Woodworking Students Receive National Awards

Several Marksmen were recognized at the 2014 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards at both the national and regional levels. Three woodworking students received national medals: Drew Balog '14 and Ben Wilson '14 each won a Gold Key, and Conner Olson '15 was awarded a Silver Key. The national winners were among 1,800 young artists chosen from more than 255,000 submitted works of art and writing. These students join the ranks of prestigious past winners, including Andy Warhol, Sylvia Plath, Truman Capote, Robert Redford, Ken Burns, Zac Posen, and many others.

 

National medalists will be honored at the 2014 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards National Ceremony in New York City on June 6, 2014. Their work will be displayed at the Art.Write.Now. National Exhibition at the Sheila C. Johnson Design Center at Parson The New School for Design and Pratt Institute's Pratt Manhattan Gallery.

 

Several St. Mark’s students were also recognized at the regional level for their work in photography, writing, ceramics, and sculpture. They include:

 

Drew Balog ’14: Gold Key, Sculpture; Honorable Mention, Sculpture

Cameron Baxley ’14: Gold Key, Sculpture; Honorable Mention, Sculpture

Winston Brewer ’14: Honorable Mention, Writing

Aarohan Burma ’14: Sivler Key, Writing

Wesley Cha ’15, 2 Gold Keys, Ceramics and Glass

Arno Goetz ’16, 2 Gold Keys, Photography

George Lin ’15: 2 Gold Keys, Design

Harrison Lin ’14: Silver Key, Sculpture; Honorable Mention, Sculpture

Jonathan Ng ’14: Gold Keys; Silver Key, Writing 

Conner Olson ’15: Gold Key, Sculpture; Honorable Mention, Sculpture

Phillip Osborn ’14: Silver Key, Sculpture

Martin Tirmenstein ’14: Gold Key, Sculpture

Ben Wilson ’14: Gold Key, Sculpture

 

To learn more about the awards and view a full list of winners, visit http://www.artandwriting.org