A Remarkable Number of CSW Students Receive Boston Globe Scholastic Art & Writing Awards
Once again, CSW had a very strong showing at the 2015 Boston Globe Scholastic Art & Writing Awards presented by the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (SMFA). Gold Key awards, the top honor, were given to 13 students and 11 students received Silver Key awards.
Once again, CSW had a very strong showing at the 2015 Boston Globe Scholastic Art & Writing Awards presented by the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (SMFA). Gold Key awards, the top honor, were given to 13 students and 11 students received Silver Key awards.
Thousands of individual pieces of art and portfolios were submitted by students in grades 7-12 from independent, public and parochial schools in Massachusetts. The collection of art included mixed media, painting, drawing, written material, photography, sculpture, film and animation.
Three students were recipients of Gold Key awards for their entire portfolio of work: Will Close ‘15, Dylan Davis ‘15 (photography), and Noa Machover ‘15. Silver Key awards were also given to six students for their portfolios: Katie Blumstein ‘15, Dylan Davis ‘15 (art), Josh Glass ‘15, Amanda Poorvu ‘15, Willa Cosinuke '15 and Max Pratt ‘15. An additional twelve students received Honorable Mentions. Several students received awards for multiple pieces of art.
Will Close '15 was also nominated for an American Visions award, an incredible accomplishment, given that he is among only five selected form the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
“We are all so proud of the diverse range of student work,” said Tony Loreti, chair of the visual arts department. “This year’s winning pieces are a strong representation of the creative skills of our students. The results are always based on some degree of subjectivity (there are always deserving works that go unrecognized), but nonetheless we are very pleased with this year’s awards."
This year’s Gold and Silver award winners will be honored at a ceremony held at the Museum of Fine Arts on March 7. Exhibition of Gold Key work will be on display March 7–15, at 808 Gallery at Boston University, 808 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215 from 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. each day. For additional information on the Boston Globe Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, visit http://www.smfa.edu/scholastic-art-writing.
To view a few of the winning pieces of artwork, click here.
Full List of 2015 CSW Award Winners
Thousands of individual pieces of art and portfolios were submitted by students in grades 7-12 from independent, public and parochial schools in Massachusetts. The collection of art included mixed media, painting, drawing, written material, photography, sculpture, film and animation.
Three students were recipients of Gold Key awards for their entire portfolio of work: Will Close ‘15, Dylan Davis ‘15 (photography), and Noa Machover ‘15. Silver Key awards were also given to six students for their portfolios: Katie Blumstein ‘15, Dylan Davis ‘15 (art), Josh Glass ‘15, Amanda Poorvu ‘15, Willa Cosinuke '15 and Max Pratt ‘15. An additional twelve students received Honorable Mentions. Several students received awards for multiple pieces of art.
Will Close '15 was also nominated for an American Visions award, an incredible accomplishment, given that he is among only five selected form the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
“We are all so proud of the diverse range of student work,” said Tony Loreti, chair of the visual arts department. “This year’s winning pieces are a strong representation of the creative skills of our students. The results are always based on some degree of subjectivity (there are always deserving works that go unrecognized), but nonetheless we are very pleased with this year’s awards."
This year’s Gold and Silver award winners will be honored at a ceremony held at the Museum of Fine Arts on March 7. Exhibition of Gold Key work will be on display March 7–15, at 808 Gallery at Boston University, 808 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215 from 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. each day. For additional information on the Boston Globe Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, visit http://www.smfa.edu/scholastic-art-writing.
To view a few of the winning pieces of artwork, click here.
Full List of 2015 CSW Award Winners
| Name | Award | Category | Title |
| Katherine Awalt-Conley '16 | Gold Key | Drawing and Illustration | Transition |
| Ben Blaustein '17 | Honorable Mention | Photography | Daily Mask |
| Katie Blumstein '15 | Silver Key | Art Portfolio | Photography Portfolio |
| Katie Blumstein '15 | Gold Key | Fashion | Into the Woods |
| Katie Blumstein '15 | Honorable Mention | Fashion | Work in Progress |
| Katie Blumstein '15 | Honorable Mention | Photography | Yellow Card |
| Ha Rim Bong '15 | Silver Key | Personal Essay/Memoir | My Favorite Environment |
| Kaitlyn Cirielli '15 | Honorable Mention | Sculpture | Cardboard Self Portrait |
| Kaitlyn Cirielli '15 | Gold Key | Drawing and Illustration | Trike |
| Kaitlyn Cirielli '15 | Gold Key | Drawing and Illustration | Decontextualized |
| Kaitlyn Cirielli '15 | Honorable Mention | Painting | Missing |
| William Close '15 | Gold Key, American Visions Nominee | Drawing and Illustration | Brainscape |
| William Close '15 | Honorable Mention | Mixed Media | Landscape (Mineral Deposits) |
| William Close '15 | Gold Key | Art Portfolio | Will Close Portfolio |
| William Close '15 | Gold Key | Film & Animation | Walking Drawing Machine |
| Caroline Coolidge '17 | Honorable Mention | Sculpture | Twisted Space |
| Caroline Coolidge '17 | Honorable Mention | Photography | Confined |
| Willa Cosinuke '15 | Honorable Mention | Painting | Untitled |
| Willa Cosinuke '15 | Gold Key | Painting | Self Portrait |
| Willa Cosinuke '15 | Silver Key | Art Portfolio | Glaze |
| Dylan Davis '15 | Gold Key | Art Portfolio | Dylan Davis Photo Port |
| Dylan Davis '15 | Silver Key | Art Portfolio | Dylan Davis Fine Arts Port |
| Raewyn Fairless '15 | Gold Key | Mixed Media | Hydration Book |
| Josh Glass '15 | Silver Key | Art Portfolio | Josh Glass Portfolio |
| Coby Gray '16 | Honorable Mention | Photography | homestead dream |
| Coby Gray '16 | Gold Key | Drawing and Illustration | Blocked |
| Naomi Ingber '15 | Silver Key | Photography | Family |
| Juliane Iwerks '16 | Gold Key | Jewelry | Body Pod |
| Wookjin Kwon '15 | Honorable Mention | Art Portfolio | Minimal/Maximal |
| Sophie Landa '15 | Honorable Mention | Dramatic Script | Infernus Park |
| Wenqi Li '16 | Gold Key | Painting | Union |
| Noa Machover '15 | Gold Key | Art Portfolio | Noa Mori Senior Portfolio 2015 |
| Paul Mason '16 | Honorable Mention | Painting | Tempera |
| Konstantina Nikolakis '16 | Gold Key | Photography | James |
| Amanda Poorvu '15 | Silver Key | Art Portfolio | Amanda Poorvu Portfolio |
| Max Pratt '15 | Silver Key | Art Portfolio | Abstraction and Sculpture |
| Devon Rosenberg '15 | Silver Key | Film & Animation | Where's Devon? |
| Kiera Rowe '16 | Honorable Mention | Photography | Hadwig |
| Kavita Sundaram '16 | Honorable Mention | Photography | Shoulderblade |
| Raphael Turrigiano '16 | Gold Key | Film & Animation | Flux |
| Nate Williams '16 | Silver Key | Jewelry | Untitled Ring |
| Jingxin Yang '16 | Honorable Mention | Photography | Fractured |
| Yuxi Yin '17 | Honorable Mention | Photography | Dark Light |
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