Beverly High School Student's "Life in Death" Takes Best of School at Juried Art Show

Peabody Veterans Memorial High School senior George Andrias has been named Grand Prize Award Winner for his piece “Bad Hair Day” in this year’s 6th Congressional District High School Art Show.

The grand prize-winning piece will be sent to Washington, D.C., where it will hang in the Capitol building for one year along with winners from other Congressional districts across the country. A ceremony to congratulate all the winners will be held in Washington, D.C. in June.

U.S. Representative Seth Moulton will present the awards from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Saturday, March 7, at Montserrat College of Art’s 301 Gallery, 301 Cabot Street, Beverly. The art exhibit will be on display from 3 to 6 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday at the gallery.

GRAND PRIZE

George Andrias, Grade 12, “Bad Hair Day”

Peabody Veterans Memorial High School

FIRST PRIZE

Jackson Stewart, Grade 12, “New Money”

Masconomet Regional High School

SECOND PRIZE

Marissa Giampietro, Grade 11, “Ticonderoga”

Bishop Fenwick High School

THIRD PRIZE

Aimee Casavant, Grade 10, “Fading Memories”

Reading Memorial High School

BEST OF SCHOOL

Amesbury High School: Jane Grogan, Grade 11, “First Photo”

Beverly High School: Tessa Duzz, “Life in Death”

Billerica Memorial High School: Isabella Pesina, Grade 11, “America”

Burlington High School: Kevin Cardoso, Grade 12, “Broken Reality”

Danvers High School: Sadie Hofmeester, Grade 10, “Where I Was”

Gloucester High School: Jennifer Palazola, Grade 12, “Silence”

Hamilton-Wenham High School: Caroline Mastrianni, Grade 12, “A Chance of Flurries”

Homeschool (GWUOHS): Kaitlyn Fabre, Grade 12, “The Friendship”

Ipswich High School: Jonathan McParland, Grade 12, “Gameboy Gonzo”

Landmark School: Natalie Lawrence, Grade 11, “Self Portrait”

Lynn Classical High School: Bedelyn Dabel, Grade 11, “My Spirit Animal”

Lynn English High School: Deyjah Nash, Grade 10, “Untitled”

Lynnfield High School: Renee DelNegro, Grade 11, “City Dreams”

Manchester Essex Regional High School: Aisling Batchelder, Grade 12, “Stages”

Masconomet Regional High School: Jackson Stewart, Grade 12, “New Money”

Nazareth Academy: Kristen Holland, Grade 11, “Save the Jaguars”

Newburyport High School: Annie Clayton, Grade 11, “Reflection”

Pentucket Regional High School: Angela Cannaelli, Grade 12, “Absorbed”

Pingree School: Abbie Williams, Grade 11, “Red Door Stowe VT”

Rockport High School: Emily Abreu, Grade 11, “Skeleton’s Hands Still Life”

St. John’s Preparatory School: Jack Montesanto, Grade 12, “Lighthouses”

Swampscott High School: Andrew Gladstone, Grade 12, “The Diva”

Triton Regional High School: Nicole Mailhoit, Grade 11, “Self Portrait”

Waring School: Isaac Ogle, Grade 12, “Contingency”

HONORABLE MENTION

Rachel Carlino, Grade 10, “Pink”

Burlington High School

Jack Leary, Grade 11, “Flip Flops”

Hamilton Wenham Regional High School

Kelly McNulty, Grade 11, “Bystander”

Lynn Classical High School

Jeremmy Reyes, Grade 11, “Dry Verdent Coffee Leaves”

Lynn Classical High School

Hannah Thorne, Grade 12, “Medieval Town”

Manchester Essex Regional High School

Nevyana Todorova, Grade 11, “Exposure”

Masconomet Regional High School

Kyla Atwell, Grade 10, “Blue Eye”

Nazareth Academy

Victoria Butter, Grade 12, (no title)

Peabody Veterans Memorial High School

Erik Jeter Jr., Grade 11, “Grief”

Peabody Veterans Memorial High School

Margaret Sweeney, Grade 10, “Fox Transformation”

Reading Memorial High School

The exhibition was juried by Artist Judy Schmid and Artist Lee Essex Doyle. It was open to high school students from public and private schools within the 6th District of Massachusetts, as well as high school students home-schooled within the district.Each winner will be presented with a citation from Congressman Moulton and varying levels of scholarships to Montserrat’s Summer Pre-College Program.