
WARSAW — In another successful year, Warsaw Community High School art students received 26 awards in the individual entry categories and three more awards in the senior portfolio category at the annual Scholastic Art Awards Competition.
Gold Key winners will continue on for the next round of judging at the national level in New York.
Students receiving gold key awards included Makenna Gaerte, Leslie Hernandez, Jose Leyva, Matthew Lowman, Austin Bowell and Michael Rowland. The Silver Key winners were Emma Marshall, Jackson Moeller, Hannah Schultz, Abby Wolkins, Austin Bowell, Kaitlin Kauffman and Dezeray Miller.
Also recognized with honorable mention awards and included in the exhibit were Morgan Hooks, Matthew Lowman, Michael Rowland, Zeb Hernandez, Caitlin Kehler, Ian Peloza, Erin Peugh, Abigail Seese, Jocelyn Shepherd, Ana Tlahuetl and Austin Bowell, who had two honorable mentions.
In addition to the individual entries, the seniors in AP studio art also submitted their complete portfolios for judging. The portfolio is a chance for senior students to pull together their finest pieces and package them into a well-organized and thoughtful presentation of their body of work.
These are considered for scholarship applications, entrance into fine art programs and become half of their AP portfolio for college credit.
Warsaw Community Schools announced Zaya Henn as the corporation’s Gold Key Portfolio winner, and also announced Austin Bowell and Zeb Hernandez as Silver Key award winners.
The above students will receive special recognition at the awards presentation at the University of Saint Francis on Feb. 17, and the students’ works will be on display at the Fort Wayne Museum of Art until April 8.
