14 McAuley Students Earn Scholastic Art and Writing Awards

CHICAGO, IL — Fourteen Mother McAuley Liberal Arts High School students received recognition in the University of Iowa 2020 Scholastic Art and Writing Awards. Presented by the nonprofit organization, the Alliance for Young Artists and Writers, the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards are the country’s longest-running and most prestigious scholarship and recognition programs for creative students in grades 7-12.

The Belin-Blank Center at the University of Iowa adjudicated over 7,000 pieces of art and writing from the Iowa and Midwest region. McAuley students earned Gold Keys, Silver Keys, honorable mentions and/or American Visions and Voice nominations.

Students awarded Gold Keys for works of art and writing in the Awards’ 29 categories, including architecture, painting, flash fiction, poetry, printmaking, video game design, and more, the opportunities for recognition will continue when those works are adjudicated again on a national level by a panel of leading creative professionals. National Gold Medalists will be announced in March 2020 and will be honored during a special awards ceremony at the
world-famous Carnegie Hall in New York City in June 2020.

The McAuley honorees include:

Abby Graeber ‘20 (Beverly) Drawing and Illustration ‘The Fall’ Silver Key
Abby Graeber ‘20 Editorial Cartoon sponsored by The Herb Block Foundation. Silver Key
Aubrey Doyle ’20 (Oak Lawn) Mixed Media ‘PTSD’ Honorable Mention
Aubrey Doyle ‘20 Painting ‘Hanging Out’ Honorable Mention
Charlotte Wagner ‘20 (Mt. Greenwood) Digital Art ‘Crashed’ Gold Key
Charlotte Wagner ‘20 Digital Art ‘Identify’ Silver Key
Charlotte Wagner ‘20 Digital Art ‘Life’ Silver Key
Josa Keller ‘20 (Mt. Greenwood) Painting ‘Kitty’ Honorable Mention
Maya Krueger ‘20 (Clearing) Drawing and Illustration ‘Lacing Shoes’ Honorable Mention
Maya Krueger ‘20 Mixed Media ‘Bug Voyage’ Silver Key
Maya Krueger ‘20 Mixed Media ‘Peeling an Orange’ Honorable Mention
Maya Krueger ‘20 Painting ‘Faucet’ Silver Key
Maya Krueger ‘20 Painting ‘Jeans’ Silver Key
Maya Krueger ‘20 Painting ‘Lady in Towel’ Gold Key
Maya Krueger ‘20 Painting ‘Lemons’ Gold Key
Maya Krueger ‘20 Painting ‘Succulent’ Honorable Mention
Maya Krueger ‘20 Painting ‘Portrait’ Honorable Mention
Maya Krueger ‘20 Painting ‘The Daly Newspaper’ Gold Key
Maya Krueger ‘20 Printmaking, ‘Bicycle’ Silver Key
Nicole Todd ‘20 (Orland Park) Printmaking ‘Fly Over’ Honorable Mention
Samantha Dederichs ‘20 (Palos Park) Mixed Media ‘Catching Snowflakes’ Silver Key
Samantha Dederichs ‘20 Mixed Media ‘Frustration’ Silver Key
Sasha Anoshenko ’21 (Mt. Greenwood) Drawing and Illustration ‘Garden Lamp’ Honorable Mention

Sasha Anoshenko ’21 Mixed Media ‘Bellarus’ Honorable Mention

Sasha Anoshenko ’21 Mixed Media ‘Grandpa's Country Home’ Gold Key

Thalia Wesclitz ’20 (Burbank) Digital Art ‘Autumn Frolic’ Gold Key
Thalia Wesclitz ’20 Digital Art ‘Butter Squirrel’ Honorable Mention
ThaliaWesclitz ’20 Digital Art ‘Mutant’ Honorable Mention
Thalia Wesclitz ‘20 Digital Art The ‘Octopock’ Honorable Mention
Olivia LaPage ‘21 (Mt. Greenwood) Photography ‘Untitled’ Honorable Mention
Daniela Sanchez ’21 (Clearing) Photography ‘Untitled’ Silver Key
Nora Cunnea ‘21 (Crestwood) Photography ‘Untitled’ Silver Key
Kate Lawler ‘20 (Burr Ridge) Printmaking ‘Peep’ Honorable Mention
Elle Harper ‘21 (Mt. Greenwood) Photography ‘Untitled’ Honorable Mention

Since the program’s founding in 1923, the Awards have fostered the creativity and talent of millions of students, including renowned alumni who went 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 and Writing Awards when they were teens.