National Scholastic Award Winners 2026:
Southeast Michigan & Thumb Region
American Vision Medal
Iris Mo
“Beyond Honor”
Painting
Angelina Art Studio
Teacher Angelina Lin
Gold Medal
Iris Mo
“Beyond Honor”
Painting
Angelina Art Studio
Teacher Angelina Lin
Cindy Xiong
“My Perimeter”
Drawing
Art Corner Studio
Teacher Julee Li
Bokeun Seo
“The Burden of Atlas”
Drawing
Cretion Academy International
Teacher Kim Sookyoung
Isha Ummadi
“Borrowed Light”
Photography
Detroit Country Day High School
Teacher Susan Lucas
Hiba Zyna
“A Street of Borrowed Light”
Photography
Detroit Country Day High School
Dheeyanksha Vishnu Sundherram
“Interwoven Moments”
Drawing
International Academy OKMA
Teacher Laura Harris
Brendan Cox
“Time To Fly”
Photography
Lake Orion High School
Zahra Rahman
“The Light of Tomorrow’s Hope”
Painting
Longlong Art Studio
Teacher Longlong Zhou
Chan Young Kim
“The will to win”
Drawing
Maum Art
Teacher Sujin Jung
Amelia Donahue
“Kokeshi”
Graphic Design
Novi High School
Teacher Melissa Edmunds
Shriya Nayak
“Destination Illustration”
Graphic Design
Novi High School
Teacher Melissa Edmunds
Daniel Stella
“Child of Light”
Experimental Photography
Univ Detroit Jesuit High School & Academy
Teacher Kristen Rockwell
Daniel Stella
“The Faces of the Stranger”
Photography
Univ Detroit Jesuit High School & Academy
Teacher Kristen Rockwell
Silver Medal
Levi Joler
“Cold Anticipation”
Drawing
Adams High School
Teacher Emily McGowan
Alexa Qi
“A Girl Looking Down”
Painting
Art Corner Studio
Teacher Julee Li
Mingxin Xu
“Pilot’s Cove”
Illustration
Art Corner Studio
Teacher Julee Li
Julia Zastrow
“I Do Unto Others What Has Been Done to Me”
Painting
Charyl Stockwell Academy-Sec
Julia Zastrow
“Only the Dead Have Seen the End of the War”
Painting
Charyl Stockwell Academy-Sec
Anthony Bonacci
“Fission is Our Friend, Don’t Disrespect Her”
Ceramics & Glass
Chippewa Valley High School
Teacher Natalie Warner
Gabriel Deedler
“Bridging Beginning and End”
Digital Painting, Drawing & Collage
Community High School
Teacher Beth Portincasa
Brooke Brown
“Confidence”
Photography
Cranbrook Kingswood Upper School
Teacher Darlene Earls
Jiwoo Sim
“Alleyway Layers”
Painting
Cranbrook Kingswood Upper School
Yutong Cindy Zhang
“Hope Amid the Ocean‚Äôs Ruins”
Painting
Cranbrook Kingswood Upper School
Yutong Cindy Zhang
“Quiet Face, Flowing History”
Photography
Cranbrook Kingswood Upper School
Bokeun Seo
“I live in a semi-basement apartment in Korea”
Drawing
Cretion Academy International
Teacher Sookyoung Kim
Bokeun Seo
“Nature Reclaims the Ruins”
Mixed Media
Cretion Academy International
Teacher Sookyoung Kim
Charlotte DuRoss
“Crashing Down”
Photography
Detroit Country Day High School
Teacher Susan Lucas
Sawyer Shilling
“Bob-sled shot”
Jewelry
Detroit Country Day High School
Teacher Jiro Masuda
Tania Chavez Guzman
“Ignorance is Bliss”
Painting
Farmington High School
Teacher Kimmi Dukes
Ayush Garg
“Embrace the Sky”
Photography
Greenhills School
Hayden Roenicke
“How to (Unsuccessfully) Become a Villian”
Comic Art
Home School
Milica Tesanovic
“We Will Die Never Feeling Empty”
Sculpture
Imlay City High School
Teacher Kenady Kaufman
Maxwell Laidlaw
“Perception Time”
Illustration
PCEP – Plymouth Canton Educational Park
Otto Grunewald
“Tears of a Nation”
Photography
Rochester High School
Teacher Sara Palombo
Jacklyn Omstead
“Silenced by the Story”
Photography
Rochester High School
Teacher Sara Palombo
Cedar Adams
“Home Work”
Painting
Rush In Art Academy
Teacher Nataliya Pryzant
Ellie Miloian
“A Flattering Angle”
Drawing
Shelby Junior High School
Teacher Chris Brunson
Vanessa Mattison-Adams
“The Man”
Digital Painting, Drawing & Collage
University Prep Art & Design High School
Teacher Kimberly Holt
Bennett Memelli
“The Pieces of Me”
Experimental Photography
Walled Lake Central High School
Teacher Ashley Koenig
Morgan Koskinen
“James the Train (European Industrial Revolution Inspired Rolling Steam Train)”
Ceramics & Glass
Waterford Mott High School
Teacher Kelly Gagliardo
Sabri Hamilton
“Choked”
Photography
William D Ford Career Tech Center
Teacher Mara Magyarosi-Laytner