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Local students recognized for art excellence
Lakewood Ranch advanced art students achieved special recognition
Emma Bourdeau – Mustangs Ahead
(LAKEWOOD RANCH, FL) – Six Lakewood Ranch High School (LRHS) Advanced Placement (AP) art Mustangs are being recognized by the Region-at-large program of the 100th year of the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards.
The Mustangs are all currently enrolled in LRHS art teacher Laura Victore’s AP art class –
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- Avi Brockman
- Beatrice Divinagracia
- Vera Johnson
- Tatem McCluggage
- Gabrielle Neff
- Viola Szalkai
Brockman won a silver key for his ceramic piece, Root Down.
Brockman said,“It was cool I was not expecting to win. It was fun to work with natural forms and create something that looked real from clay.”
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Szalkai won a silver key for her painting, The Confrontation, and honorable mention for her ceramics and glass piece, A Severed Head.
She said, “I was shocked that I won and exited to get recognition. I liked looking at the art from years before."
Neff won honorable mention for her Ceramics and Glass piece, Achilles War.
She said, “The helmet was a really fun project to do, and the glaze turned out just how I wanted it, it was a really enjoyable experience to find out I won honorable mention and I’m looking forward to doing it again next year.”
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Divinagracia won honorable mention for her Ceramics and Glass piece, Fragile Angel.
“It was my first project, and it represents gaining and losing confidence. The breaking of the ceramic piece’s goes with losing confidence and then when the pieces come back together that would be like getting it back again,” said Divinagracia.
