Multiple student artists from the Cazenovia Central School District recently received awards during the 2018 Scholastic Art Show, which is currently taking place at the Whitney building at Onondaga Community College.

The show opened Thursday, Jan. 11, with a ceremony for silver and gold key winners, and will run through Friday, March 2.

The competition begins at the state level within regions. There were over 5,500 works of art submitted from the Central New York region, which is the second largest region in the national competition.

Cazenovia had 45 students participate in this year’s competition, who submitted 107 individual works of art. Nine of those were seniors who also submitted an eight-piece portfolio representative of their work as artists throughout their career at Cazenovia.

Gold Key winners’ work will now advance to national judging in New York City, with the winners to be announced on March 13.

Prints of the submitted work are currently displayed outside the Cazenovia High School main office.

In addition to the OCC show, all of the Cazenovia participants and winners will be honored with an art show at the New Woodstock Library from April 23 to May 25. The opening reception will be 7 to 8 p.m. Monday, April 30. 

Congratulations to the following winners:

Gold Key Portfolio

Emma Berry

Gold Key Individual

Emma Berry (painting, sculpture), Annika Bruno (two in photography), Suzu Davis (digital art), Tanner Dydo (photography), Kenzie Giordano (photography), Taylor McCullough (two in photography)

Silver Key Portfolio

Taylor McCullough, BrierMae Ossont

Silver Key Individual

Cal Dennison (photography), Emily Forshee (mixed media), Kelly Frost (drawing and illustration, mixed media), Lili Gavitt (drawing and illustration), Olivia Hodge (digital art), Lily Loveless (photography), Alyssa Simko (photography), Paige Smith (photography), Mackenzie Yates (printmaking)

Honorable Mention Portfolio

Annika Bruno, Suzu Davis, Matthew Stanford

Honorable Mention Individual

Emma Berry (drawing and illustration), Annika Bruno (photography), Shannon Croft (drawing and illustration), Regan Dauenhauer (drawing and illustration), Jacob Fraser-Gilbert (photography), Ava Gavitt (drawing and illustration), Olivia Hodge (painting), Kayla Karmis (sculpture), Tatum Kelly (drawing and illustration), Lily Loveless (three in photography), Helen Purcell (photography), Matthew Stanford (photography)