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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contacts Michael Gillespie, 973-259-5134 [email protected] Catherine Mastrangelo, 973-259-5119 [email protected] 40 NORTHERN NEW JERSEY STUDENT ARTISTS WIN NATIONAL RECOGNITION IN THE

2016 SCHOLASTIC ART & WRITING AWARDS

The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards Honor the Nation’s Most Talented Teen Artists

NJ Recognitions Include First-ever Herb Block Award for Editorial Cartoon

MONTCLAIR, NJ, March 14, 2016—The nonprofit Alliance for Young Artists & Writers

announced the national winners of the 2016 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, the country’s

longest-running and most prestigious award and recognition program for creative teens in grade

7–12. The Northern New Jersey region had 40 students awarded national medals from a panel

of distinguished judges. The students all submitted their work to the competition through the

Montclair Art Museum. The Montclair Art Museum is the sole affiliate sponsor of the Scholastic

Art & Writing Awards in New Jersey, the eighth year MAM has served in this capacity.

This program year, a record-breaking 320,000 works of art and writing were submitted to

more than 100 affiliates of the Alliance for regional adjudication. From the outstanding pool of

regional Gold Key recipients, an impressive panel of creative-industry experts chose more than

2,200 of the most talented students to receive national medals. Works were judged on

originality, technical skill, and the emergence of personal vision or voice. Teachers of national

winners were also recognized with awards.

This year’s 40 recipients from the Northern New Jersey District received a total of 50

awards in visual arts on the national level. Ryan Sunada-Wong of Millburn was one of only three

 

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students to receive the first-ever Herb Block Award for Editorial Cartoon. The Editorial

Cartoon category, sponsored by The Herb Block Foundation, celebrates the legacy of four-time

Pulitzer Prize-winning political cartoonist Herb Block and his remarkable contribution to

American history and free expression. The teen artists recognized with this award receive a

$1,000 scholarship for their outstanding drawings, illustrations, or animations offering

commentary on current events or political topics. Additionally Hyungjun Yoon of Washington

Township received the American Visions Medal. Five works are nominated out of all regional

Gold Key works across all categories as the “Best in Show” for each region; the national jurors

chose the best of the five for the American Visions Medal.

Portfolio Awards are a selection of up to eight works by seniors that are judged as a unit;

other awards are issued by individual artwork and students can earn more than one award. The

recipients are listed below by Name, Town, Grade, and School:

Portfolio Silver Award (1)

Ellen Mei, Belle Mead, 12, Sharron Art Center

Gold Medal (19)

Olivia Ackerman, Harrington Park, 12, Northern Valley Regional High School at Old

Tappan

Risako Arcari, New Milford, 12, Academy of the Holy Angels

Susanna Back, Demarest, 12, Northern Valley Regional Demarest High School

Sophia Cai, Princeton, 11, The Lawrenceville School

Hyungjin Cho, Harrington Park, 10, Bergen County Academies

Hyunkey Chung, 11, WOW Art Studio

Nicholas D’ornellas, Jersey City, 12, Jersey City Arts High School Program

Emily Goncalves, Elizabeth, 12, Oak Knoll School of the Holy Child

Sung Eun Hong, Norwood, 12, Northern Valley Regional High School at Old Tappan*

Sun Woo Kim, Norwood, 12, Northern Valley Regional High School at Old Tappan**

Jane Lee, Tenafly, 12, Tenafly High School

Joo Sang Lee, 12, WOW Art Studio

Annie Li, Belle Mead, 10, Montgomery High School

Alexis Narotzky, Livingston, 12, Livingston High School

 

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Ryan Sunada-Wong, Millburn 10, Millburn High School***

Tammy Wei, West Windsor, 12, West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North****

Grace Yan, Belle Mead, 8, Sharron Art Center

Hyungjun Yoon, Washington Township, 12, Bergen Catholic High School*****

Silver Medal (29)

Marissa Butrico, Warren, 12, Watchung Hills Regional High School

Mary Dvorsky, Piscataway, 12, Piscataway Township High School

Junsean Fung, Jersey City, 12, Jersey City Arts High School Program

Kyra Gensinger, Tomkins Cove (NY), 11, Academy of the Holy Angels

Sung Eun Hong, Norwood, 12, Northern Valley Regional High School at Old Tappan*

Hyun Woo Jin, Elizabeth, 12, The Wardlaw-Hartridge School

Josh Katz, Livingston, 9, Rae Kushner Yeshiva High School

Misa Kim, Blairstown, 11, WOW Art Studio

Olivia Kim, Cliffside Park, 10, Bergen County Academies

Sun Woo Kim, Norwood, 12, Northern Valley Regional High School at Old Tappan

Jessie Lin, Yardley (PA), 7, Princeton Day School

Jessalyn Lu, Morganville, 11, Marlboro High School******

Katie Maas, Piscataway, 12, Piscataway Township High School

Baiyi Ning, Belle Mead, 11, The Hun School of Princeton

Lisa Park, Plainsboro, 12, West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North

Sera Park Choi, Closter, 12, Northern Valley Regional Demarest High School*******

Jerah Siegal, Mt. Laurel, 11, Princeton Day School********

Eric Svetnikov, Livingston, 12, Livingston Day School

Tammy Wei, West Windsor, 12, West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North****

Licheng Yang, New Providence, 11, New Providence High School

Dasung Yoon, Cresskill, 7, Cresskill Junior Senior High School

Jonathan Yue, Princeton, 9, Sharron Art Center

Ezra Yun, River Edge, 10, art.com

Lucy Zou, East Brunswick, 8, Sharron Art Center

 

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* Sung Eun Hong was awarded a Gold Medal and two Silver Medals

** Sun Woo Kim was awarded a Gold Medal and a Silver Medal

*** Ryan Sunada-Wong was awarded the Herb Block Award for Editorial Cartoon and a Gold

Medal

**** Tammy Wei was awarded a Gold Medal and a Silver Medal

***** Hyungjun Yoon was awarded the American Vision Medal and a Gold Medal

****** Jessalyn Lu was awarded three Silver Medals

******* Sera Park Choi was awarded two Silver Medals

******** Jerah Siegal was awarded two Silver Medals

A complete list of the 2016 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards national recipients is available:

http://www.artandwriting.org/2016NationalMedalists

Since the program’s founding in 1923, the Awards have fostered the creativity and talent

of millions of students, including renowned alumni who have gone on to become leaders in their

fields, including Andy Warhol, Truman Capote, Richard Avedon, Philip Pearlstein, and Sylvia

Plath. More recently, Stephen King, Richard Linklater, Zac Posen, and Lena Dunham received

Scholastic Art & Writing Awards when they were teens.

“We are always astonished by the sheer energy and ingenuity of the creative work that

students produce, and by their bravery in putting it into the world for feedback from arts

professionals,” said Virginia McEnerney, Executive Director of the Alliance for Young Artists &

Writers, the nonprofit organization that presents the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. “We hear

from Alumnae of the program every single day that receiving a Scholastic Award is life-

changing, and we are thrilled to give that opportunity to talented students from across the

country again this year.”

On June 2, National Gold Award-winning teens from across the country will gather in

New York City to attend the National Ceremony at Carnegie Hall with appearances by this

year’s honoree Ken Burns, award-winning filmmaker and documentarian. More than 1,000 of

the top Scholastic Art & Writing visual and literary works will also be on display for the public in

the Art.Write.Now.2016 exhibition at the Sheila C. Johnson Design Center at Parsons School of

Design at The New School and Pratt Institute’s Pratt Manhattan Gallery in New York City from

June 2 to June 12.

 

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About the Museum The Montclair Art Museum, a notable, community-based institution with an international reputation, boasts a renowned collection of American and Native American art that uniquely highlights art making in the United States over the last three hundred years. The collection includes more than 12,000 objects: paintings, prints, original works on paper, photographs, and sculpture by American artists from the 18th century to the present, as well as traditional and contemporary Native American art and artifacts representing the cultural developments of peoples from all of the major American Indian regions.

The Museum’s education programs serve a wide public and bring artists, performers, and scholars to the Museum on a regular basis.

MAM’s Yard School of Art is the leading regional art school, offering a multitude of comprehensive courses for children, teens, adults, seniors, and professional artists. The Yard School has been recognized in the Discover Jersey Arts People’s Choice Awards as the Favorite Adult Art Class and Favorite Art Camp two years in a row.

The Montclair Art Museum is located at 3 South Mountain Avenue in Montclair, N.J. Information and directions are available on the Museum website, montclairartmuseum.org, or by calling 973-746-5555. MAM is open Wednesdays through Sundays, Noon–5 p.m., and on the first Thursday night of the month (October–June), from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. It is closed on Mondays, Tuesdays, and major holidays. Museum admission is $12 for nonmember adults, $10 for senior citizens and students with I.D., and free for members and children under 12. Free First Thursday Nights and Free First Fridays are free for everyone. The Store at MAM is open during gallery hours and has extended hours until 9 p.m. on Free First Thursday Nights.

All Museum programs are made possible, in part, by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/ Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, and by funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, Carol and Terry Wall/The Vance Wall Foundation, the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, and Museum members.

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