Chargers Earn Scholastic Art Awards, Art Festival Exhibit

Award recipients for the 2023-2024 Pinellas County Art Region of The Scholastic Art & Writing competition were recently announced. Over 2000 student submissions in 14 media categories were adjudicated by a panel of art judges. Awarded works will be exhibited locally. Details on this show and the awards ceremony are forthcoming. All works earning a Gold Key will go on to compete in the national adjudication, and students who earn national medals will be announced by Scholastic.

Shorecrest is proud to share the following Scholastic Award Winners from amongst the many talented, hard working Chargers:

ARCHITECTURE & INDUSTRIAL
Julianne Lurie ‘25, Silver Key, The Spectacles of Power

ART PORTFOLIO
Vijay Sinha ‘24, Gold Key, Born in the Internet Age

CERAMICS & GLASS
Sarah Ayscue ‘25, Gold Key, Inside Out (shown)
Libby Cenedella ‘24, Silver Key, Viridis Massa 
Maria Happ ‘24, Honorable Mention, Bart the Destroyer

DRAWING & ILLUSTRATION
Madeline Needler ‘25, Gold Key, Through the Rain (shown)
Reanna Hossain ‘24, Silver Key, Losing Touch
Leila Hudson ‘26, Silver Key, #selfiesfordays
Tessa Gatie ‘25, Honorable Mention, Shadow of a Skull
Leila Hudson ‘26, Honorable Mention, Are We Done Yet?
Madeline Needler ‘25, Honorable Mention, All That Remains

FILM & ANIMATION
Alexis Valance ‘25, Honorable Mention, Awakening 

PAINTING
Texys Mahaffey ‘24, Gold Key, Distorted Memories (shown)
Texys Mahaffey ‘24, Gold Key, Holding the Hand Inside You - A Disturbed Conscience
Anastasia Davis ‘26, Silver Key, Untitled
Madeline Needler ‘25, Silver Key, Still Developing
Josilynn Hart ‘25, Honorable Mention, My First Selfie
Reanna Hossain ‘24, Honorable Mention, A Certain Confidence
Leila Hudson ‘26, Honorable Mention, Curious
Madeline Needler ‘25, Honorable Mention, Jazz-mine
Madeline Needler ‘25, Honorable Mention, Pretty with Pink

SCULPTURE
Texys Mahaffey ‘24, Silver Key, Escaping the Bars of Mental Illness

The following students also had accepted for exhibition at the 2024 Emerging Artists of the 21st Century Pinellas County High School Exhibition at the 51st Annual Art Festival Beth-El:

Sarah Ayscue ‘25, Ceramics
Libby Cenedella ‘24, Ceramics
Kaja Dionne '24, Painting
Maria Happ ‘24, Ceramics
Josilynn Hart '25, Painting
Reanna Hossain ‘24, Painting
Leila Hudson ‘26, Drawing & Illustration and Painting
Texys Mahaffey ‘24, Painting
Madeline Needler ‘25, Drawing & Illustration and Painting

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