Nevada Museum of Art announces 2018 Scholastic Art Award winners

Creative teens from Carson City, Lyon and Douglas counties have been selected to receive Scholastic Art Awards in the first round of the 2018 Scholastic Art and Writing Awards featuring young artists throughout Northern Nevada. 

A panel of local judges sorted through more than 2,200 works — a record number of entries — submitted in 16 categories for the visual arts component of the Awards, overseen by the Nevada Museum of Art. Award winners will be honored with a ceremony at the Nevada Museum of Art, Donald W. Reynolds Center for the Visual Arts, E. L. Wiegand Gallery at 6 pm on Feb. 8.

The students awards and their categories from Carson City, Lyon County and Douglas County are listed below:

Carson High School Silver Key Award:
— Makayla Hapgood, 11th grade - “Begin Recovery” - Drawing and Illustration (Instructor, Michael Malley)
— Chloe Hataway, 12th grade - “Onward” - Painting (Instructor, Michael Malley)
— Alexis Speer-edwards, 11th grade - “Alpha, Beta, and Gamma” - Ceramics & Glass (Instructor, John Martin)

Carson High School Gold Key Award:
— Lauren Lemburg, 12th grade - “Garden Shed” - Drawing and Illustration (Instructor, Michael Malley)

Dayton Intermediate School Silver Key Award:
— Jasmine Webb, 8th grade - “Purple Rose” - Painting (Instructor, Andrea Delfin)

Dayton High School Silver Key Award: (Instructor, Malaynia Wick)
— Faith De Pasquale, 10th grade - “Mangled” - Drawing and Illustration
— Alissa Dickey, 12th grade - multiple Silver Key Awards: “Dying,” “Shot Face,” “Distantly Dead,” “Zombie Screams,” “Fatty Tissue,” “Twine” and “Gothed Gore” - Sculptures
— Hannah Gottschalk, 12th grade - “Bessie The Cow“ - Painting
— Hannah Gray, 10th grade - “Indifferent” - Photography
— Roberto Mancilla, 11th grade - “Dust Devil at Night” - Photography
— Mckenzie Mennim-Frazier, 12th grade - “Rising Life” - Drawing and Illustration
— Sydnee Soderborg, 12th grade - “Saudades de Portugal” - Painting
— Elise Whelpley, 9th grade - “Wild Horse” - Drawing and Illustration

Dayton High School Gold Key Award: (Instructor, Malaynia Wick)
— Hannah Gray, 10th grade - “Go” - Photography
— Hannah Gottschalk, 12th grade - “Lilly The Cat” - Painting
— Hannah Gottschalk, 12th grade - “It's Raining Umbrellas” - Printmaking
— Elise Whelpley, 9th grade - “Warrior Horse - Drawing and Illustration

Douglas High School Silver Key Award:

(Instructor, Zoe Shorten)
— Chloe Cutter, 12th grade - “Abnormality” - Art Portfolio
— Beck Neal, 11th grade - “King Neptune” - Drawing and Illustration
— Michael Proffitt, 12th grade - “Dreamer” - Drawing and Illustration
— Courtney Salie, 12th grade - “Title” - Printmaking
— Courtney Salie, 12th grade - “Title” - Drawing and Illustration
— Jessica Visnovits, 12th grade - “Venus of Mourning Hold” - Digital Art
— Jessica Visnovits, 12th grade - “Annaïg” - Digital Art
— Mariah Wolery, 11th grade - “The Elder” - Painting

(Instructor, K.C. Brennan)
— Liam Holman, 11th grade - “Knotty” - Photography
— Mayci Mariani, 10th grade - “Puddles” - Photography

(Instructor, Kelley Yost)
— Noah Macabales, 12th grade - “Sequoia Hand” - Sculpture
— Mason Prosser, 12th grade - “Colorful Spores” - Sculpture
— Ally Rose, 11th grade - “Acanthus and Pebble Jars” - Ceramics and Glass
— Madison Rozier, 11th grade - “Cheetah Flower” - Ceramics and Glass
— Destiny Spears, 12th grade - “Extinction” - Ceramics and Glass

(Instructor, Rita Borselli)
— Alejandro Sosa-Hernandez, 12th grade - multiple Silver Key Awards: “Graceful,” “Hope,” - Photography - and “The People of My Stories” - Art Portfolio

Douglas High School Gold Key Award:

(Instructor, Kelley Yost)
— Abbie Baxter, 11th grade - “Geode” - Ceramics and Glass
— Rachel Mccready, 12th grade - “Blush” - Ceramics and Glass
— Mckenzie Miller, 11th grade - “untitled” - Sculpture
— Megan Xin, 11th grade - “Shadow Bunny” - Sculpture

(Instructor, Rita Borselli)
— Samantha Breeden, 12th grade - “Incision” - Drawing and Illustration
— Davianna Morris, 12th grade - “Sly One” - Drawing and Illustration
— Alejandro Sosa-Hernandez, 12th grade - “My Office” - Art Portfolio
— Alejandro Sosa-Hernandez, 12th grade - “Serenity” - Photography

(Instructor, K.C. Brennan)
— Mayci Mariani, 10th grade - “Trouble” - Photography

(Instructor, Zoe Shorten)
— Beck Neal, 11th grade - “untitled” - Drawing and Illustration
— Beck Neal, 11th grade - “untitled” - Drawing and Illustration
— Michael Proffitt, 12th grade - “Summer Haze” - Mixed Media
— Jessica Visnovits, 12th grade - “Creatures of Many Moods” - Art Portfolio
— Jessica Visnovits, 12th grade - “Bruna” - Digital Art
— Jessica Visnovits, 12th grade - “Farrah Mukkerren” - Digital Art
— Jessica Visnovits, 12th grade - “Sabine” - Digital Art
— Jessica Visnovits, 12th grade - “Lucretia” - Digital Art
— Jessica Visnovits, 12th grade - “Sleepers In Love” - Digital Art
— Olivia Welch, 11th grade - “Cloud Lady” - Painting
— Olivia Welch, 11th grade - “Golden Hour” - Painting

American Visions Nominee and Gold Key Award: (Douglas High School - Instructor, Zoe Shorten)
— Jessica Visnovits, 12th grade - “Memento Mori” - Digital Art

Judges spent two days deliberating which submissions would receive awards, blindly judging on originality, technical skill and the emergence of a personal vision. From the submissions chosen to receive awards, 107 artworks were selected for Gold Key awards, five of which were nominated for the American Visions Award. Gold Key award winners and American Visions nominees go on to compete at the national level, and the chance to be recognized as the best up-and-coming artists in the nation. Judges selected 152 additional artworks to receive the Silver Key award for outstanding achievement at the regional level. The panel selected 424 submissions to receive Honorable Mention recognition. Finally, students demonstrating exceptional talent will be awarded scholarships.

The Scholastic Art and Writing Awards is the longest-running recognition initiative for creative teens. For 95 years the Awards have identified and awarded some of the nation’s most accomplished visionaries. Past award winners include influential American artists and writers such as Andy Warhol, Cindy Sherman, Stephen King, and Reno’s own Michael Sarich. Last year over 330,000 works were submitted nationally, including more than 1,600 art submissions from Northern Nevada. Since 1999 the Nevada Museum of Art has overseen the Northern Nevada regional visual arts component of the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards.

The Museum will partner with the Holland Project Gallery to present the 2018 Scholastic Art Award winning works, on display February 2 through March 4, 2018. Gold Key winners will be exhibited at the Holland Project Gallery, 140 Vesta Street, Reno. American Visions Award Nominees will be on display at the Nevada Museum of Art, Donald W. Reynolds Center for the Visual Arts, E. L. Wiegand Gallery located at 160 West Liberty Street in downtown Reno. 

The Holland Project will host the Gold Key Works Exhibition opening reception from 6 to 8 pm, Friday, February 2. The 2018 Scholastic Art Awards Ceremony honoring winners will be held at the Nevada Museum of Art at 6 pm, Thursday, February 8. Award-winning students and their guests are asked to RSVP by February 1 to jacque.dawson@nevadaart.org. Due to limited space, award-winning students may bring up to two guests and educators may bring one guest.
A complete list of Northern Nevada Scholastic Art Award winners can be found here.
The 2018 Scholastic Art Awards is generously sponsored by Bank of America and the Hearst Foundations. Additional support is provided from the City of Reno Arts & Culture Commission, the Nell J. Redfield Foundation and the Wild Women Artists.