21 Rivers Students Earn SISAL Art Awards
The accolades continued at Rivers this weekend, as the school dominated the 17th annual Small Independent School Arts League (SISAL) competition with 21 individual awards that included oil painting, sculpture, ceramics and photography.
The accolades continued at Rivers this weekend, as the school dominated the 17th annual Small Independent School Arts League (SISAL) competition with 21 individual awards that included oil painting, sculpture, ceramics and photography.
The ceremony took place Sunday at the Fenn School in Concord. This year’s competition displayed hundreds of works from more than 20 independent schools throughout Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
Among the 21 awards were six first-place prizes, four second-place prizes, three third-place prizes, and eight honorable mentions. “The SISAL show is a great opportunity for Rivers student artists to showcase their creative talents in a venue beyond our campus,” art department chair David Saul said. “It is wonderful that so many of our student artists, from both our Middle and Upper Schools, have been awarded prizes in such a diverse array of media.”
First-place honors were awarded to Nina Ciffolillo ’12, Yekaterina Gourinovitch ’09, Alec Long ’13, Kate Mecke ’13, Sarah Sweeney ’10, and Anna Teng ’11. Please click here to see a full gallery of the first-prize pieces.
Second-place honors were awarded to Brittany Dixon ’09, Nadeerah Lamour ’13, Will Sahakian ’09, and Anna Teng ’11.
Third-place honors were awarded to Charlie Rugg ’09 (for two pieces) and Sarah Shin ’10.
Honorable mentions were awarded to Adrienne Anderson ’09, Louise Blake ’09, Zach Bunick ’14, Martha Cosgrove ’12, Phoebe Erickson ’12, Lizzy Southwell ’11, Casey Sunderland ’11, and Tucker Taylor ’13.
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The ceremony took place Sunday at the Fenn School in Concord. This year’s competition displayed hundreds of works from more than 20 independent schools throughout Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
Among the 21 awards were six first-place prizes, four second-place prizes, three third-place prizes, and eight honorable mentions. “The SISAL show is a great opportunity for Rivers student artists to showcase their creative talents in a venue beyond our campus,” art department chair David Saul said. “It is wonderful that so many of our student artists, from both our Middle and Upper Schools, have been awarded prizes in such a diverse array of media.”
First-place honors were awarded to Nina Ciffolillo ’12, Yekaterina Gourinovitch ’09, Alec Long ’13, Kate Mecke ’13, Sarah Sweeney ’10, and Anna Teng ’11. Please click here to see a full gallery of the first-prize pieces.
Second-place honors were awarded to Brittany Dixon ’09, Nadeerah Lamour ’13, Will Sahakian ’09, and Anna Teng ’11.
Third-place honors were awarded to Charlie Rugg ’09 (for two pieces) and Sarah Shin ’10.
Honorable mentions were awarded to Adrienne Anderson ’09, Louise Blake ’09, Zach Bunick ’14, Martha Cosgrove ’12, Phoebe Erickson ’12, Lizzy Southwell ’11, Casey Sunderland ’11, and Tucker Taylor ’13.
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