NewsMHS students' artwork receives national awards
April 5, 2018
Artwork
created by students in Monticello High School’s STREAM
journey (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Math) has
been recognized regionally – and nationally-- for its
excellence. Monticello students received awards in all
levels of the 2018 National Scholastic Art and Writing
Awards.
The students drew upon the skills that they have been
learning in courses that are part of the STREAM journey,
such as Digital Art and Graphic Design and Animation to
create these award-winning works. The recipients designed
and printed out the fabric they used to construct the
award-winning fashion pieces and used digital art and
animation techniques to create their award-winning film and
animation pieces. The high school’s art club served as a
support to encourage students to make works for the annual
Fashion Faux-Pas show.
Submissions were eligible to receive “honorable mention,”
“silver key” or “gold key” distinction at the Regional
level, which included Sullivan, Dutchess, Ulster and Orange
counties. Silver key and gold key artwork was displayed in
SUNY New Paltz’s art gallery during the annual Regional
Scholastic Show, and gold key artwork became eligible for
national medals. Students around the nation submitted
350,000 works of art and of those, 19,000 received gold
keys. 3,259 of the gold keys received national medals.
Monticello students received distinctions at each of these
levels.
Rachel Whitbeck’s work, “Hashtag Black Power,” received a
gold medal at the national level, placing it in the top 1%
of submissions. Rachel’s fashion piece also received the
Civic Expressions Award and $1,000 scholarship, a
distinction awarded to a work that expresses the views of
its creator on a contemporary topic. She will also have the
opportunity to attend various celebration events in New York
City, including an awards ceremony at Carnegie Hall and the
Scholastic Show at Parsons New School, where her winning
piece will be displayed.
Monticello students received the following distinctions:
Honorable Mention:
Dylan Broder, Fashion, “Floral Set”
Emma Hildebrandt, Film and Animation, “Scary Scarecrow”
Silver key:
Wilson Bances-Hernandez: Digital Art, “The Circle” and
“Impatience”
Dylan Broder, Fashion, “Journey Skirt” and Film and
Animation, “Life Cycle of a Dandelion”
Gold key, National Gold Medal, and Civic Expressions
Award and Scholarship:
Rachel Whitbeck, Fashion, “Hashtag Black Power”
All of these award-winning pieces will be featured alongside
many other wonderful works of art at MCSD’s annual
district-wide Art Show on May 18 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the
high school gym. The Fashion Faux-Pas show will kick-off at
6 p.m.
