Scholastic Award-Winning Teens Honored in Washington, D.C.

Photo, above: 2007 Alumna Ebony Robinson shares words of inspiration with 2010 Scholastic Award winners. (Alliance for Young Artists & Writers.)

On October 8, 30 Scholastic Award-winning teens convened in Washington, D.C. to participate in an exhibition reception and ribbon-cutting ceremony for ART D.C., the Alliance’s ongoing collaboration with the U.S. Department of Education and the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities. For the next year, their works and others from the 2010 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards will be on display at the DoED and the PCAH and will represent to policy makers, officials and notables on Capitol Hill the value of arts education.

Scholastic Award-winning students who attended the festivities came from as far away as California, and woke up as early as 4AM to drive down from New York City. In addition to a ribbon cutting ceremony, students also took a tour of the capitol building and participated in a creative development workshop with performance artist and poet Regie Cabico. Also present to honor these young artists with some words of inspiration were Martha J. Kanter, Under Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education; Virginia McEnerney, Executive Director of the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers; and Rachel Goslins, Executive Director of the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities.
Photo: Teens help cut ribbon at the U.S. Department of Education Exhibition. (Alliance for Young Artists & Writers.)

Fifty-six works will be on display at the Department of Education (400 Maryland Avenue S.W.), and forty-three works will be on display at the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities (1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 526) for the next year. To view the exhibit by appointment at the Department of Education, contact Marilyn Joyner at marilyn.joyner@ed.gov, and to view the exhibit at the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities, contact Lindsey Clark at lindsey.clark@ed.gov.

Photo: From left: Performance artist and poet Regie Cabico; Rachel Goslins, Executive Director of the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities; Virginia McEnerney, Executive Director of the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers; and Martha Kanter, Undersecretary of the U.S. Department of Education.
Award-Winning Teens Featured at the U.S. Department of Education
Jose Arreola, 18, NC
Allie Ayers, 16, VA
Sara Barnes, 18, TN
Sarah Bradach, 13, MA
Caleb Brown, 18, FL
Alexandria Bryan, 14, NH
Tyler Bullock, 17, NC
Orié Cepeda-Willgerodt, 13, NY
Jaclyn Colello, 17, NY
Rachel Criswell, 18, PA
Kevin Dao, 17, WA
Linh Tran Do, 18, TX
Xavier Donnelly, 17, VT
Amy Donovan, 18, VA
Mazelle Etessami, 14, CA
Caroline Felner, 14, OH
Karla Flemming, 16, CO
Sean Frisoli, 18, CT
Justin Fung, 16, NC
Andrew George, 16, IN
Emma Glennon, 17, NH
Shawn Glover, 17, SC
Malliccaaii Green, 18, IN
Meredith Haake, 18, NC
Amanda Hanna-McLeer, 16, NY
Dominique Jenkins, 18, SC
Susan Kang, 17, GA
Sun Jung Kim, 17, VT
Sarah Kuipers, 18, MI
Stewart Lawrence, 17, TX
Grant Leung, 17, OH
Kimberly Lord, 17, IN
Allison McGrath, 18, PA
Max Mikulecky, 18, KS
James Niekamp, 18, KY
Victoria Nikolich, 18, GA
Kayla Parsh, 17, OH
Addison Pollard, 15, AL
Nicole Pratte, 18, CO
Isaiah Russell, 17, NY
Isabella Schubert-Jones, 14, PA
Sam Shapiro, 18, OH
Karen Shea, 17, OR
Sasha Smith, 16, NY
Esther So, 17, CO
Melisse Sporn, 18, FL
Anna Steele, 18, FL
Boya Sun, 18, KY
Azania Toure, 15, DC
Lachlan Turczan, 16, CA
Rachel Walker, 18, TX
Audrey Warren, 15, DC
Jahana Wazir, 18, WV
Amy Wilcox, 17, MN
Erica Young, 17, PA
Chloe Zimmerman, 18, MA

Award-Winning Teens Featured at the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities
Josh Adams, 18, WV
Sally Baek, 17, NC
George Brooks, 18, CA
Megan Burton, 18, NC
Jaclyn Casavant, 17, NH
Jocelyn Contreras, 14, KS
Michaela Curtin, 15, MA
Aubry Daman, 17, IN
Emily Damone, 13, IN
Mary Defer, 17, OH
Xavier Donnelly, 17, VT
Tiffany Droke, 18, DE
Elanor Eberhardt, 12, OH
Rachel Finlaw, 15, CT
Becky Flannigan, 16, NY
Kate Fleming, 17, VA
Will Frazier, 18, VA
Tiffany Gordon, 17, TX
Emily Grayson, 16, CT
Soomin Kim, 13, NJ
Michelle Lee, 17, VA
Maddy Leeser, 16, CA
Caroline Lindley, 17, TX
Kate Mattingly, 18, KY
Max Mikulecky, 18, KS
Alec Nguyen, 14, FL
Tara Niami, 16, CA
June Park, 16, NY
Rachel Parrill, 16, KY
Paulene Phouybanhdyt, 17, WI
Addison Pollard, 15, AL
Nathalie Pouzar, 16, KY
Taylor Risser, 14, IN
Payne Rueter, 16, IL
Melisse Sporn, 18, FL
Ashley Standage, 16, KS
Julia Stauble, 17, NC
Lauren Taylor, 18, TN
Courtney Vassar, 17, KS
Melanie Waller, 14, NY
Travis Waller, 17, OH
Alyssa Watson, 17, NV
Margaret Zrabkowski, 14, LA