Earlier this year, 33 Academy students received Gold Medals in the 2017 Regional Scholastic Art & Writing competition (see earlier story). Those award-winning entries then moved on to review in the national competition, along with thousands of entries from throughout the United Stated and beyond.
Fourteen pieces submitted by students throughout New Mexico received national awards, with six of those awards going to Albuquerque Academy students.
In Art:
Merritt Barnwell ’17 won a Gold Medal for her painting, Reach
And a Silver Medal for her photograph, Mirror
Ian Conley ’17 won an American Visions Medal for his photograph, Toothpicks
Zachary Fitzgerald ’19 won a Silver Medal for his photograph, Boy Carving a Pumpkin
In Writing:
Kiki Gonglewski’19 won a Gold Medal for her essay Memory
Marieke Sorge’17 won a Silver Medal for her Writing Portfolio Eloquence of a Girl
National Gold Medalists are invited to participate in the 2017 National Events in New York City in June.The Scholastic Art and Writing Competition is the most prestigious art and writing competition in the country for high school students. For 94 years, the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards have fostered the creativity and talent of millions of students through recognition, exhibitions, publications, and scholarships. Since its founding, the Awards program has identified the early promise of some of our nation’s most exceptional visionaries, including alumni such as Andy Warhol, Truman Capote, Richard Avedon, Philip Pearlstein, Sylvia Plath, and John Updike, all of whom won when they were teens. More recently, Stephen King, Myla Goldberg, Zac Posen, and Lena Dunham have become celebrated alumni of the program.
For 92 years, the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards have fostered the creativity and talent of millions of students through recognition, exhibitions, publications and scholarships. Since its founding, the Awards program has identified the early promise of some of our nation’s most exceptional visionaries, including alumni such as Andy Warhol, Truman Capote, Richard Avedon, Philip Pearlstein, Sylvia Plath and John Updike, all of whom won when they were teens. More recently, Stephen King, Myla Goldberg, Zac Posen and Lena Dunham have become celebrated alumni of the program.
