FCPS Student Artists Earn 30 National Scholastic Art Awards
Original works of art by students from Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) earned 30 national medals in the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards program. National medalists will be celebrated at an award ceremony at Carnegie Hall in New York City in June. Select national award winning work will be included in an exhibition in New York, and a traveling exhibition over the coming year.
Fairfax County Public Schools is an Affiliate partner of the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers. Established in 1923, the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, presented by the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, is the largest, longest-running recognition program of its kind in the United States. More than 250,000 students participated in the program across the country this year. A complete list of national medal winners, including in writing categories, is available online.
| Name | School | Title | Category | Award |
| Bitanya Bahre | Chantilly High School | Disrupted | Photography | Silver Medal |
| Victoria Chen | Thomas Jefferson High school for Science and Technology | Sea of Dreams | Drawing & Illustration | Silver Medal |
| Piper Coughlin | Westfield High School | Mixed Feelings | Art Portfolio | Silver Medal |
| Elisabeth Eick | Mclean High School | In the Moment | Photography | Silver Medal |
| Robert Folsom | South Lakes High School | Symbiosis | Photography | Gold Medal |
| Robert Folsom | South Lakes High School | Yesterday Today Tomorrow | Photography | Silver Medal |
| Emily Gates | Chantilly High School | "three lights are lit, but the fourth one's out" | Photography | Silver Medal |
| Bella Gustafson | Madison High School | The Ghosts Among Us | Photography | Gold Medal |
| Noah Hush | Annandale High School | Crowns: A New Negro | Digital Art | Gold Medal |
| Katelyn Kim | Centreville High School | Identity Shoes | Drawing & Illustration | Gold Medal |
| Seorin Kwak | Longfellow Middle School | Be Right Back | Sculpture | Silver Medal |
| Cherry Lee | Mclean High School | Extended line drawing | Drawing & Illustration | Silver Medal |
| Julia Lee | Thoreau Middle School | Contrasted Glass and Fabric | Drawing & Illustration | Gold Medal |
| Yasmin Mirghani | South County High School | Emergence | Sculpture | Gold Medal |
| Maria Molchanova | Thomas Jefferson High school for Science and Technology | Sardines on Rye | Painting | Silver Medal |
| Kaitlyn Nguyen | Chantilly High School | Helping Hand | Photography | Silver Medal |
| Thao-Vy Nguyen | Centreville High School | Mother | Ceramics & Glass | Gold Medal |
| Jackie Palmer | Mclean High School | The Splendor of Solitude | Digital Art | Silver Medal |
| Victoria Phinizy | Lake Braddock Secondary School | Adolescence | Drawing & Illustration | Silver Medal |
| Tahanni Robinson | Chantilly High School | Daily Dose | Photography | Gold Medal |
| Jill Schmid | Herndon High School | "Shadow." Lamp | Sculpture | Silver Medal |
| Kira Smith | Chantilly High School | Perfect Family | Photography | Silver Medal |
| Kira Smith | Chantilly High School | Repressions | Art Portfolio | Silver Medal |
| Kaitlyn Stanton | Oakton High School | Vacant Heart | Digital Art | Gold Medal |
| Rhiannon Stevens | South Lakes High School | Liza in Americana | Painting | Silver Medal |
| Stefan Van Biljon | Mclean High School | Two Worlds | Ceramics & Glass | Silver Medal |
| Alison Wan | Thomas Jefferson High school for Science and Technology | Drizzle | Drawing & Illustration | Gold Medal, American Visions Medal |
| Alison Wan | Thomas Jefferson High school for Science and Technology | Craving | Drawing & Illustration | Silver Medal |
| Alison Wan | Thomas Jefferson High school for Science and Technology | Riveting Reflections | Art Portfolio | Silver Medal with Distinction |
| Sydney Yang | Chantilly High School | Art Supplies | Drawing & Illustration | Gold Medal |
