Guilderland High School students recipients of Scholastic Art Awards

Congratulations to Guilderland High School students Angela Li, Jade Sun, Olivia Poveda and Riyaa Ramanathan for being named recipients of the 2024 National Scholastic Art & Writing Awards.

Jade, a twelfth grade student, won a Gold Key for two pieces, a painting titled “Pressure” and a drawing and illustration titled “Spectrophobia.” Jade also won a Silver Key for a digital art piece titled “Nainai.”

Angela Li, a ninth grade student, won a Gold Key for a painting titled “Joys of the Wilderness.”

Olivia Poveda, an eleventh grade student, won a Silver Key for a painting titled “Sorry?”

Riyaa Ramanathan, a ninth grade student, received an Honorable Mention for a drawing and illustration titled “Lending a Hand.”

View their outstanding work below!

Gold Key works have been automatically advanced to the national level of judging in New York City. National Medalists will be announced on June 12, 2024. Congratulations to these students and their teachers, Sarah Gockley and Anna Pellicone.

Text reads: Gold Key, Jade Sun, Spectrophobia (Drawing & Illustration) Sarah Gockley, Art Teacher. Image is of a piece of artwork. It's of a young woman's face; she has a look of concern. She is holding her face in her hands.

Text reads: Gold Key, Angela Li, Joys of the Wilderness (Painting) Anna Pellicone, Art Teacher. Image is of a piece of artwork. It's of the woods. A person is standing in a clearing of trees, looking up

Text reads: Gold Key, Jade Sun, Pressure (Painting) Sarah Gockley, Art Teacher. Image is of a piece of artwork. It's of a young woman's face; she has a look of concern. She is holding her face in her hands.

Text reads: Silver Key, Olivia Poveda, Sorry? (Painting) Sarah Gockley, Art Teacher. Image is of a piece of artwork. It's of a young woman's face; she seems to be yelling. It is pixelated over her mouth

Text reads: Silver Key, Jade Sun, Nainai(Digital Art) Sarah Gockley, Art Teacher. Image is of a piece of artwork. It's of a woman

Text reads: Honorable Mention, Riyaa Ramanathan, Lending a Hand (Drawing & Illustration) Sarah Gockley, Art Teacher. Image is of a piece of artwork. It's of hand that is wrapped in a bandage, reaching up to a tree branch

About the National Scholastic Art & Writing Awards

Submissions are juried by luminaries in the visual and literary arts, some of whom are past award recipients. Panelists look for works that best exemplify originality, technical skill and the emergence of a personal voice or vision.

Since 1923, the Awards have recognized some of America’s most celebrated artists and writers while they were teenagers, including Tschabalala Self, Stephen King, Kay WalkingStick, Amanda Gorman, Charles White, Joyce Carol Oates, and Andy Warhol. We are proud to count GHS students among these esteemed Scholastic Awards alumni!