Abby Richards, senior, Silver Key Award - Face Diptych |
Charlotte Christian School visual arts students and creative writing students in both middle and upper school won a total of 69 awards at the 2017 Mid-Carolina Regional Scholastic Art & Writing Awards Competition, including 23 writing awards and 46 art awards. The competition featured more than 1,900 individual art entries and senior portfolios representing the best of the best from public and private schools throughout Mecklenburg and the surrounding counties.
The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards is administered by the Alliance for Young Artists and Writers and is the longest-running, most prestigious recognition program for student achievement in the visual arts and creative writing in the United States.
Gold Key winners in both visual arts and creative writing will advance to compete in the National Scholastic Art & Writing Competition. Gold Key visual artists will have their artwork on display at the Spirit Square Knight Gallery, 345 North College St., for the month of February. Silver Key winners will have their artwork on display at the Mint Museum on Randolph Road for the month of February.
Please click here to view winning artwork from the upper school and click here to view winning artwork from the middle school.
Congratulations to the following individual visual arts and creative writing winners:
Gold Key Awards | |||
Kalen Bland | grade 8 | Drawing & llustration | Telluride |
Grace Blevins | senior | Editorial Cartoon | Ignored, Profiled, Silenced |
Eva Bower | senior | Design | For Colby |
Grace Bradham | senior | Poetry | Colors of My Life |
Grace Bradham | senior | Painting | Queens |
Grace Bradham | senior | Painting | Marked Cards |
Grace Bradham | senior | Painting | Alex |
Grace Bradham | senior | Painting | Joker's Wild |
Grace Bradham | senior | Painting | Joker's Wild in Living Color |
Ava Bruns | senior | Art Portfolio | Creation |
Hannah Burgess | grade 8 | Drawing & Illustration | Soaring Above the Road |
Maya Cauthen | sophomore | Drawing & Illustration | Family Ties |
Caroline Doyle | junior | Editorial Cartoon | There's No Excuse |
Addison Goodrich | grade 8 | Drawing & Illustration |
Safari Sunrise |
Katherine Hanebutt | senior | Painting | Nanami |
Briley Hoff |
grade 8 |
Drawing & Illustration | Rushing Waters |
Regan Jackson | junior | Painting | Larger Than Life |
Elinor Langdon | grade 8 | Drawing & Illustration | Martha Ann |
Andrew Metz | freshman | Photography | Hot Tub Slam |
Katie Saba | senior | Personal Essay/Memoir | With All My Little Heart |
Sydney Scott | senior | Senior Portfolio | Katie and Friends |
Phoebe Son | junior | Mixed Media | Necessary Change |
Silver Key Awards | |||
Nkiru Afulukwe | senior | Poetry | Blocks |
Grace Bradham | senior | Painting | Tag, You're It |
Hannah Cataldo | sophomore | Drawing & Illustration | Pattern of Sunlight |
Colin Gallagher | junior | Poetry Collection | Music |
Colin Gallagher | junior | Poetry | Cliques |
Katie Gowan | grade 8 | Drawing & Illustration | Patchwork Hills |
Katherine Hanebutt | senior | Painting | Memory of the Red Bridge |
Allison Holbrooks | junior | Design | Sciences |
Claire Lillie | grade 8 | Drawing & Illustration | Shattered |
Jordan Montgomery | grade 8 | Drawing & Illustration | The Deep Blue |
Abby Richards | senior | Design | Face Diptych |
Abby Richards | senior | Design | Fragility |
Claire Woodley | grade 8 | Drawing & Illustration | Sea Wreck |
Abby Yoh | senior | Personal Essay/Memoir | Traveling Through the Pages |
Honorable Mention | |||
Grace Bradham | senior | Painting | Katherine |
Grace Bradham | senior | Art Portfolio | Micro Portraits |
Ava Bruns | senior | Mixed Media | Moon |
Ava Bruns | senior | Poetry | Where I'm From |
Ava Bruns | senior | Poetry | Leaders |
Jackson Cannon | senior | Poetry | I Have No Regrets and Neither Does My Belly |
Hanxi Chang | junior | Photography | Home Team |
Kelsey Eshleman | grade 8 | Mixed Media | Night Sailing |
Kate Eubanks | grade 8 | Drawing & Illustration | Converse All Star |
Colin Gallagher | junior | Poetry | The Girl |
Melissa Goldstein | senior | Poetry | Where I'm From |
Katherine Hanebutt | senior | Art Portfolio | Memoryscapes |
Katherine Hanebutt | senior | Poetry | Memorizes Memorialized |
Taylor Holbrooks | sophomore | Photography | Streets of Rome |
Ellen Johnson | senior | Poetry | Where I'm From |
Jordan Maxwell | senior | Poetry | Run |
Jordan Maxwell | senior | Poetry | Slipping |
Amanuel McLain | senior | Poetry | I AM |
Gracie Mitchell | grade 8 | Drawing & Illustration | Father |
Abby Richards | senior | Design | Mixed Emotions |
Abby Richards | senior | Design | Drowning |
Abby Richards | senior | Design | Black and Blue |
Abby Richards | senior | Poetry | A Living Paradox |
Abby Richards | senior | Poetry | Nostalgia |
Katie Saba | senior | Poetry | Where I'm From |
Sydney Scott | senior | Photography | 3 Katie |
Lauren Spangler | senior | Drawing & Illustration | Sydney |
Lauren Spangler | senior | Drawing & Illustration | Anger |
Caroline White | junior | Mixed Media | Girl |
Madison Whiting | junior | Poetry | Alone |
Madison Whiting | junior | Poetry | Echo |
Abby Yoh | senior | Personal Essay/Memoir | American Ninja Warrior Meets Vanity Fair |
Kai Young | senior | Poetry | Where I'm From |
Grace Bradham - Gold Key | Andrew Metz - Gold Key |
Katherine Hanebutt - Silver Key |
Eva Bower - Gold Key |
Ava Bruns - Gold Key |
Katie Gowan - Silver Key | Addison Goodrich - Gold Key |
Gracie Mitchell - Honorable Mention | Kalen Bland - Gold Key | Elinor Langdon - Gold Key |