Scholastic Art Winners Announced

Congratulations to 27 Upper School and Middle School students who won a total of 56 individual awards in art from the Scholastic Art and Writing Competition, including 15 Gold Keys and 13 Silver Keys. View all of the award winners here. 

All 27 art award winners will be honored at a special virtual ceremony in February, and students who received either a Gold Key or Silver Key will have their work displayed in an exhibition at the Milwaukee Art Museum from Feb. 4 through March 19. In addition, the Gold Key recipients advance to the national competition in New York City for a chance to have their work exhibited and/or published.

Congratulations to the following USM students:

• Maya Barksdale ’26: Gold Key in photography for “Thinking from a Distance”
• Kennedy Bishop ’23: Gold Key in photography for “You Will Never Catch Up” and Silver Keys in photography for “In the Zone” and “Caught in the Storm”
• Lilly Bonnell ’25: Honorable Mention in drawing and illustration for “The Sky Turned Black Like a Perfect Storm”
• Darcy Doyle ’26: Gold Key in photography for “flower” and Honorable Mention in photography for “Cow”
• Aida El-Hajjar ’27: Gold Keys in Drawing and Illustration for “And the Band Plays On,” “See Me Broken,” and “Concentrate;” Gold Key in painting for “Done;” Silver Keys in Digital Art for “I Got This” and “Plagued by Power;” Silver Key in Drawing and Illustration for “American Chained;” Honorable Mentions in Digital Art for “Invisible” and “One Step Forward;” Honorable Mentions in Drawing and Illustration for “Not Yours” and “Seeking Refuge;” and Honorable Mentions in Painting for “Breathe”
• Miles Ferrer ’23: Gold Key in Art Portfolio for “Duality of Academics;” Silver Key in Digital Art for “DEVOUT;” and Honorable Mentions in Digital Art for “PALEOCENE” and “HEMORRHAGE”
• Erica Green ’23: Honorable Mention in Photography for “Distorted Generation”
• Jorge Guifarro ’25: Honorable Mention in Comic Art for “My Best Friend, Lilo.”
• Eliana Igwike ’26: Silver Key in Drawing and Illustration for “Death of Innocence”
• Stella Janowski-Melchior ’26: Silver Key in Photography for “Weeping Wheat”
• Jireh Lewis ’24: Honorable Mention in Photography for “Look into the future”
• Maddie Mellowes ’27: Gold Key in Photography for “Tunnel Vision” and Honorable Mentions in Photography for “Looking Up,” “Morning Stroll,” and “Pont Vers Notre Dame”
• Sullivan Mellowes ’25: Silver Key in Photography for “Old Times” and Honorable Mention in Photography for “Fly High”
• Lyle Mondano ’24: Gold Key in Mixed Media for “Gracie”
• Finn Mullen ’24: Silver Key in Photography for “All That Remains” and Honorable Mentions in Photography for “Across the Way,” “Nothing Left But Faith,” and “Down the Street”
• Izabel Munoz ’25: Honorable Mention in Photography for “When will this end?”
• Amara Nwagbaraocha ’26: Honorable Mention in Photography “Beach Day”
• Gabi Ortiz Fleet ’26: Gold Key in Photography for “Falling Into the Woods”
• William Reese ’25: Gold Key in Photography for “Striding with Joy” and Honorable Mention in Photography for “Vintage Baseball Laces”
• Simone Ribares ’26: Honorable Mention in Photography for “A Night in Paris”
• Oliver Rudiak ’26: Gold Key in Photography for “Shadows Brought to Life” and Silver Keys in Photography for “Summer Haze” and “Sailing Over Their Words”
• Halimah Shittu ’25: Honorable Mention in Photography for “A Pining Feline”
• Lewis Silber ’25: Gold Key in Photography for “Unwrinkled Waters” and Silver Key in Photography for “Offseason”
• Sara Staples ’25: Honorable Mention in Jewelry for “The Arrival” and Honorable Mention in Photography for “Two-faced”
• Carson Tauscher ’26: Honorable Mention in Photography for “Delicate Drops”
• Max Watchmaker ’23: Gold Key in Photography for “Dignity in Good Food”
• Lee Wine ’25: Honorable Mention in Painting for “Self Portrait: Cat and”