Anita Currier Awards for Artistic Excellence - $50 check awarded to each grade level recipient
Anita Currier Award for Artistic Excellence Grades 5& 6
Eloise Shaw, Grade 5, Hampton Falls, NH
“Cockatoo”
Watercolor
Judge’s Comments: “Simple, lively composition, but totally alive and lyrical.” –Haig Demarjian
Anita Currier Award for Artistic Excellence Grades 7& 8
Matthew Mooradian, Grade 7, Haverhill, MA
“The Beach”
Pastels
Judge’s Comments: “Simply fabulous. Atmospheric perspective and toned paper both used wonderfully. Strong compositional rhythm established by the use of echoing negative shapes in the foreground and middleground.” – Haig Demarjian
Anita Currier Award for Artistic Excellence Grades 9 & 10
Sebastian Caliri, Grade 9, Andover, MA
“Untitled”
Sculpture
Anita Currier Award for Artistic Excellence Grades 11& 12
Laura Sobrado, Grade 12, Amesbury, MA
“Vase”
Oil
Excellence Awards
The Walsingham Award for Excellence
$250 Scholarship
Shiyang Wang, Grade 11, Amesbury, MA
“La Neige de Printemps”
Watercolor
The Walsingham Honorable Mention
Gift certificate to Newburyport Art Supply awarded:
Heather Stanley
Grade 10, Amesbury, MA
“Rustic Cabin”
Watercolor
Michelle Twombly
Grade 11, Rowley, MA
Still Life with Pears
The Newburyport Five Cents Savings Bank Award for Excellence in Watercolor
$50 check awarded
Faye Richards, Grade 10, Newburyport, MA
“Sleepy Tabby”
Watercolor
Howard Dalton Memorial Award
$50 check awarded
Leah Shaw Campbell
Grade 5, Newburyport, MA
“Foal Makes Four”
Individual Vision Award
Matt Dupere, Grade 11, Salisbury, MA
“Old Hat”
Watercolor
Cardboard Futurist Award
Laura Sobrado, Grade 12, Amesbury, MA
“Horses”
Mixed Media
Howard Hodkin Legacy Award
Dylan Kidd, Grade 8, Swampscott, MA
“ Walking in Fantasy”
Acrylic
‘Unfettered approach, great experimentation shows a true delight in the handling and application of paint and color”
Greenery Designs Award for Expressionism
$75 check awarded
Kerstin Millnamow, Grade 12, Amesbury, MA
“Sunflower Yellow”
Mixed Media
Greenery Designs Award for Still Life
$75 check awarded
Johanna Frost, Grade 11, Amesbury, MA
“Can’t Stop Me Now”
Mixed Media
Award for Oil and Acrylic Paintings
Grades 5 & 6
Benjamin Mandel, Grade 5, Newburyport, MA
“Sunset from the Cliff”
Oil
Grades 7 & 8
Jessica Green, Grade 7, Newburyport, MA
“Tea and Flowers”
Acrylic
“Vibrant explosive paint handling and color contrasts in service of the image”
Lauren Joyce, Grade 7, Amesbury, MA
“Rolling Hill”
Oil
“Wonderful Rolling Hills”
Nicholas Ross, Grade 7, Newburyport, MA
“Freddy’s Flowers”
Acrylic
Ian Wood, Grade 7, Newburyport, MA
“Untitled”
Acrylic
Juli Cannell, Grade 8, Byfield, MA
“Self-portrait”
Acrylic
“Inventive, powerful composition, inventive complex use of tints”
Ellen Rullo, Grade 8, N.Andover, MA
“In Flight”
Oil
“Very Well Done.”
Awards for Mixed Media
Award for Mixed Media Grades 7 & 8
Spencer Carvill, Grade 7, Byfield, MA
“A Colloquialism”
Marker & Oaktag
Award for Mixed Media Grades 11 & 12
Ruth Moskell, Grade 11, Newburyport, MA
“Mr. Robinson”
Found Objects
Judge’s Comments: “Really daring use of media and relief surfaces.” – Haig Demarjian
Award for Mixed Media Grades 11 & 12
Matt Dupere, Grade 11, Byfield, MA
“Brownstones”
Marker & Oaktag
Awards for Pastel
Maggie Seward, Grade 5, Newbury, MA
“Golden Marsh”
Pastel
Laura Braun Grade 5, Newbury, MA
“Salt Marsh View”
Pastel
Patrick Volpone, Grade 7, Newbury, MA
“Flossies Reflecting on Lake”
Pastel
David Marino, Grade 8, West Newbury, MA
“Mystic Forest”
Pastel
Juli Cannell, Grade 8, Byfield, MA
“Sailboat”
Pastel
Ryan Gibbons, Grade 7, Newburyport, MA
“Barn”
Pastel
“Although I admit to having a thing against”red barn images” this one won me over. Seeing the barn obscured so that it becomes a red triangle makes this exciting. The specificity of light on the barn is terrific and the foreground shadows accomplish a sophisiticated special shift.” – Haig Demarjian
Melissa McDowell, Grade 9, Rowley, MA
“Blizzard Stare”
Pastel
“Bold use of dark ground in a big bold commanding composition.” – Haig Demarjian
Awards for Photography
Vanessa Haroutunian, Grade 12, Newburyport, MA
“Untitled”
“Deceptively simple portrait at first glance, but look for the strong pattern of triangles both in the foreground, subject, and the background, and to the feeling of a moment captured on the wind( and a wonderfully organic wisp of hair caught up in the wind), and you’ve got a resonant, evocative image.” – Haig Demarjian
Stephanie Turnbull, Grade 11, Ipswich, MA
“Laundry”
“ A photograph that shows a keen eye at work. Capturing an image in an image is tricky business, especially such a loaded image.” – Haig Demarjian
Thomas Schwartz, Grade 11, Amesbury, MA
“Gloucester”
“ Wonderful color coupled with a compelling composition. So much information ranged along the bottom edge but with wonderful attention to zig-zagging space, the “x”, diagonals, verticals, and punctuation of yellows and iron oxides.” – Haig Demarjian
Awards for Watercolor
Awards for Watercolor, Grades 5 & 6
Molly Sanford, Grade 5, Merrimac, MA
“A Chair on the Patio”
Watercolor
Awards for Watercolor, Grades 7 & 8
Chelsea Walker, Grade 7, Merrimac, MA
“Leap of Faith”
Watercolor
“Lyrical Moment and soft light captured in an appropriately fluid medium.” – Haig Demarjian
Awards for Watercolor, Grade 9 & 10
Elizabeth LaJoie, Grade 9, Bradford, MA
“Marsh”
Watercolor and Pen
Faye Richards, Grade 10, Newburyport, MA
“Summer in Venice”
Watercolor
Sebastian Caliri
Grade 9, Andover, MA
Title: Untitled
Watercolor
Amy Maguire, Grade 10, Merrimac, MA
“M.J. O’Sullivan”
Watercolor
Awards for Watercolor, Grades 11 & 12
Allison Bochenco, Grade 12, Salisbury MA
“Cafeteria”
Watercolor
“Remarkable composition coupled with sensitive handling of the medium.” – Haig Demarjian
Shiyang Wang, Grade 11, Amesbury, MA
“La Neige De Printemps”
Watercolor
“Sophisticated handling of medium, space and mood.” – Haig Demarjian
Leah Salvo, Grade 11, Newbury, MA
“Buoys in Maine”
Watercolor
Awards for Drawing
Awards for Drawing Grade 7 &8
Sara Bouchard, Grade 7, Byfield, MA
“Self Portrait”
Charcoal
Spencer Carvill, Grade 7, Byfield, MA
“Vin de la Jour”
Pencil
“Very well done”
Ben Berton, Grade 7, Byfield , MA
“Time on Hand”
Scratch Board
“ Remarkable use of cross-contour and intricate reductive work” – Haig Demarjian
Awards for Drawing, Grades 9 & 10
Daniela Marte, Grade 9, Lawrence, MA
“Arittake No Aide”
Pencil
Daniela Marte, Grade 9, Lawrence, MA
“Otono”
Pencil
Hannah Morin, Grade 10, Plaistow, NH
“Sleeping Beauty”
Pencil
“Wonderfully Sensitive”
Devin Parks, Grade 10, Newbury, MA
“Untitled”
Fine tip Marker
Awards for Drawing, Grades 11 & 12
Michael Wein, Grade 12, Salisbury, MA
“Open Door”
Pencil
“Wonderfully attentive handling of graphite and complex perspective” – Haig Demarjian
Awards for Sculpture
Meghan Houghton, Grade 5, Groveland, MA
“Chinese Sky Dragon”
Pottery
Ashley Rogers, Grade 11, Salisbury, MA
“Eat Your Heart Out”
Mixed Media Sculpture
Alec Harrison, Grade 12, Rowley, MA
"Untitled”
Mixed Media Sculpture
Honorable Mentions
Leslie Derr, Grade 7, Salisbury, MA
“Spotlight Setting”
Acrylic
Michael Bucuzzo, Grade 8, Haverhill
“117”
Colored Pencil
Angelica Medina. Grade 7, Salisbury, MA
“Untitled”
Pastel
Ashley Rogers, Grade 11, Salisbury
“Butterfly”
Mixed Media
Megan Picillo, Grade 7, Newburyport, MA
“Rocky Waters”
Acrylic
