The Fine Arts Department at South High School in Downers Grove is pleased to announce the results of the judging from the 2021 Chicagoland Area Regional Scholastic Art Awards held at Downers Grove North High School. 695 student artists representing 109 arts educators submitted 1,739 works for adjudication. 475 total works were honored with recognitions. South High School visual artists merited 27 awards, including 5 Gold Key Awards, 7Silver Key Awards, and 15 Honorable Mention Awards.
While COVID-19 necessitates a virtual exhibition, the honor for students to be recognized through the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards is untarnished. The amazing display of student creativity is a testament to the wonderful art teaching that is happening in District 99.
Art teachers from both North and South High School play an important role in putting the exhibition together. “We are exceedingly proud of both the process followed by our student artists, and, of the products they all create.” said Glenn Williams, Fine Arts Department Chairman at South High. “Scholastic Art Awards represent a high point of artistic achievement for a high school Visual Artist.” "We also congratulate our visual art faculty for mentoring these students through the artistic process and for their spirit of professional volunteerism in all that they do to make this experience possible for students all around the Chicagoland Region. " For more information about DGS Visual Art, contact Glenn Williams at gwilliams@csd99.org.
To view a virtual gallery of all South High award winning Scholastic student work,
GOLD KEY AWARDS (5)
Pamela Amaya-Regino (Drawing and Illustration) Loud Silence
Ashley DeAnda (Photography) no direction
Samantha Groseth (Art Portfolio) Uninhabited Melancholy
Samantha Groseth (Digital Art) Childhood Trauma
Alexis Pragides (Digital Art) Numb Online
SILVER KEY AWARDS (7)
Ashley DeAnda (Photography) Bones
Kayla Jordan (Photography) Light Through a Doorway
Katie McGuire (Mixed Media) Metamorph
Alexis Pragides (Drawing and Illustration) Worn and Done
Alexis Pragides (Painting) Rigged
Estee Raceala (Photography) I See You
Justine Young (Drawing and Illustration) Artist Expertise
HONORABLE MENTION AWARDS (15)
Pamela Amaya-Regino (Mixed Media) Ghost
Ashley DeAnda (Photography) Manos
Corina Karling (Drawing and Illustration) Equal Share
Corina Karling (Digital Art) The Teenage Artist is Dead on their Notebook Paper
Zach McGrath (Digital Art) Bean Suit
Katie McGuire (Mixed Media) Waiting for Color
Allie Murphy (Photography) My Grandpa's Plane
Katie Novotny (Photography) Passing By
Laila Simmons (Photography) The Light Hangs Over My Mom
Maximus Soja (Photography) Autumn
Sarah Weigel (Photography) Beauty in Nature
Sarah Weigel (Photography) We Are All Related
Carly Zubrzycki (Photography) Road To Recovery
Carly Zubrzycki (Photography) Bloom
Carly Zubrzycki (Photography) Perfect Victim
