2024 Award Winners
High School Visual Arts Competition
Best in Show
Blood Flow, Grace Phaneuf
Lyme Old Lyme High School
(pictured left)
Ceramics
1st Place: A gust of wind, Stephanie Coleman - Haddam-Killingworth High School
2nd Place: Convocare Seraphim, Hannah LaBella - Middletown High School
3rd Place: Copper Coil Vase, Colman Curtiss-Reardon - Lyme-Old Lyme High School
Honorable Mention: Pit Fire Vases, Emma Johnson - Haddam-Killingworth High School
Honorable Mention: The Golden Cloud, Owen King - Middletown High School
Honorable Mention: Black Moon-Jar, Nicholas Lyons - Daniel Hand High School
Honorable Mention: Pit Fire Piece, Emmie Maziarz - Haddam-Killingworth High School
Honorable Mention: Ancient Copper Vase, Hunter Supersano - Lyme-Old Lyme High School
Digital Media
1st Place: Long Rest, Rory Biggs - Daniel Hand High School
2nd Place: Dance, Mason Porras - Branford High School
3rd Place: No title, Carrie Edwards - Daniel Hand High School
Drawing
1st Place: Self Portrait, Annecy Vlieks - Daniel Hand High School
2nd Place: Comfort, Erin Maniebo - Nathan Hale-Ray High School
3rd Place: Portrait, Sydney Siefken - Lyme-Old Lyme High School
Honorable Mention: Girl With The Fan, Mary-Amma Blankson - Daniel Hand High School
Honorable Mention: Soprendido, Sophia Cheung - Lyme-Old Lyme High School
Honorable Mention: Duality, Erin Maniebo, - Nathan Hale-Ray High School
Honorable Mention: Sleepy Time, Grace Phaneuf - Lyme-Old Lyme High School
Honorable Mention: Things Happen, Grace Phaneuf - Lyme-Old Lyme High School
Honorable Mention: Keith Urban, Leah Pinette - North Branford High School
Honorable Mention: Disco, Annecy Vlieks - Daniel Hand High School
Printmaking
1st Place - Dubious One, Kennedy McCormick
2nd Place - Seen but Not Heard, June Aarsen
Sculpture
1st Place - Thump, Thump, Millie Gardner
2nd Place - A Take of the Pixar Lamp, Kayla Rodriguez
3rd Place - Pepper, Lily Paine
Honorable Mention - The Little Militia, Gloria Conley
Photography
1st Place - Meadow, Celia Abbott
2nd Place - Self-Portrait, Antoinette Lowy
3rd Place - Emotion, Estefan ia Aguilar
Honorable Mention - Freckles, Celia Abbott
Honorable Mention - Stars, Elise Kennedy
Honorable Mention - Untitled, Eli Hamann Shay
Video
1st Place - Vortex's Storm Chasing Compilation, Kyle Malazzi
2nd Place - Angry Young Man, Celia Abbott
3rd Place - Mater, Kristina Bergman
Painting
Mixed Media
1st Place - Overwatered, Skye Gray Roberts
2nd Place - Untitled, Ryleigh Degnan
3rd Place - Parrot Collage, Ayiana Maikowski
Honorable Mention - Hello, My Name is, Tessa Page
Honorable Mention - Train Of Thought, Dakotah Maikowski
1st Place - Subadat, Paige Lee
2nd Place - Blood, Sweat, and Tears, Sophia Seguin
3rd Place - Burnt Out, Lea Wilson
Honorable Mention - In a Different Light, Mary-Amma Blankson
Honorable Mention - Marsh's Many Moods, Andrew Scotella
Honorable Mention - True Red, Sarah Colangelo
Honorable Mention - Value Still Life, Kristine Do
Ruth Baxter Tagliatela Award
Adam Damiano, Lyme-Old Lyme High School
Earl Grenville Killeen Founder's Award
William Allik, Lyme Old Lyme High School
Judy Streeter Outstanding School Award
William Allik & Adam Raiti
Lyme-Old Lyme High School Art Teachers