A few creative students at LHS recently submitted work for the Scholastic Art Award, and brought home many great achievements. The Scholastic Art Award is the most prestigious award for young artists. The awards are ranked at Gold Key, Silver Key and Honorable Mention. Winners of the Gold Key move on to national judging, and get their art displayed at the Denver Art Museum. Artists who win these awards show skills in different areas of creativity, like visual aspects and writing. Find out more about these amazing creatives and take a look at some of their work below:
Our first winner is junior Danica Flavier, who won a Gold Key for Photography, a Gold Key for Digital Art/Photoshop, and two Honorable Mentions for other photographs. Flavier’s art shows amazing creativity, using very beautiful special effects and color all throughout the images. The images show a figure as the main focus, but also makes the viewer think about what is actually happening in the picture from a symbolic standpoint.
“It meant a lot to me winning these awards, it felt like I’ve grown a lot through my photography journey and I’ve really sharpened my skills through the past 2 years,” says Flavier.
The next amazing artist is senior Kevin Plazola Lugo, who won a Gold Key and an Honorable Mention, also for Photography. Plazola Lugo has only recently started photography, taking his first class over the summer at EPIC Campus. The winning photo of his is called “The Sad Death of Something Once Pretty,” which showcases a dead flower bulb up close. The other piece was called “The Battle for Survival,” with elk in a field battling each other.
“It’s just basically a huge accomplishment. I barely just got into photography, and just getting that award early on made it sound pretty inspiring to me.” said Plazola Lugo.
Our final winner for the contest was junior Milo VanMatre, acquiring a Gold Key for Experimental Photography and an Honorable Mention for photography.
“This award means a lot to me because I have always known that I had artistic talent, but winning this award boosted my confidence in myself quite a bit,” said VanMatre.
He also shared that he had used a technique by using a long shutter speed and shifting the camera during the shot in order to create a fun, glitched look. VanMatre also took a photography class at LHS, which helps with making these amazing pieces.
Overall, the art pieces showed so many different talents and creative ideas. There is so much more out there, so make sure to have your own pieces ready for next January to submit for this contest. Creativity comes in so many different forms, so try new things out. Happy creating!
