FCPS Student Artists Earn 30 National Scholastic Art Awards

By Communication and Community Relations
FCPS News
March 31, 2022
Artwork: Contrasted Glass and Fabric by Julia Lee, Gold Medal, Thoreau Middle School
Contrasted Glass and Fabric by Julia Lee, Thoreau Middle School, Gold Medal

Original works of art by students from Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) earned 30 national medals in the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards program. National medalists will be celebrated at an award ceremony at Carnegie Hall in New York City in June. Select national award winning work will be included in an exhibition in New York, and a traveling exhibition over the coming year.

Fairfax County Public Schools is an Affiliate partner of the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers. Established in 1923, the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, presented by the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, is the largest, longest-running recognition program of its kind in the United States. More than 250,000 students participated in the program across the country this year. A complete list of national medal winners, including in writing categories, is available online.

Name School Title Category Award
Bitanya Bahre Chantilly High School Disrupted Photography Silver Medal
Victoria Chen Thomas Jefferson High school for Science and Technology Sea of Dreams Drawing & Illustration Silver Medal
Piper Coughlin Westfield High School Mixed Feelings Art Portfolio Silver Medal
Elisabeth Eick Mclean High School In the Moment Photography Silver Medal
Robert Folsom South Lakes High School Symbiosis Photography Gold Medal
Robert Folsom South Lakes High School Yesterday Today Tomorrow Photography Silver Medal
Emily Gates Chantilly High School "three lights are lit, but the fourth one's out" Photography Silver Medal
Bella Gustafson Madison High School The Ghosts Among Us Photography Gold Medal
Noah Hush Annandale High School Crowns: A New Negro Digital Art Gold Medal
Katelyn Kim Centreville High School Identity Shoes Drawing & Illustration Gold Medal
Seorin Kwak Longfellow Middle School Be Right Back Sculpture Silver Medal
Cherry Lee Mclean High School Extended line drawing Drawing & Illustration Silver Medal
Julia Lee Thoreau Middle School Contrasted Glass and Fabric Drawing & Illustration Gold Medal
Yasmin Mirghani South County High School Emergence Sculpture Gold Medal
Maria Molchanova Thomas Jefferson High school for Science and Technology Sardines on Rye Painting Silver Medal
Kaitlyn Nguyen Chantilly High School Helping Hand Photography Silver Medal
Thao-Vy Nguyen Centreville High School Mother Ceramics & Glass Gold Medal
Jackie Palmer Mclean High School The Splendor of Solitude Digital Art Silver Medal
Victoria Phinizy Lake Braddock Secondary School Adolescence Drawing & Illustration Silver Medal
Tahanni Robinson Chantilly High School Daily Dose Photography Gold Medal
Jill Schmid Herndon High School "Shadow." Lamp Sculpture Silver Medal
Kira Smith Chantilly High School Perfect Family Photography Silver Medal
Kira Smith Chantilly High School Repressions Art Portfolio Silver Medal
Kaitlyn Stanton Oakton High School Vacant Heart Digital Art Gold Medal
Rhiannon Stevens South Lakes High School Liza in Americana Painting Silver Medal
Stefan Van Biljon Mclean High School Two Worlds Ceramics & Glass Silver Medal
Alison Wan Thomas Jefferson High school for Science and Technology Drizzle Drawing & Illustration Gold Medal, American Visions Medal
Alison Wan Thomas Jefferson High school for Science and Technology Craving Drawing & Illustration Silver Medal
Alison Wan Thomas Jefferson High school for Science and Technology Riveting Reflections Art Portfolio Silver Medal with Distinction
Sydney Yang Chantilly High School Art Supplies Drawing & Illustration Gold Medal