Hinsdale Middle School Art Students Top Competitors

HINSDALE, IL — Hinsdale Middle School exceeded other middle schools at a recent Chicago-area art competition, according to a news release from Community Consolidated School District 181. Earlier this month, 24 of the school's art and digital media students were showcased in the Chicagoland 4x5 Art Exhibition at Oswego High School. Seven of them received awards.

The school had more award winners than any other middle school and was the only middle school to have award winners in both the 2D traditional and digital media categories. The Chicagoland 4x5 competition featured more than 2,000 student pieces from about 40 Chicagoland high and middle schools, the news release said.

The seven Hinsdale Middle School students named award winners included place-winners Caroline Petersen (third place in traditional 2-D) and Lauren Terry (second place in digital media). The five students receiving an honorable mention distinction were Ayla Mushtaq, Eshan Doshi, Angela Lim, Calista Chang and Maddie Miller. Honorable mentions are the top 10 percent of the exhibited work.

"I am so proud of the amazing conceptual ideas and extraordinary skilled work the HMS kids produced," Theresa McGee, the middle school's art and digital media teacher, said in the release.

The other Hinsdale Middle School students selected to be shown in the exhibit were Caitlin Haines, Lola Baca, Alasdair Wudtke, Sofia Antonelli, Johann Balbach, Catherine Yan, Beatrice Murphy, Abigail Auyeung, Tecoa Jankowski, Bia Zeb, Analise Burns, Claire Chung, Ayla Mushtaq, Eshan Doshi, Angela Lim, Calista Chang and Maddie Miller.

The award winners will have their artwork shown at Water Street Studio Gallery in Batavia on Friday, Dec. 13, and the Illinois High School Art Exhibition in Chicago at the Zhou B Art Center on Sunday, March 8. This is the first year the Chicagoland 4x5 was open to middle school students.