The Alliance for Young Artists & Writers at CCS
The Alliance for Young Artists & Writers is a national nonprofit organization established in 1994 to identify, motivate and validate the next generation of young artists and writers. The Alliance tracks the creative development of teenagers across the country each year through The Scholastic Art &Writing Awards program. This program is the longest running recognition program for creative young people in the country.
The Awards were launched in 1923 by Scholastic, Inc., the global children’s publishing and media company, to encourage, foster and reward creativity in our nation’s classrooms. Each year, students who excel in the visual arts and creative writing have the chance to earn recognition, get their work exhibited or published and to earn scholarships.
The Legacy of the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards
The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards have an impressive legacy dating back to 1923. Over the years, the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards have grown to become the longest-running, most prestigious program for creative teens in the U.S., and the nation’s largest source of scholarships for creative young artists and writers. A noteworthy roster of past winners includes Andy Warhol, Sylvia Plath, Truman Capote, Richard Avedon, Robert Redford, Joyce Carol Oates, Stephen King and John Updike.
The process begins across the country as young artists and writers in grades 7-12 submit work in 29 categories of art and writing to a network of regional affiliates who present award ceremonies and exhibits for selected works on a local level. Gold Keys, the highest awards, are then submitted from each region for national adjudication. By luminaries in the visual and literary arts, some of whom are past award recipients. National Gold and Silver Medal winning students and their teachers receive national recognition, and are invited to attend the exhibit in New York and award ceremony at Carnegie Hall.
Students across America submitted nearly 340,000 original works last year. The top art and writing at the regional level were moved onto the national stage, where more than 2,700 students earned national Medals.
The Regional Affiliate Sponsor
Huron, Lapeer, Lenawee, Livingston, Macomb, Monroe, Oakland, Sanilac, St. Clair, Washtenaw, Wayne Counties
The Southeast Michigan & Thumb Region of the Scholastic Art Awards is sponsored by the College for Creative Studies and supported by an advisory board of volunteer art teachers. This region receives more than 4500 works of art from middle school and high school students and over 200 portfolios from high school seniors which are then adjudicated and selected for Honorable Mentions, Silver and Gold Key Awards, American Vision nominations, and Best of Show Portfolios. The exhibit is held annually at the College for Creative Studies. Approximately 1,100 works of art are displayed in this exhibit throughout all four levels of the Walter B. Ford II Building. The award ceremony will be held at the historic Detroit Film Theatre at the Detroit Institute of Arts in February.
For more information, participants should visit: www.artandwriting.org/affiliate/mi004a
2023 Southeast Michigan & Thumb Region Scholastic Art Awards
American Vision Nominees
Rosie Mellor
Beneath My Skin
Drawing & Illustration
Community High School
Teacher: Beth Portincasa
Iris Mo
Home Sweet Home
Painting
Angelina Art Studio, Troy High School
Teacher: Angelina Lin
Aaryn Sherman
Lollipop Gang
Photography
Detroit Country Day High School
Teacher: Susan Lucas
Jennie Wei
Food for Thought
Painting
Art Corner Studio, Northville High School
Teacher: Julee Li
Breanna Zaborowski    Â
Shine
Drawing & Illustration
Hartland High School, Interlochen Arts Camp
Teacher: Joshua Etheridge
Art Portfolio Awards
Gold Key Portfolios
McKenna Bailey
Satire Body Modifications
Lake Orion High School
Teacher: Stacy Feeney
Kaelin Behlmer
Interior and Exterior Spaces
Cranbrook Kingswood Upper School
Teacher: Senghor Reid
Best of Show
Ashton Chapman
The Transgender Experience
Farmington High School
Teacher: Kimmi Dukes
Beaks de Chazal
is that all there is?
Stoney Creek High School
Teacher: Cassidy Haan
Best of Show
Bryn Hazen
Painting Portfolio
Berkley High School
Teachers: Stella Johnstone, Kimberly DePaulis
Rosie Mellor
The World Beneath My Cranium
Community High School
Teacher: Beth Portincasa
Best of Show
Oscar Rogowski
Oil In Light
Atelier Art School
Teachers: Todd Burroughs, Steve Forster
Sophia Strzelichowski
Moments of Growth
Lake Orion High School
Teacher: Stacy Feeney
Ryan Thomas-Palmer
Dollface
Community High School
Teacher: Riccardo Capraro, Steven Coron, Beth Portincasa
Ally Wang
Summer Camp
Paris Art Studio, PCEP Plymouth Canton Ed Park
Teacher: Paris Miller
McKenna Weaver
portraits
Oxford High School, Heath Art
Teacher: Diane Heath, Rebecca Ziemianski
Best of Show
Jennie Wei
Technology and the Human Psyche
Art Corner Studio, Northville High School
Teacher: Julee Li
Breanna Zaborowski
An Artistic Aria
Hartland High School
Teacher: Joshua Etheridge
Best of Show
Emma Zhang
Aftermath
Paris Art Studio, Greenhills School
Teacher: Paris Miller
Audrey Zhao
Reverie
Art Corner Studio
Teacher: Julee Li
Silver Key Portfolios
Isabella Cook
Autobiography of the Goddess
Detroit Country Day High School
Teacher: Susan Lucas
Amber Fancy
Matter Motivating the Mind
Cranbrook Kingswood Upper School
Teacher: Senghor Reid
Bryn Hazen
Fashion Portfolio
Berkley High School
Teacher: Audrey Zofchak
Hannah Kim
Veer
Troy High School
Teacher: Judith Tuma
David Klink
Citizens of Evergreen
Fraser High School
Teacher: Roger Drabant, Marianne McGinnis
Jingu Lee
My Roads
Troy High School
Teacher: Heather Kelly
Katlyn Marcella
Ji Marcella
Kensington Woods Schools
Teacher: Jessie MacGonigal Pratt, Rebecca Longoria
Felix McKenna
Over the Moon
Community High School
Teacher: Beth Portincasa
Avery Miller
Hands and Feet
Oakland Christian School
Teacher: Nina Caruso, Diane Heath
Thomas Rascol
Not In Control
Bloomfield Hills High School
Teacher: Tessa Basirico, Peg Pasternak
Ashley Romo
The many and people
Western International High School
Teacher: Kathleen Dickinson
Luke Shen
An Allegory of Man and World
Cranbrook Kingswood Upper School
Teacher: Nancy Mosley, Sharron Liu
Luke Shen
Many Lukes of the Mind
Cranbrook Kingswood Upper School, South Brunswick Sharron Art Center
Teacher: Sharron Liu, Nancy Mosley
Macy Smith
Reach for the Stars
Detroit Country Day High School
Teacher: John Schwarz
Sabrina Smith
That’s Not What I Remember
Cranbrook Kingswood Upper School
Teacher: Lynn Bennett Carpenter
Winter Stevenson
How Does Color Psychology Affect our Interpretation of the World?
Lake Orion High School
Teacher: Stacy Feeney
Audionna Tesch
The Green Forest
Mohegan High School
Teacher: Warren Rupp
Ally Wang
My Friends
Paris Art Studio, PCEP Plymouth Canton Ed Park
Teacher: Paris Miller
Isabella Wilson
Freedom of Self-Discovery
International Academy of Macomb
Teacher: Michelle Gerlach
Isabella Wilson
Social Commentary Through Art
International Academy of Macomb
Teacher: Michelle Gerlach
Breanna Zaborowski
Shaping Expressions
Hartland High School
Teacher: Joshua Etheridge
Honorable Mention Portfolios
Sienna Berkseth
A Study In Storytelling
Stoney Creek High School
Teacher: Cassidy Haan
Charlotte Bernard
Childhood Memories
Detroit Country Day High School
Teacher: Jiro Masuda
Landon Busz
In the Current
Clinton High School
Teacher: Ashley Kendrek
Leticia Castellanos-Torres
Self exploration of what love meant to me.
Western International High School
Teacher: Kathleen Dickinson
Charlie Chappell
Monster Mash
Detroit Catholic Central High School
Teacher: Julia Beeding-Ribits
Ani Chervenkova
HyperPOP
Bloomfield Hills High School
Teacher: Tessa Basirico
Morgan Cunningham
New Home
Southfield High School-Arts & Tech
Teacher: Jaclyn Hamilton
Charlie Dolan
A Memory is a Moment
Detroit Country Day High School, Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center
Teacher: Kathleen Robinson
Caitlyn Dotson
Nuclear Meltdown
Chippewa Valley High School
Teacher: Natalie Warner
Eli Drake
Slumber
Avondale High School
Teacher: Jennifer Palombit, Danielle Regier
Jordyn Freeman
The Feminine Understanding
L’anse Creuse High School North
Teacher: Dena Mell-Dorchy, Nick Battaglia
Adri Friebel
Ombland: Skin, Trees, and Darkness
Community High School
Teacher: Beth Portincasa
Annika Geyer
The Meaning Behind Suffering
Brighton High School
Teacher: Priscilla Walsh
Adrianna Gould
Friends & Family
Romeo High School
Teacher: Lisa Joseph, Lewis Page
Chloe Harb
Once Again
Grosse Pointe North High School
Teacher: Michael Lamb
Sung Jun Hong
Pollution Porfolio
Detroit Country Day High School
Teacher: Jiro Masuda
Tanisha Khare
Exploring the Ceramic Surface
Detroit Country Day High School
Teacher: John Schwarz
Oscar Lee-Vermeren
Vox Obscura
Lake Orion High School
Teacher: Stacy Feeney
Sophie Liu
spirit
Detroit Country Day High School, Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center
Teacher: Kathleen Robinson
Jaye McNeil
Self-Reflection
Mercy High School
Teacher: Susan Smith
Avery Miller
Living in a Dream
Oakland Christian School, Heath Art
Teacher: Diane Heath
Numan Nakkash
The Evolution of Human Technology
Detroit Country Day High School
Teacher: Jiro Masuda
Silvia Negrut
H2O
Detroit Country Day High School
Teacher: John Schwarz
Raiden New
Anime Studies: Rapper Transitions
Southfield High School-Arts & Tech
Teacher: Jaclyn Hamilton
Thalia Pierre
Feeling Uncomfortable in my own Skin
Bloomfield Hills High School
Teacher: Tessa Basirico
Dominic Porter
CHILDREN OF THE SUN
University Prep Art & Design High School
Teacher: Jaclyn Young
Cynthia Qian
In Their Eyes
Cranbrook Kingswood Upper School
Teacher: Joe Smith
Lilly Scheu
Art from life
Oakland Christian School, Heath Art
Teacher: Diane Heath
Olivia Vorgitch
dramatizes your life
Fraser High School
Teacher: Roger Drabant, Marianne McGinnis, Kathryn Seib
Caitlin Weingarden
Inside My Mind
North Farmington High School
Teacher: Steven Deeb
Trevor Yee
Drawings and Animation
Dakota High School
Teacher: Cynthia Helvey
Benjamin Yu
Forgotten Nature
Detroit Country Day High School
Teacher: John Schwarz
