Students Earn 12 Awards at SISAL Art Competition
Rivers student artists earned a dozen awards at the recent Small Independent School Art League (SISAL) annual exhibition, hosted this year by the Carroll School in Lincoln. There will be a gallery reception on Sunday, May 7, from 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. with an awards presentation at 4:00 p.m.
“All of our art teachers were represented with at least one prize winner, as well as most of the media we offer in our curriculum,” commented Visual Art Department Chair David Saul.
More than 400 entries were submitted by17 participating schools in a variety of media, and were judged in two divisions—grades 6-8 and grades 9-12. Rivers students received two first-place prizes, four second-place prizes, two third-place prizes, and four honorable mentions.
Earning a First Prize in the Upper School division were Sarah Morgan ’18 – Moose (Woodworking) and Caroline Phelps ’18 – Brewing (Wheel-thrown Ceramics). Second Prizes were awarded to Zoe Brown ’19 – Rolling Hills (Woodworking), Matt Cronin ’19 – Gesture (Hand-built Ceramics), and Frank Ferrara ’17 – Untitled (Wheel-thrown Ceramics).
Tully Mahoney ’19 won a Third Prize in the Upper School division for Liquid Light (Black & White Photography). Finally, the following received Honorable Mention: Carter Ablon ’20 – Triangle Topped Container (Woodworking), Lorraine Byrne ’17 – National Park (Wheel-thrown Ceramics), Maddie Cornetta ’19 – Carousel (Sculpture), and Hunter Taylor-Black ’18 – Reflection/Refraction (Printmaking).
Rivers Middle School students also earned two prizes: a Second Prize in painting to Keira Thompson ’22 for Ice Cream, and a Third Prize in drawing to Adebiyi Oyaronbi ’21 for David Gage.
“SISAL is a wonderful opportunity for all of our students in both our Middle and Upper Schools to submit their artwork to be judged against their peers in independent schools,” said Mr. Saul. “While select artworks are awarded prizes in the carefully juried process, the SISAL competition is committed to displaying all submitted artwork.”
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