2 Plainfield South Art Students Win National Scholastics Awards

PLAINFIELD, IL — Two student artists from Plainfield South High School received national recognition for their artwork from the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, District 202 officials announced.

Vivianne Angulo earned two gold and two silver medals for her pieces in the ceramics and glass category. Her pieces "Drowning in Time" and "Blossoming" earned gold, while "Trick or Treat" and sculpture "Sweet Girl" received silver.

Alyse Slawinski won a gold medal for her digital art piece titled "Xenophobia."

The students and their teachers, Kelly Manteck and Daron Wojnowski, will attend the 2022 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards National Ceremony taking place June 9 at Carnegie Hall in New York City.

The two high school seniors are more than 300,000 from across the United States who participated in the competition, where only about 1 percent are chosen for national medals. Previous alumni of the program include Truman Capote, Andy Warhol and Richard Avedon.

Slawinski and Angulo were two of 15 students from Plainfield Central, South and East high schools to win awards at the regional contest in January, propelling them to the national level.

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Angulo is also one of five American Vision nominees from the Suburban Chicago region, and "Blossoming" will move on to compete for the region's Best of Show Award in New York, officials said.