Armstrong Middle School and Starkville High School hauled in an American Visions honor and six gold keys to add to the District’s arts awards collection in the 2019 Mississippi Scholastic Art and Writing Awards.
AMS eighth grader Emily Jarrell was awarded the judges’ highest marks for her drawing and illustration, Me, Myself and I, which earned her an American Visions nomination.
Jarrell was also awarded a gold key for her work, and SHS artist Jada Lark was awarded two gold keys for her photography. Jessica Jenkins and Mandy Sun, AMS, along with Carolyn Doan, SHS, also collected one gold key each.
The students’ original works, selected from more than 2,000 entries recognizing outstanding achievement in the arts. View the art gallery online at https://msmuseumart.org/index.php/exhibitions/exhibition/2019-scholastic-art-awards.
The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards continues to be the longest-running, most prestigious recognition program for creative teens in the U.S. celebrating the vision, ingenuity, and talent of young artists. Student submissions are blindly judged by leaders in the visual arts. Jurors look for works that exemplify the Awards’ core values: originality, technical skill, and the emergence of personal voice or vision. All Gold Key winners advance to compete at the national competition.
The Awards are presented by the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers whose mission is to identify students with exceptional artistic and literary talent and present their remarkable work to the world through the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. Students receive opportunities for recognition, exhibition, publication, and scholarship.
2019 American Visions Nominee
Armstrong Middle School
1. Emily Jarrell, 8, Franklin, Drawing & Illustration, Me, Myself and I
2019 Gold Key Awards
Armstrong Middle School
1. Emily Jarrell, 8, Franklin, Drawing & Illustration, Me, Myself and I
2. Jessica Jenkins, 8, Franklin, Painting, Dandelion
3. Mandy Sun, 8, Franklin, Drawing & Illustration, Cigar Bruhs
Starkville High School
1. Carolyn Doan, 10, Lark, Photography, Watching from Afar
2. Jada Lark, 11, Lark, Photography, come with me, cold
3. Jada Lark, 11, Lark, Photography, happy for you
2019 Silver Key Awards
Armstrong Middle School
1. Jay Altmyer, 8, Franklin, Drawing & Illustration, Howling Wolf Pointillism
2. Mina Clya, 8, Franklin, Drawing & Illustration, Self Portrait
3. Christopher Hayes, 8, Franklin, Drawing & Illustration, Jamiya
4. Jessica Jenkins, 8, Franklin, Drawing & Illustration, Self Portrait
5. Jade Johnson, 8, Franklin, Drawing & Illustration, Warp Mirror
Starkville High School
1. Carolyn Doan, 10, Lark, Photography, Japanese Pond
2. Michael Lu, 10, Lark, Photography, Arch
3. Lyem Ningthou, 9, Brandon, Comic Art, HOME
4. Neely Wells, 10, Lark, Photography, Angel
2019 Honorable Mention
Armstrong Middle School
1. Jade Johnson, 8, Franklin, Painting, Gumballs
2. Soyeon Park, 8, Franklin, Drawing & Illustration, I was Framed
Starkville High School
1.Karlene Deng, 10, Lark, Photography, Sunset on the Dock
2. Shannon Dewberry, 10, Lark, Photography, Deuteronomy 31:6
3. Kate Dickerson, 10, Lark, Photography, Serious
4. Carolyn Doan, 10, Lark, Photography, Foreign Musician
5. Carolyn Doan, 10, Lark, Photography, Secluded Spot
6. Jonathan Forrester, 9, Lark, Photography, The Fires of America
7. Michael Lu, 10, Lark, Photography, Peace
8. Clare Seo, 10, Lark, Photography, Reflection
9. Leander Stelioes-Wills, 10, Lark, Photography, Center
10. Travis Story, 11, Lark, Photography, Lonely Lodge
11. Reese Tiffin, 9, Lark, Photography, H20
12. Neely Wells, 10, Lark, Photography, It’s all in the details
13. Neely Wells, 10, Lark, Photography, Colorful Beauty
Congratulations to our students and their art teachers, Andrew Lark and Mikel Franklin, on these outstanding achievements!
