More than 30 Vineyard students were honored in this year’s Boston Globe Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, with seven students taking home top awards and continuing on to the national competition.
Twenty-nine students from the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School received 47 awards in the annual competition, and two students from the Martha’s Vineyard Public Charter School earned three awards. Six West Tisbury School students took home writing awards.
Regional high school students dominated in the photography category, with 32 awards. Sophomore Davin Tackabury led the way with eight photography awards, including four gold keys, the top honor. He also earned two silver keys, the second place prize, and two honorable mentions. Sophomore Simone Davis, freshman Maria Clara Lacerda, and freshman Emily Weyl also won gold keys for photography.
Seniors Ryan O’Malley and Salyn Yancey earned gold keys for their work in ceramics and glass.
Gold key winners will see their work go on to compete at the national competition in New York city, and the artwork will also be displayed at a special gallery exhibit in Boston. Gold and silver key winners will also be invited to a ceremony at Tufts University in March.
Chris Baer, the high school art, design and technology department chair, said winning artwork will be on display at the high school library conference room in March.
Simone Davis, Myllenna DeOliveira, Colin Henke, Jenna Joseph, and Hannah Rabasca took home silver keys in the photography category. Several other students earned honorable mentions for photography: Pandora Bassett, Matheus Brito, Amelia Craig, Annabelle Cutrer, Amber Medeiros, Andrea Pachico, Lia Potter, Daniel Rivard, Rachel Salop, and Emily Weyl.
Molly Baldino, Tyla Packish, and Annabelle Thomas earned two honorable mentions apiece.
Other students were honored for a wide range of creative work. Olin Gannon and Danielle Middleton earned silver keys in ceramics and glass. Ryan O’Malley earned two silver keys in ceramics and glass. Salyn Yancey earned a silver key and an honorable mention in ceramics and glass.
Grace Kenney won a silver key in sculpture and Salyn Yancey earned a silver key in painting.
Julian Herman earned an honorable mention in digital art, David Sweitzer earned an honorable mention in fashion, and Rebeca Lima earned an honorable mention in film and animation. Alyssa Smith and Salyn Yancey both received honorable mentions in the painting category.
West Tisbury School students took home several writing awards this year. Graham Stearns took home a gold key in poetry for his poem titled Fishing Poem, and a silver key in journalism. Hardy Eville won a silver key in journalism. Emmett Athearn, Delilah Hammarlund, Ali Marcus, and Barrett Oliver all won honorable mentions in poetry.
Charter school students were also honored. Marshall Davidson received an honorable mention for his art portfolio. Autumn Richards won two honorable mentions, one for painting and one for mixed media.
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