Congratulations to Storm King seniors Aiping Charlotte J. ’23, Fernando M. ’23, and Ziqi Linda L. ’23 who have been recognized for their outstanding artistic talent at the Hudson Valley regional 2023 Scholastic Art and Writing Awards!

Charlotte received three Gold Key awards for her works in the Design category for Pattern Design: Leaves and Flowers, the Sculpture category for The Tree Box, and the Performance category for her video depicting herself titled An Attempt to Conquer My Fear by Displaying Public Awkwardness. Charlotte also received a Silver Key award in the Drawing & Painting category for Struggle. Charlotte will add these four awards to the five Silver Key awards she received as an SKS junior for a total of nine Scholastic Art Awards in two years.

Fernando won five Gold Key awards in the Digital Art category for his works titled Boredom, Hidden, Fear, Motherhood, and Lost. Fernando also won a Gold Medal in the Portfolio Competition for his art portfolio titled The human in what is not human, making him eligible for a Scholastic scholarship.

Together, Charlotte and Fernando have received 10 Hudson Valley regional awards his year, as well as two honorable mentions for Charlotte and Ziqi Linda L. ’23–collectively, the most awards Storm King students have received to date. The students will receive the awards at an awards ceremony on February 2, 2023. As regional winners, their works will move to the national competition which will be announced in March 2023.

The Scholastic Art and Writing Awards is the nation’s longest-running and most prestigious recognition program for creative teens in grades 7–12. Students from across the country submit nearly 350,000 original works each year in 29 different categories of art and writing including photography, painting, digital art, poetry, science fiction & fantasy, and others. The top student artists and writers at the regional level are then moved on to the national stage which will be judged in March 2023.

Winning a Scholastic award at any level is a noteworthy achievement and can play an important role while applying for college and future scholarships. Kudos to Charlotte, Fernando, Linda for their excellent work!