 22岁，山姆·K. ’22, 索菲娅的22, Bethania的23, Jenelee的23, 卡莉的23, 奥利的23, and Viv ’23 — who helped shape her MHS experiences. 整个学期, she arranged photoshoots in which she could capture each of her subjects in ways that mirrored her MHS experiences: authentic, strong, 大胆的, 脆弱的.

“I was starting to have the feeling of becoming a senior and wanting to hold onto everything,”维奥拉说, who was also inspired by visits with her great grandmother, looking at photos from throughout her life, and recognizing the power of an image to take the viewer to a place. “I had this feeling that everything is fleeting,她补充道。, “so how do I hold onto it for a little bit?”

她的银钥匙照片, Viola particularly likes how comfortable, 自然, 珍看起来很放松, the light and shadows capturing the scene exactly as she intended. 内兰是她最喜欢的照片, especially the striking definition and contrast in light on her subject’s shoulders, and the strength and energy they convey.

“What I enjoy most about 摄影 is making a connection with the person you are working with, 看到最终结果, and bringing them out of their shell a little bit,”维奥拉说, who also acknowledged the poignant nature of her work with her friends. “With photographs, you can look at them and be right back there in that moment with them.”

Gold Key work from this year’s Scholastic competition will be on exhibit March 18-25 at the Tufts University campus in Medford. It will also be submitted to the national Scholastic competition held in New York City.