Saint Ignatius High School

19 Students Receive Artistic Recognition

Saint Ignatius students received 26 awards in the annual Scholastic Art & Writing competition. Their artistic entries span a wide range of media, from film to photography, painting, drawing, sculpture, 3-D art, graphic design, and writing.

Creativity, dedication, talent, technique—these are the gifts of 19 Saint Ignatius students whose artwork has been honored in a major art and writing competition. Once again, the creations of these young men has drawn the admiration of judges in the Scholastic Art & Writing Competition. Hundreds of thousands of pieces of student artwork are entered each year for judging, but only a small portion receive recognition.
 
“These young men exhibit an impressive variety of artistic range,” says Fine Arts teacher Julianna Burrows. “We are very proud of them.”
 
Senior Aaron Gadson is the lone Gold Key honoree this year for “Shadows Without a Shadow” (left) in the Drawing & Illustration category.
 
Daniel Anthony ’23 and Maxwell McNeill ’22 each led the way with three pieces receiving recognition. Daniel’s series of pastel refraction studies earned two Silver Keys and an Honorable Mention. Maxwell received a Silver Key and Honorable mention for a pair of mixed media projects, and Honorable Mention for poetry.
 
Adding to his glowing film resume, senior Nathan Kuczmarski (who was featured recently in Saint Ignatius Magazine), was honored with a Silver Key for his film portfolio, with his short “Fall Leaves” collecting an Honorable Mention Award.
 
See below for the full list of student-artist honorees, their awards and project types.
 
This year’s Scholastic Art & Writing award recipients compose one of the largest and broadest classes of Saint Ignatius student art honorees in recent memory. Here's the Cleveland Institute of Art website, which features the full gallery of work. Absolutely major credit is owed to these students, their teachers, and their families for this terrific achievement.

Click Here to see more of this year's award-winning pieces!

Click Here to see the 2021 Visual Arts online gallery!

2022 Scholastic Art & Writing Award Recipients

Student Title Medium/Format Award Type
StudentAaron Gadson '22 TitleShadows Without a Shadow Medium/FormatDrawing & Illustration Award TypeGold Key
StudentNathan Kuczmarski '22 TitleArt Portfolio Medium/FormatFilm & Animation Award TypeSilver Key
StudentDaniel Anthony '23 TitlePastel Refraction Study Medium/FormatDrawing & Illustration Award TypeSilver Key
StudentDaniel Anthony '23 TitlePastel Refraction Study 2 Medium/FormatDrawing & Illustration Award TypeSilver Key
StudentGavin Berger '22 TitleLight Trails Medium/FormatPhotography Award TypeSilver Key
StudentJose Figueroa '23 TitleRiver Medium/FormatPhotography Award TypeSilver Key
StudentVincent Kasinec '22 TitleEdgewater Park Medium/FormatDesign Award TypeSilver Key
StudentMaxwell McNeill '22 TitleBygone Lapse Medium/FormatMixed Media Award TypeSilver Key
StudentLucas Perram '25 TitleStare Medium/FormatPrintmaking Award TypeSilver Key
StudentBenjamin Ravas '22 TitleFire Medium/FormatPhotography Award TypeSilver Key
StudentChris Rood '22 TitleOhio City Medium/FormatPhotography Award TypeSilver Key
StudentJoseph Sepesy '22 TitleScattered Self Medium/FormatDrawing & Illustration Award TypeSilver Key
StudentCarter Wensink '25 TitleFont: Carter Medium/FormatDesign Award TypeSilver Key
StudentMaximus Anderson '23 TitleStar Gazing Medium/FormatPhotography Award TypeHonorable Mention
StudentPaul Angert '24 TitleEYE.SPEAK.LOUDLY.1 Medium/FormatMixed Media Award TypeHonorable Mention
StudentPaul Angert '24 TitleABSTRACT.2 Medium/FormatPhotography Award TypeHonorable Mention
StudentDaniel Anthony '23 TitlePastel Refraction Study 4 Medium/FormatDrawing & Illustration Award TypeHonorable Mention
StudentAntonio Carrero '22 TitleHusk Medium/FormatPhotography Award TypeHonorable Mention
StudentChristian Krsacok '22 TitleSticks and Stones Medium/FormatPrintmaking Award TypeHonorable Mention
StudentNathan Kuczmarski '22 TitleFall Leaves Medium/FormatFilm & Animation Award TypeHonorable Mention
StudentMaxwell McNeill '22 TitlePraeteritum Momento Medium/FormatMixed Media Award TypeHonorable Mention
StudentBenjamin Ravas '22 TitleFire Spiral Medium/FormatPhotography Award TypeHonorable Mention
StudentAntonio Sidoti '25 TitleContour Reflection Medium/FormatMixed Media Award TypeHonorable Mention
StudentChristian Valdez '25 TitleJumbled Medium/FormatPhotography Award TypeHonorable Mention
StudentCristian Navarrete '22 TitleThe Waiting Game Medium/FormatPhotography Award TypeHonorable Mention
StudentMaxwell McNeill '22 TitleDistant Dancing Medium/FormatPoetry Award TypeHonorable Mention