19 Laurel Students Receive a Total of 33 Honors in the 2022 Scholastic Art & Writing Competition

1/10/2022

Each year the Cleveland Institute of Art hosts the Scholastic Art & Writing Competition that recognizes creative achievement in area 7th-12th grade students. Applicants can submit in 28 different categories of art and writing.

Students submitted more than 320,000 works of art and writing in this year’s competition. Award-winning work best exemplifies originality, technical skill, and the emergence of a personal voice or vision. Students receiving Gold Keys, Silver Keys, Honorable Mentions, or American Visions & Voices Nominations are celebrated within their communities through local exhibitions and ceremonies. Gold Key works are then judged nationally by an impressive panel of creative-industry experts to receive National Medals. Congratulations to the following Laurel students who were recognized in the regional competition:

ART AWARDS

Gold Keys:

Karma Abboud ‘24, photo titled “Motherland”
Elizabeth Bulanda ‘23, photo titled “Caught In Flight”
Camille Jackson ‘24, photo titled “Our Last Dance”
Erin Thomas ‘22, drawing titled “Away From the Dark”

Silver Keys:

Alaire Bang ‘24, two Silver Keys for a ceramics and glass piece titled “Divine Fungus” and a self portrait in the Drawing and Illustration category
Abby Bee ‘23, photo titled “JOY”
Camille Jackson ‘24, photo titled “Tunnel to Next”
Yile Li ‘22, three Silver Keys for digital art pieces titled “Untitled 1”,
Napping” and “Whisper”
Lexie Loucas ‘22, painting titled “Interpretation”
Gabrielle Marasco ‘22, painting titled “A Golden Escape”
Lily Rogen ‘23, two Silver Keys for photography titled “Into the Woods” and “Frozen Oasis”

Honorable Mentions:

Priya Datt ‘23, photo titled “Illuminating Solitude”
Caitie Hanrahan ‘22, photo titled “Water Droplets”
Sascha Leiken ‘25, digital art piece titled “The Blazing Sun”
Yile Li ‘22, digital art piece titled “The Magician”
Gabrielle Marasco ‘22, two Honorable Mentions for a drawing titled “Through the Blue Curtain” and jewelry titled “Race Day”
Ava Namrow ‘23, expanded project titled “Pink Ava^2”
Lily Rogen ‘23, two honorable mentions for photography titled “Onlookers” and “Roots”

WRITING AWARDS

Gold Keys:

Karma Abboud '24, two Gold Keys for poetry titled “Where You Lay” and a short story titled “Green Heaven”
Shaliz Bazldjoo ‘24, three Gold Keys for a science fiction & fantasy piece titled “Where the Blackbird Fusses”, poetry titled “ antigenesis” and a humor piece titled “The Dark Side of the Playground”
Samyuktha Iyer ‘24, personal essay & memoir titled “My First Real Diwali”

Silver Keys:

Liliana Embrescia ‘24, poetry titled “The Little Yellow Flower”
Madeline Malbasa ‘24, short story titled “The World is Quiet Here”

Honorable Mention:

Hannah Rosenfeld ‘27, poetry titled “Standards”

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19 Laurel Students Receive a Total of 33 Honors in the 2022 Scholastic Art & Writing Competition

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