Jamesville-DeWitt Central School District students recently earned a total of 51 awards in the 2023 Central New York Regional Scholastic Art Awards competition. The competition is the nation’s longest-running and most prestigious recognition program for teens in grades 7-12.
The Central New York Region includes 14 counties and about 400 eligible schools. More than 60 professional artists, educators and photographers select award winners during the judging process. Judges evaluate entries for their originality, technical skill and the emergence of personal voice or vision, according to the Scholastic Art Awards website.
Students earn Gold Key Awards, Silver Key Awards and Honorable Mention Awards. Works that earn a Gold Key Award are automatically considered for national awards.
The 2023 awards ceremony will take place on Jan. 17 at the SRC Arena at Onondaga Community College.
The public is welcome to visit the 2023 Awards Exhibit Jan. 11 through March 3 at Onondaga Community College’s Whitney Applied Technology Center 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays.
Below are the J-D students who received awards.
Jamesville-DeWitt High School
Gold Key
- Laney Bort; Grade 11; Drawing & Illustration
- Meghan Christian; Grade 12; Photography
- Eli Goldberg; Grade 11; Ceramics & Glass
- Symone Johnson; Grade 9; Photography
- Vivian Kissane; Grade 10; Photography
- Meghana Reddy; Grade 11; Mixed Media
- Evangeline Rodriguez; Grade 10; Painting
- Gabby McNally; Grade 11; Painting
- Maxon Van Buren; Grade 10; Photography
Silver Key
- Laney Bort; Grade 11; Drawing & Illustration
- Meghan Christian; Grade 12; Photography
- Meghan Christian; Grade 12; Art Portfolio
- Josephine Dittman; Grade 11; Photography
- Lily Dovciak; Grade 12; Photography
- Lily Dovciak; Grade 12; Drawing & Illustration
- Vivian Kissane; Grade 10; Drawing & Illustration
- Ava Harle; Grade 12; Drawing & Illustration
- Asma Hasan; Grade 11; Photography
- Stephanie Luu; Grade 12; Drawing & Illustration
- Sadie Mahan; Grade 12; Photography
- Kailah Mahshie; Grade 11; Drawing & Illustration
- Dorotea Sakota; Grade 11; Drawing & Illustration
- Leah Stark; Grade 9; Photography
- Amelia Taylor; Grade 10; Photography
- Amelia Taylor; Grade 10; Photography
- Zach Tiffany; Grade 12; Drawing & Illustration
Honorable Mention
- Meghan Christian; Grade 12; Photography
- Josephine Dittman; Grade 11; Photography
- Lily Dovciak; Grade 12; Drawing & Illustration
- Lily Dovciak; Grade 12; Photography
- Makenna Elliott; Grade 9; Photography
- Lillie Fowler; Grade 10; Drawing & Illustration
- Audrey Harkaway; Grade 12; Photography
- Audrey Harkaway; Grade 12; Photography
- Audrey Harkaway; Grade 12; Painting
- Molly Kronenberg; Grade 11; Photography
- Molly Kronenberg; Grade 11; Photography
- Sadie Mahan; Grade 12; Art Portfolio
- Sadie Mahan; Grade 12; Photography
- Gabriela Nikolavsky; Grade 10; Drawing & Illustration
- Dorotea Sakota; Grade 11; Drawing & Illustration
- Charlie Skahen; Grade 9; Photography
- Moebius Slate-Rutledge; Grade 12; Drawing & Illustration
- Quinn Smith; Grade 10; Drawing & Illustration
Jamesville-DeWitt Middle School
Gold Key
- Juliana Piccitto; Grade 8; Painting
Honorable Mention
- Rena Beickert; Grade 8; Drawing & Illustration
- Abigail Cooke; Grade 8; Printmaking
- Mary Jane Scott; Grade 8; Design
- Nithya Suryadevara; Grade 8; Printmaking
- Sion Willis; Grade 8; Photography
- Sion Willis; Grade 8; Photography