Student Wins Top Honors In Scholastic Art Awards; CSW Awarded 11 Gold Keys

Knaide Rosenberg ’12 won top honors for her short film, “Division,” in the 2012 Boston Globe Scholastic Art Awards, receiving the Gold Key American Visions award, which recognizes the “best of the best” student work in the region. Knaide is among 23 Cambridge School of Weston students to be recognized by The Boston Globe’s scholastic arts program, an affiliate of the National Scholastic Art & Writing Awards competition.

Knaide Rosenberg ’12 won top honors for her short film, “Division,” in the 2012 Boston Globe Scholastic Art Awards, receiving the Gold Key American Visions award, which recognizes the “best of the best” student work in the region.
 
Knaide is among 23 Cambridge School of Weston students to be recognized by The Boston Globe’s scholastic arts program, an affiliate of the National Scholastic Art & Writing Awards competition.
 
This year, 11 CSW students, including Knaide, received Gold Keys for their work. Amelia Andrews Carter ’13, Liam Dermady '13Natasha DeWitz ’14, Peter LaFreniere ’12, Beechna Lee ’13, Matthew Loreti ’13, Ruby Rose ’13, and Mijia Wang ’13 received recognition for individual pieces of work, while Lili Peper ’12 received the Gold Key for her photography portfolio and Victor Sylva ’13 for his art portfolio.
 
Flo Alexander ’13 received the Silver Key for her jewelry piece, the locket ring. Matthew Loreti also received a Silver Key for another photograph.
 
Alison Eddy ’12 and Mark Gartsbeyn ’14 received Honorable Mentions for their short films, while Yi-Wen Liu ’12, Jesse Phillips '12, Nina Rizzi '14Julia Saldana ’13, Jamie Sarafan ’13, Annarose Shaver '13Katie Toth ’14, Erin Wright ’14, and Georgia Wyman ’12 received Honorable Mentions for individual work. Knaide also received an honorable mention for a digital art piece.
 
This year’s winners will be honored at a ceremony on March 11 at the John Hancock Hall in Boston. The work of Gold Key and Silver Key winners will be on exhibition at the state transportation building at 10 Park Plaza in Boston, from Feb. 13 to April 20. Gold Key winners will advance to the national scholastic art award competition in New York City.

The winning artwork were selected from 6,500 individual and 500 portfolio submissions from students in grades 7-12 in public, private, and parochial schools in Massachusetts. The Boston Globe awards program is an affiliate of the national Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, which is now in its 88th year and is the longest running recognition programs for student artists and writers in the United States. 


CSW—a gender-inclusive day and boarding school for grades 9-12—is a national leader in progressive education. We live out our values of inquiry-based learning, student agency, and embracing diverse perspectives in every aspect of our student experience. Young people come to CSW to learn how to learn and then put what they learn into action—essential skills they carry into their futures as doers, makers, innovators, leaders, and exceptional humans who do meaningful work in the world.