Hutchison Girls Have Strong Showing at Mid-South Scholastic Art Awards

1/17/2019

Hutchison girls won an impressive 75 Mid-South Scholastic Art Awards this year, with 17 Gold Keys, 29 Silver Keys, and 29 Honorable Mentions.

With these 75 awards, our girls won more total awards than any other independent school. See the full list of winners below.

The Mid-South Scholastic Art Awards offers the girls a chance to compete on a regional and national level. It is an opportunity for them to be recognized for the hard work that goes in to their art. It is also a way for the public to see the level of work that is produced on a consistent basis by Hutchison’s visual art department.

The Fine Arts curriculum at Hutchison provides our girls with the opportunity to practice and excel in many disciplines of art including: drawing and illustration, photography, fashion, sculpture, mixed media, jewelry making, painting, printmaking, and film and animation. Led by professional, working artists, Hutchison’s Fine Arts program is a perfect complement to its strong academic program. In addition to offering a way for girls to express their creativity, practicing an art discipline helps strengthen confidence, as well as critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

“Art does for the right brain what math does for the left, which is why it is important for every student, not just the girls who want to become artists, to have an art education,” said artist Jeanette Leake, middle and upper school art teacher. “Art helps girls think visually and gives them the tools to express their thoughts and ideas in technically strong and creative ways.”

Below is a list of Hutchison’s Scholastic Art Winners.

View Gold Key Winners' art on Facebook.

Gold Key Winners

Annsley Barton '19: Drawing & Illustration
Lawson Bolton '22: Photography
Caroline Erb '22: Photography
Genevieve Geno '22: Photography
Anne Grinder '19: Two Keys in Drawing & Illustration
Amellia Hausmann '21: Drawing & Illustration
Michelle Lee '19: Drawing & Illustration
Izabella Moore '22: Photography
Madison Morris '20: Drawing & Illustration
Caroline Seamons '20: Drawing & Illustration
Sydney Shy '20: Drawing & Illustration
Isabella Smith '22: Three Keys in Photography
Nora Tillmanns '19: One Key in Art Portfolio and One Key in Jewelry

Silver Key Winners

Demi Angelakis '20: Painting
Annsley Barton '19: Drawing & Illustration
Sarah Beth Bland '19: Photography
Grace Clement '20: Two Keys in Painting
Anne Grinder '19: One Key in Art Portfolio and Two Keys in Drawing & Illustration
Eva Leake '19: One Key in Art Portfolio and Two Keys in Drawing & Illustration
Michelle Lee '19: Two Keys in Drawing & Illustration
Madison Morris '20: Two Keys in Painting and Two Keys in Drawing & Illustration
Isabella Smith '22: Three Keys in Photography
Grace Ellsworth '21: Painting
Genevieve Geno '22: Photography
Millie Mencke '20: Photography
Anne Wilkes Skipworth '20: Drawing & Illustration
Mia Temme '21: Photography
Nora Tillmanns '19: Jewelry
Mayers Wallace '20: Drawing & Illustration
Marilyn Wiener '20: Drawing & Illustration
Stephanie Woodbury '22: Photography

Honorable Mention Winners

Emerson Applegate '22: Photography
Annsley Barton '19: Art Portfolio
Grace Clement '20: One in Drawing & Illustration and Two in Printmaking
Taylor Houston '19: Two in Mixed Media and One in Fashion
Eva Leake '19: Two in Drawing & Illustration and One in Sculpture
Madison Morris '20: One Each in Printmaking, Painting, and Mixed Media
Nora Tillmanns '19: One in Jewelry and One in Drawing & Illustration
Shade Webb '20: Two in Drawing & Illustration
Dabney Collier '20: Drawing & Illustration
Caroline Couch '20: Film & Animation
Kate Downs '21: Drawing & Illustration
Grace Ellsworth '21: Painting
Anne Grinder '19: Drawing & Illustration
Amellia Hausmann '21: Sculpture
Michelle Lee '19: Art Portfolio
Camille Mattingly '22: Printmaking
Sydney Shy '20: Drawing & Illustration
Isabella Smith '22: Photography
Emily Waggoner '20: Fashion
Stephanie Woodbury '22: Printmaking

The Memphis Brooks Museum of Art will exhibit Gold Key winning artwork from January 26-February 24, and host an awards ceremony for Gold Key, Silver Key, and Honorable Mention winners on Saturday, February 16. For the specific times of each award ceremony, click here.

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