National CTE Month Feature: CHS Student Artists Recognized

Image: Drizzle by Alison Wan, American Visions Nominee.

The 2022 Regional Scholastic Art Awards program has awarded Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) students in grades 7-12 a total of 497 awards for outstanding artwork, including 160 Gold Key awards, 160 Silver Key awards, and 177 Honorable Mention awards. Four works by FCPS students were nominated for the best-in-show American Visions Award. Artworks were submitted and judged in categories including drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, ceramics, sculpture, digital art, design, architecture, jewelry, fashion, film and animation, mixed media, and portfolios.

The Gold Key and Silver Key artworks will be displayed at Northern Virginia Community College’s Ernst Community Cultural Center in Annandale from Friday, February 11, to Thursday, March 24, with an award ceremony on Wednesday, February 23. Updates and announcements about the exhibition and award ceremony are available are available at the affiliate website for the Fairfax County Art Region.

Gold Key award-winning works will be judged at the national level against other gold key work from regions across the country. National awards include Gold and Silver medals as well as monetary awards and scholarships. National awards will be announced on March 23, and an exhibit of the national winners’ works will be on display in New York later this year.

The Scholastic Art Awards program, presented by the Alliance for Young Artists and Writers, is the largest, longest-running recognition program of its kind in the United States. Established in 1923, the awards have recognized teens who have become some of our nation’s most celebrated artists, including Richard Avedon, Robert Indiana, Phillip Pearlstein, and Andy Warhol.

First Name	Last Name	Work Category	Individual Awards
Roshni	Ahuja	Digital Art	Honorable Mention
Keerthi	Athauda	Photography	Honorable Mention
Keerthi	Athauda	Photography	Silver Key
Keerthi	Athauda	Photography	Honorable Mention
Bitanya	Bahre	Photography	Gold Key
Bitanya	Bahre	Photography	Gold Key
Annanya	Bitra	Digital Art	Honorable Mention
Henry	Black	Photography	Honorable Mention
Brian	Carriere	Photography	Gold Key
Maria	Carvalho	Photography	Gold Key
Kayla	Cha	Painting	Gold Key
Raashi	Chandra	Art Portfolio	Gold Key
Diann	Cho	Photography	Honorable Mention
Diann	Cho	Photography	Silver Key
Diann	Cho	Photography	Gold Key
Diann	Cho	Photography	Silver Key
Jenna	Chouman	Art Portfolio	Honorable Mention
Jenna	Chouman	Photography	Silver Key
Jenna	Chouman	Photography	Silver Key
Cristian	Coreas	Photography	Honorable Mention
Mya	Ebert	Photography	Silver Key
Mya	Ebert	Photography	Silver Key
Mya	Ebert	Art Portfolio	Gold Key
Shriya	Endlaw	Photography	Silver Key
Tamya	Gadson	Photography	Silver Key
Emily	Gates	Photography	Gold Key
Emily	Gates	Photography	Gold Key
Emily	Gates	Photography	Silver Key
Adam	Gilbert	Photography	Gold Key
Adam	Gilbert	Photography	Honorable Mention
Sameera	Gorthy	Photography	Silver Key
Sameera	Gorthy	Photography	Silver Key
Timothy	Ha	Photography	Honorable Mention
Ria	Jakhete	Photography	Silver Key
Ria	Jakhete	Photography	Silver Key
Ria	Jakhete	Photography	Silver Key
Bonny	Koo	Mixed Media	Gold Key
Midori	Kuroda-Brode	Photography	Silver Key
Sachi	Kuroda-Brode	Photography	Gold Key
Sachi	Kuroda-Brode	Photography	Gold Key
Joshua	Kwon	Digital Art	Honorable Mention
Tanisha	Lanka	Mixed Media	Silver Key
Caroline	Lattanze	Drawing & Illustration	Honorable Mention
Abigail	Locke	Photography	Honorable Mention
Matthew	Loga	Photography	Silver Key
Anika	Malhotra	Digital Art	Honorable Mention
Claire	Moon	Drawing & Illustration	Gold Key
Alexander	Morris	Photography	Honorable Mention
Claire S.	Myers	Photography	Silver Key
Claire S.	Myers	Art Portfolio	Honorable Mention
Talia	Natour	Photography	Honorable Mention
Natalie	Nauss	Photography	Honorable Mention
Han	Nguyen	Editorial Cartoon sponsored by the Herb Block Foundation	Honorable Mention
Hannah	Nguyen	Digital Art	Honorable Mention
Kaitlyn	Nguyen	Photography	Gold Key
Melinda	Nguyen	Digital Art	Honorable Mention
Melinda	Nguyen	Digital Art	Silver Key
Ryder	Paley	Ceramics & Glass	Honorable Mention
Lucy	Pham	Painting	Silver Key
Ava	Poggi	Photography	Honorable Mention
Ava	Poggi	Photography	Honorable Mention
Marissa	Prem	Photography	Silver Key
Kathleen	Reece	Photography	Gold Key
Kathleen	Reece	Photography	Gold Key
Tahanni	Robinson	Photography	Silver Key
Tahanni	Robinson	Photography	Gold Key
Tahanni	Robinson	Art Portfolio	Silver Key
Jordan	Scribner	Art Portfolio	Honorable Mention
Sanyam	Shekhawat	Drawing & Illustration	Honorable Mention
Skylar	Small	Photography	Silver Key
Kira	Smith	Photography	Gold Key
Kira	Smith	Photography	Honorable Mention
Kira	Smith	Photography	Silver Key
Kira	Smith	Photography	Honorable Mention
Kira	Smith	Photography	Gold Key, American Visions Nominee
Kira	Smith	Art Portfolio	Gold Key
Kira	Smith	Photography	Gold Key
Kira	Smith	Photography	Honorable Mention
Samanvi	Vemula	Digital Art	Silver Key
Connie	Wang	Art Portfolio	Silver Key
Kerry	Xiao	Drawing & Illustration	Honorable Mention
Kerry	Xiao	Drawing & Illustration	Silver Key
Kaitlin	Yang	Drawing & Illustration	Silver Key
Kaitlin	Yang	Mixed Media	Gold Key
Sydney	Yang	Drawing & Illustration	Gold Key
Raegan	Yount	Photography	Gold Key
Claire	Zarybnisky	Photography	Gold Key