Superintendent Kimberly Rizzo Saunders and the ConVal School District proudly share that ConVal Regional High School students earned 40 awards at the 2022 Scholastic Art Awards of New Hampshire.
Each year, Scholastic Art Awards submissions are juried by luminaries in the visual arts, some of whom are past award recipients. Panelists look for works that best exemplify originality, technical skill, and the emergence of a personal voice or vision.
The following ConVal students were recognized:
CERAMICS AND GLASS
Gold Key
- Ronia Foecking, “Dot Mug”
- Thomas Sennett, “Jugular”
- Ethan Weber, “Pattern Vase”
Honorable Mention
- Garret Rousseau, “Flower Vase”
DRAWING AND ILLUSTRATION
Honorable Mention
- Sophia Bohl, “Inktober 2021”
- Kalyn Ross, “Space”
PAINTING
Silver Key
- Anneliese Strong, “Psychological Landscape”
PHOTOGRAPHY
Gold Key
- Esther Janis, “Instruments of Color”
- Liberty Kemp, “Noir”
Silver Key
- Logan Burnham, “Covid was Here”
- Brady Carpentiere, “Silent Cinema”
- Emily Clark, “Woven Wisdom”
- Jake Daniels, “Over the River and Through the Woods”
- Max Depoyster, “Lost in Gender”
- Gee Hardwick, “Frets and Pedals”
- Jennifer Hopkins, “Brighter Days,” “Confident,” “Elements”
- Liam O’Mahony, “Hold”
- Annalese Patrick, Finding Light in Darkness”
- Jasper Vergo, “Grabbing at Success”
Honorable Mention
- Gabriella Cote, “Gourd Vibes Only,” “Guiding Light”
- Hayden Derosier, “Winter Wonderland”
- Raven Groblewski, “Golden Girl”
- Jennifer Hopkins, “History Brought To Light,” “New England”
- Kyle Howe, “Foot Loops”
- Esther Janis, “Into the Rabbit Hole”
- Caleb Kleine Norford, “Ancient Archway”
- Savannah Lee, “Part of That World”
- Fletcher Maggs, “Journey To The Moon,” “In the World You Will Have Tribulation”
- Liam O’Mahony, “Do You Even Skate Bro?”
- Caden Peck, “Marvelous Miata”
- Avery Pope, “Face to Face”
- Anjali Singh, “One Brick at a Time”
- Oliver Theriault, “Shattered Nature”
- Jasper Vergo, “One Bird No Stones”
- Caitlyn Witt, “That Doesn’t Happen to Men”
“Congratulations to all of our awardees. The Scholastic Art Awards of New Hampshire are extremely competitive, and being recognized is a tremendous achievement,” Superintendent Rizzo Saunders said. “I also wish to thank Art Teachers Mary Goldthwaite-Gagne, Karrie Mitschmyer, and Ben Putnam, and Digital Photo and Video Teacher Lance Levesque, whose dedication and experience epitomize the spirit of our arts programs.”
The Scholastic Art Awards ceremony will be held virtually once again this year, and will be shown via livestream on March 11 at 6 p.m.
Awardees’ work will be on display in the CTE atrium following the ceremony, and posted online.
About the Scholastic Art Awards
The Scholastic Art Awards of New Hampshire is a statewide association of art educators, artists, and visual arts institutions that strive to foster creative expression and artistic achievement in all students, grade 7 through 12 who are eligible for the program. Each year in September, the call goes out from SAANH to all New Hampshire’s Art Educators, grades 7-12, to register and submit their outstanding student artwork.
