Thirty-five West Genesee High School and Camillus Middle School students received a total of 57 awards in the 2025 Scholastic Art Awards competition. Artwork is evaluated on originality, technical skill, and personal vision. The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards were launched in 1923 to encoura ge and recognize student achievement in the creative arts. The Scholastic Awards attract over 350,000 entries in 28 categories of writing and the visual arts. The West Genesee artists are students, in grades 8-12, of John Capria, Michael LaFay, Gigina Long, Kyle Mort, Lindsay Spaziani, and Rachael Sturgess. All pieces that earned awards will be hung in the exhibition at Onondaga Community College (OCC) from Jan. 14-Feb. 28. Gold Key Anna Bojarski-8th Grade-Drawing & Illustration-Caught Red-Handed Emma Van Riper-8th Grade-Printmaking-Flowers Viktoriia Prystupa-9th Grade-Drawing & Illustration-Веселого Різдва! Luke Lockwood-10th Grade-Digital Art-Steelhead Victoria Petrovets-10th Grade-Photography-The Other Side Lillian Lesperance-11th Grade-Sculpture-Marie Antoinette Daniel Schiffer-11th Grade-Design-Game Day Gwenyth DeMass (3)-12th Grade-Digital Art-Alligator; Swingin’ With My Boo; Growth Spurt Zaida Talev (2)-12th Grade-Photography-Focus; High Flying Silver Key Sadie Peek-8th Grade-Printmaking-The Silly Beetle Alivia Cole-9th Grade-Ceramics & Glass-Hidden Flaws Charlene Delaney-9th Grade-Printmaking-MMM (Marilyn Monroe Masterpiece) Emily Page-10th Grade-Ceramics & Glass-Nature’s Serenity Braylon Kelley-10th Grade-Photography-I Wonder… Taylor MacCaull (2)-11th Grade-Photography-Clean Cut; Mixed Media-At least a C+ Paxton Ollis-11th Grade-Ceramics & Glass-Mushbrew Daniel Schiffer-11th Grade-Digital Art-Shoes Amelia Vezey-11th Grade-Photography-Refraction Malcolm Best-12th Grade-Comic Art-Requiem Part1 Ella Boyer-12th Grade-Portfolio (Art)-Just A Girl Brooke Buza (2)-12th Grade-Ceramics & Glass-Chain Jar; Honeycomb Teapot Vinny Danylyshyn-12th Grade-Photography-Elemental Reflection Gwenyth DeMass (4)-12th Grade-Digital Art-Quack; We Make a Cherry-Good Pair; Family; Reticent Pt. 3 Honorable Mention Emma Catalano-8th Grade-Printmaking-Zentangle Amelia Knoeller-8th Grade-Design-Playing Card Leanne Mere-9th Grade-Mixed Media-Intrusive Thoughts They Paralyze Onyx Salvatore-9th Grade-Ceramics & Glass-The Last Of US Tyler Hoy-10th Grade-Photography-EggFastic Isabella Apps-11th Grade-Photography-Bubbles Skyler Clabaugh-11th Grade-Printmaking-The View of Music Lena Kent-11th Grade-Photography-40-6 Taylor MacCaull (3)-11th Grade-Mixed Media-It Always Ends Up Drivel; Painting-Swan; The Big Fish Eat the Little Ones Keira McHugh (2)-11th Grade-Digital Art-Blooming Love; Comic Art-Broken Doll Amelia Vezey-11th Grade-Photography-Task Malcolm Best-12th Grade-Drawing & Illustration-Dragonwretch Burial Palace Niko Bianco-12th Grade-Photography-Bacchus Ella Boyer (2)-12th Grade-Sculpture-Like the Other Girls Diorama; Mixed Media-Prom! Zooey Bush-12th Grade-Mixed Media-Play with Your Crayons Rileigh Cook-12th Grade-Ceramics & Glass-Chad Vinny Danylyshyn-12th Grade-Photography-Citrusy Snack Gwenyth DeMass (2)-12th Grade-Ceramics & Glass-Mountains; Digital Art-Evolution Kote McGlaughlin-12th Grade-Digital Art-At The Apex Ryan Nguyen-12th Grade-Photography-I am Speed Zaida Talev-12th Grade-Photography-Red Swan ...read more read less