Congratulations to the Gold and Silver Key award winners in the 2023 Maine Region Scholastic Art Awards!
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Featured image: Beckett Mundell-Wood, Bangor Public Library, Gold Key: Architecture & Industrial Design, Bangor High School (cropped)
Punnisa Amornsirikul
Daydream, Gold Key: Photography, Thornton Academy
Miranda Birks
shattered & mirrored, Gold Key: Drawing & Illustration, Portland Arts & Tech High School
Grace Black
Fast, Fresh, Food!, Gold Key: Photography, Scarborough High School
Grace Black
All the Pieces, Gold Key: Photography, Scarborough High School
Sophia Blanco
Ocean Treasures, Gold Key: Ceramics & Glass, Winthrop High School
Sophia Blanco
Ramen With My Dad, Gold Key: Printmaking, Winthrop High School
Lydia Blood
Desperate Noir, Gold Key: Photography, Brunswick High School
Dorcas Bolese
Stand Still, Gold Key: Digital Art, Yarmouth High School
Finn Brydon
Fool's Errand (excerpt), Gold Key: Comic Art, Portland Arts & Tech High School
Ivy Buxton
Our Colorless Lives, Gold Key: Digital Art, Portland Arts & Tech High School
Erik Carson
Return Part One (excerpt), Gold Key, American Visions Nominee: Comic Art, Edward Little High School
Brynna Casey
Clay, Gold Key, American Visions Nominee: Film & Animation, Scarborough High School (click to play video)
Nora Castonguay
Gold Key Portfolio: Coming of Age, Kents Hill School
Emma Comparato
Bridges Burn, Gold Key: Photography, Brunswick High School
Maia Cook
Childhood Haunt, Gold Key: Painting, Berwick Academy
Hannah Cronin
¿American Dream?, Gold Key: Editorial Cartoon sponsored by The Herb Block Foundation, Freeport High School
Orion Dubois
Life After Death, Gold Key: Painting, Oak Hill High School
Emm Dearing
Help me, Gold Key: Digital Art, Bangor High School
iris fitzpatrick
sister, Gold Key: Drawing & Illustration, Freeport High School
Julia Fomichenko
Set In Foam, Gold Key: Sculpture, Thornton Academy
Finnian Furtney
Centre Point Tower, Gold Key: Painting, Freeport High School
Finnian Furtney
An Example of an Unfair Power Dynamic, Gold Key: Painting, Freeport High School (from Gold Key Portfolio: The Whimsical Animal Experiments)
Elsie Gendron
Childhood Hikes, Gold Key: Drawing & Illustration, Sanford High School
Taylor Giles
Wind and Waves, Gold Key: Ceramics & Glass, Kennebunk High School
Sagara (Saga) Hart
Don't Look Under There, Gold Key: Photography, Cape Elizabeth High School
Cormac Hluska
color of happy, Gold Key: Digital Art, Freeport High School
Minka Holtrop
Fern, Gold Key: Drawing & Illustration, Freeport High School
Mia Hornschild-Bear
from Gold Key Portfolio: How Horizontal and Vertical Elements can Juxtapose to Impact the Appearance and Functionality of an Architectural Design, Freeport High School
Mia Hornschild-Bear
A Series of Sensibility, Gold Key: Drawing & Illustration, Freeport High School
Mia Hornschild-Bear
Architecture Investigation 6, Gold Key: Mixed Media, Freeport High School
Sophia Israel
Maine Summers, Gold Key: Mixed Media, Nokomis Regional High School
Fiona Jason
Take It Slow, Gold Key: Painting, Portland Arts & Tech High School
Ava Katz
Five, Gold Key: Painting, Kents Hill School
Ava Katz
Wonderworld, Gold Key: Painting, Kents Hill School
Ava Katz
lets sit, Gold Key: Painting, Kents Hill School
Alexis Kiffer
Observing the birds, Gold Key: Printmaking, Morse High School
Marina Kirmani
Crown of Thorns, Gold Key: Fashion
Amelia LaCascia
The Wanderers, Gold Key: Digital Art, Kennebunk High School
Brooke Laliberte
Counting lesson, Gold Key: Photography, Rangeley Lakes Regional School
Olivia Landberg
Something About The Mirror, Gold Key: Mixed Media, Freeport High School
Mischa Landgarten
Sensory, Gold Key: Drawing & Illustration, Berwick Academy
Mischa Landgarten
The Raven, Gold Key: Drawing & Illustration, Berwick Academy
Aurora Martel
Stinger, Gold Key: Drawing & Illustration, Auburn Middle School
Ali McArdle
Imprisoned, Gold Key: Ceramics & Glass, Kents Hill School
Ali McArdle
Burnt Out, Gold Key: Ceramics & Glass, Kents Hill School
Erin Norbert
Comfort in the Cattails, Gold Key: Painting, Maine Virtual Academy
Beckett Mundell-Wood
Bangor Public Library, Gold Key: Architecture & Industrial Design, Bangor High School
Cassidy O'Dee
Self Portrait, Gold Key: Drawing & Illustration, Noble High School
Nate Onken
Swamp critter., Gold Key: Sculpture, Berwick Academy
Eli Palleschi
Some Things on a Table, Gold Key: Drawing & Illustration, Thornton Academy
Eli Palleschi
Animation Reel!!!, Gold Key: Film & Animation, Thornton Academy (click to view animation)
Xavier Peng
The Queen's Jubilee, Gold Key: Photography, Presque Isle High School
Isabel Peters
Blue light, Gold Key: Drawing & Illustration, Yarmouth High School
lillian runs after
"Peace not War", Gold Key: Design, Oxford Hills Tech School
Peter Sapiro-Mitten
Nautilus, Gold Key: Sculpture, Berwick Academy
Nick Scott
Market Man, Gold Key: Photography, Kents Hill School
Caroline Sheets
Solitaire, Gold Key: Photography, Oxford Hills Tech School
Ella Shilkin
Portrait 1, Gold Key, American Visions Nominee: Photography, Kents Hill School
Madalyn Simopoulos
Sitting Duck Ring, Gold Key: Jewelry, Portland Arts & Tech High School
Sightless
Sightless, Gold Key: Digital Art, Scarborough High School
Anita Smith
Nature's Allure, Gold Key: Comic Art, Scarborough High School
Anita Smith
Dreams Without a Future, Gold Key: Painting, Scarborough High School
Jazmyn Smith
Deus In Absentia, Gold Key: Digital Art, Mt Ararat High School
Cosette Spier
I Can't See You Through the Grass, Gold Key: Photography, Cape Elizabeth High School
Cosette Spier
The Ocean Is Blurry, Gold Key: Photography, Cape Elizabeth High School
Lexi Surette
Smoke Screen, Gold Key: Photography, Sacopee Valley High School
Ivy Turbide
INCUBATOR, Gold Key: Mixed Media, Thornton Academy
Maya Vinson
Fallen, Gold Key, American Visions Nominee: Drawing & Illustration, Scarborough High School
Lily West
Do you feel all the fish swimming to the surface?, Gold Key: Drawing & Illustration, Freeport High School
Jillian Wight
Obsession, Gold Key: Drawing & Illustration, Freeport High School
Jillian Wight
The Ol' Ball and Chain, Gold Key, American Visions Nominee: Printmaking, Freeport High School
Jillian Wight
from Gold Key Portfolio: Perceptions of Prettiness, Freeport High School
Samuel Woodman
Turnbuckle Movement, Gold Key: Sculpture, Kennebunk High School
Halle York
Pit Stop, Gold Key: Drawing & Illustration, Freeport High School
Elliot Alfreds
The Renegade, Silver Key: Comic Art, Portland Arts & Tech High School
Punnisa Amornsirikul
Journey at Sunrise, Silver Key: Printmaking, Thornton Academy
Rihanna Antoine
Master Puppets, Silver Key: Drawing & Illustration, Freeport High School
Katie Arner
Floating, Silver Key: Photography, Kents Hill School
Sophia Blanco
He felt eyes on him, something wasn’t quite right…, Silver Key: Drawing & Illustration, Winthrop High School
Sophia Blanco
Merry-Go-Rounds, Silver Key: Ceramics & Glass, Winthrop High School
Sophia Blanco
Feeding Time, Silver Key: Ceramics & Glass, Winthrop High School
Dorcas Bolese
Bittersweet Cleanse, Silver Key: Painting, Yarmouth High School
Dorcas Bolese
Blue Lemonade, Silver Key: Digital Art, Yarmouth High School
Hayden Braun
Monsters, Silver Key: Digital Art, Mount Desert Island High School
Jacob Cahan
Highland Graze, Silver Key: Design, Portland Arts & Tech High School
Sarah Cameron
Grandma's Spoons, Silver Key: Photography, Kennebunk High School
Brynna Casey
Permanence, Silver Key: Drawing & Illustration, Scarborough High School
Brynna Casey
Cold Contemplation, Silver Key: Digital Art, Scarborough High School
Nora Castonguay
Stuck, Silver Key: Sculpture, Kents Hill School
Cindy Choi
Ukraine Political Poster, Silver Key: Design, Oxford Hills Tech School
Cedar Clough
Dein., Silver Key: Sculpture, Freeport High School
Kaidence Coolidge
chlorophyll tears, Silver Key: Painting, Mt Blue High School
grace crawford
Wondering, Silver Key: Painting, Portland Arts & Tech High School
Kaila Danielson
airplanes, Silver Key: Digital Art, Kents Hill School
Liam Dorr
Tartaglia figure sculpture, Silver Key: Sculpture, Mt Blue High School
Kaylee Feeney
Self Love, Silver Key: Drawing & Illustration, Kents Hill School
Finnian Furtney
The Experimental Combination of Thoughts and Objects, Silver Key: Painting, Freeport High School
Jahiem Garrett
Black and white collection, Silver Key: Photography, Brunswick High School
Finnian Furtney
Lane Cove Fish Market, Silver Key: Painting, Freeport High School
Relghie Goodson
Glowing Mushrooms, Silver Key: Photography, Kennebunk High School
Everett Gray
The Remnants, Silver Key: Expanded Projects, Oxford Hills Tech School (click to view video)
Sarah Gruhl
Girl in a sprayed room, Silver Key: Photography, Kents Hill School
Grace Hall
Book Monster, Silver Key: Sculpture, Greely High School
Sarah Gruhl
waterflow, Silver Key: Photography, Kents Hill School
Sagara (Saga) Hart
Kids Demand Justice, Silver Key: Photography, Cape Elizabeth High School
Sagara (Saga) Hart
An Endless World of Blue, Silver Key: Photography, Cape Elizabeth High School
Addaline Hemingway
Eyes on the Fungi, Silver Key: Drawing & Illustration, Rangeley Lakes Regional School
Tulliah Herr
Science, Silver Key: Painting, Baxter Academy Tech & Science
Cormac Hluska
draggin, Silver Key: Jewelry, Freeport High School
Cormac Hluska
love, Silver Key: Digital Art, Freeport High School
Brielle Hodgkin
Ocean Jungle, Silver Key: Printmaking, Freeport High School
Brielle Hodgkin
Daice, Silver Key: Drawing & Illustration, Freeport High School
Brielle Hodgkin
Watchful Mother, Silver Key: Painting, Freeport High School
Mia Hornschild-Bear
Grinsen, Silver Key: Drawing & Illustration, Freeport High School
Mia Hornschild-Bear
On the Wave, Silver Key: Film & Animation, Freeport High School (click to view animation)
Shamir Khatiwada
Samrat, Silver Key: Photography, Brunswick High School
Marlowe Kierstead
My Pet Bug Earrings, Silver Key: Jewelry, Oxford Hills Tech School
Alexis Kiffer
Walk, Silver Key: Drawing & Illustration, Morse High School
Alexis Kiffer
Family Photo, Silver Key: Drawing & Illustration, Morse High School
Alexis Kiffer
No Back Barry, Silver Key: Digital Art, Morse High School
Gabriel Kirmani
Screw, Silver Key: Design
Willard Kull
Water truck, Silver Key: Photography, Kennebunk High School
Brooke Laliberte
Double Ant, Silver Key: Photography, Rangeley Lakes Regional School
Olivia Landberg
Long Noodles, Long Life, Silver Key: Drawing & Illustration, Freeport High School
Mischa Landgarten
Consumption, Silver Key: Drawing & Illustration, Berwick Academy
Mischa Landgarten
The Bird From Athenry, Silver Key: Drawing & Illustration, Berwick Academy
Maelyn Leighton
Seafoam, Silver Key: Ceramics & Glass, Mt Blue High School
Rekha Mahadevan
My Grandmother, My Mother, and Me, Silver Key: Mixed Media, Berwick Academy
Ali McArdle
Out of Time, Silver Key: Ceramics & Glass, Kents Hill School
Emma McClallen
Mask, Silver Key: Sculpture, Auburn Middle School
Connor McFarland
Trauma Trading Cards, Silver Key: Mixed Media, Lincoln Academy
Atlas McCormack
Communication: a Key Factor in the "Coming Out" Process, Silver Key: Expanded Projects, Noble High School
Asher Michalski
Native Beaked Hazelnut, Scientific Illustration, Silver Key: Drawing & Illustration
Krista Miner
Tiger Pattern, Silver Key: Design, Wells High School
Lauren Morse
Ukraine poster, Silver Key: Editorial Cartoon sponsored by The Herb Block Foundation, Oxford Hills Tech School
Cassidy O'Dee
Modern Medicine, Silver Key: Drawing & Illustration, Noble High School
Maia Pietraho
spoken, Silver Key: Drawing & Illustration, Brunswick High School
Breezy Quimby
after glow, Silver Key: Printmaking, Rangeley Lakes Regional School
Ruby Rodriguez
Growth, Silver Key: Drawing & Illustration, Kennebunk High School
Peter Sapiro-Mitten
Crying in My Prom Suit, Silver Key: Fashion, Berwick Academy
Olivia Sawyer
Portrait, Silver Key: Drawing & Illustration, Auburn Middle School
Kendal Shiels
Two-headed lamb, Silver Key: Painting, Wells High School
Ella Shilkin
Connectivity, Silver Key: Photography, Kents Hill School
Ella Shilkin
Bean Bag Toss, Silver Key: Photography, Kents Hill School
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Trashmaid, Silver Key: Drawing & Illustration, Kents Hill School
Ella Shilkin
Looking Further, Silver Key: Photography, Kents Hill School
Teagan Slone
red man, Silver Key: Painting, Freeport High School
Teagan Slone
City Street, Silver Key: Drawing & Illustration, Freeport High School
Anita Smith
Phantom Bride, Silver Key: Painting, Scarborough High School
Lauren Steinberg
Under the Heat, Silver Key: Photography, Cape Elizabeth High School
Lexi Surette
She is Grace, Silver Key: Photography, Sacopee Valley High School
Lexi Surette
The Walk, Silver Key: Photography, Sacopee Valley High School
Emma Talbot
A Dream of Futures Past, Silver Key: Painting, Noble High School
Kiara Tardiff
Rustic Door, Silver Key: Photography, Lewiston High School
Sophia Thomas
self portrait with tanagrams, Silver Key: Mixed Media, Bangor High School
Jason Tran
Art Panorama, Silver Key: Digital Art, Bangor High School
Thalia Tucker
Home, Silver Key: Mixed Media, Thornton Academy
Metis Tucker
Self-Portrait, Silver Key: Painting, Thornton Academy
Metis Tucker
The Vase, Silver Key: Ceramics & Glass, Thornton Academy
Ivy Turbide
MANEATER, Silver Key: Printmaking, Thornton Academy
Ivy Turbide
Leap at Diana’s Baths, Silver Key: Mixed Media, Thornton Academy
Jillian Wight
The Fox and The Grapes, Silver Key: Drawing & Illustration, Freeport High School
Jillian Wight
Down to Earth, Silver Key: Painting, Freeport High School
Samuel Woodman
Wine Recreation, Silver Key: Sculpture, Kennebunk High School
