Regional Scholastic Award Winners: Southeast Michigan & Thumb Region

Gold Key Portfolios

Levi Joler
BEST OF SHOW
“How Can I Portray my Perfectionist Mindset through my Art?”
Adams High School
Teacher Emily Mcgowan

Iris Mo
BEST OF SHOW
“Small Joys”
Angelina Art Studio
Teacher Angelina Lin

Zijun Xiong
BEST OF SHOW
“Long Seasons”
Art Corner Studio
Teacher Julee Li

Zijun Xiong
BEST OF SHOW
“Selected Explorations”
Art Corner Studio
Teacher Julee Li

Lucy Johnson
BEST OF SHOW
“Distortion of the Portrait”
Oakland Christian School
Teacher Nina Caruso

Huawei Ye
“Illuminated”
Detroit Country Day High School
Teacher Susan Lucas

Myra Parsons
“Hair Care”
Detroit Country Day High School
Teacher Kathleen Robinson

Victoria Wang
“Consumption & Conformity”
Detroit Country Day High School
Teacher Kathleen Robinson

Chan Young Kim
“Relationships”
Maum Art
Teacher Sujin Jung

Ryan Samuels
“Jewelry”
Skyline High School
Teacher Candace O’Leary

Gold Key Portfolios

Hanna Chang
“Seeing for the First Time”
Art Corner Studio
Teacher Julee Li

Sherry Dong
“Past Made Present”
Art Corner Studio
Teacher Julee Li

Anthony Bonacci
“The World of Dolls”
Chippewa Valley High School
Teacher Natalie Warner

Tim Han
“Gallimaufry 2025”
Cranbrook Kingswood Upper School
Teacher Nancy Mosley

Meilin Lasovage
“Bottle Variations”
Cranbrook Schools
Teacher M Joe Smith

Noor Mahmoud
“Beauty Lives Where People Live”
Detroit Country Day High School
Teacher Susan Lucas

Annie Zhao
“(IN)VISIBILITY Within Pop Culture”
International Academy East
Teacher Katie Hosbach

Adyson Holloway
“String Along”
L’anse Creuse High School North
Teacher Dena Mell-Dorchy

Trista Ignash
“Portfolio of a Professional Misfit”
L’anse Creuse High School North
Teacher Dena Mell-Dorchy

Stephanie Castillo
“Nature’s Sentiments”
Lake Orion High School
Teacher Stacy Feeney

Tyler Toth
“Wings”
Lake Orion High School
Teacher Stacy Feeney

Kevin Chen
“To be a Violist”
Paris Art Studio
Teacher Paris Miller

Emma Reich
“Mental Health, as I know it.”
PCEP – Plymouth Canton Educational Park
Teacher Lindsey Pignatiello

Sayani Palomet
“Amor”
Rochester High School
Teacher Mrs. Huvaere

Cello Quinn
“‚ÄúMewsies‚Äù – Concept Design Portfolio”

Honorable Mention Portfolios

Leon Wang
“LEON HERE I AM”
Art Corner Studio
Teacher Julee Li

Mingxin Xu
“Floriography”
Art Corner Studio
Teacher Julee Li

Mingxin Xu
“Orwellian Notions”
Art Corner Studio
Teacher Julee Li

Alexandria Gianino
“Zoochosis”
Austin Catholic High School
Teacher Frank Slanczka

Cole Whiting
“Gate’s Enchantment”
Bloomfield Hills High School
Teacher Tessa Basirico

Anthony Bonacci
“Intergalact-Ants”
Chippewa Valley High School
Teacher Natalie Warner

Evan Westrick
“Viewpoints”
Dakota High School
Teacher Cynthia Helvey

William Zhu
“Framing”
Detroit Country Day High School
Teacher Susan Lucas

Ashwin Kesliker
“Buddhist Symboliosm Around Us”
Detroit Country Day High School
Teacher Jiro Masuda

Yaqiao Yang
“Memories”
Detroit Country Day High School
Teacher Kathleen Robinson

Yaqiao Yang
“Fragmented Identities”
Detroit Country Day High School
Teacher Kathleen Robinson

Emily Wang
“Harmonic Reverie”
Paris Art Studio
Teacher Paris Miller

Madison Millard
“Lizards exploration”
Royal Oak High School
Teacher Nancy Sly

Keiko Mott
“Lumi Mott 2025”
Skyline High School
Teacher Candace O’Leary

Meryam Shaoo
“Beyond The Finish Line”
Utica Academy Intnl Studies
Teacher Maureen Cusenza

Tuur Devits
“Growing up in Flames”
Walled Lake Central High School
Teacher Ashley Koenig

Bennett Memelli
“Bittersweet”
Walled Lake Central High School
Teacher Ashley Koenig

Morgan Smith
“Behind The Veil”
William D Ford Career Tech Center
Teacher Mara Magyarosi-Laytner

Natalie Yee
“What Makes Us Human – The disparity between groups | Natalie Yee”
YoonT’s Art & Design

Hanna Chang
“We Meet at the End of the World”

Tim Han
“OpenMIC #2”

Julia Zastrow
“Cycles of Flesh & Earth”