DHS Students Get Top Honors in Stamford Art Show
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Senior Alex Young has been drawing every since she could hold a crayon. Thus, it was no surprise to learn that her self-portrait piece was the first-place winner at the Stamford Art Association’s 35th Annual High School Scholarship Show.
“It represents how I will embrace the experiences of my past in the present and future,” Alex said of her artwork.
Young’s piece, simply called, “Self Portrait,” (pictured left) took her about three months to complete during art class at school. In addition to the honor of placing in first, she received $100 and a blue ribbon. “I plan to use the money to buy supplies for my next art piece,” Young said.
Alex was inspired to create her art in order to represent the many different aspects of her. “The piece has three different sections: one section for the past, present, and future me. The top section is canvas with a painting/drawing of my head, representing literally how I am and more specifically how I look in the present. The bottom section was a wood board on which I had drawn and labeled an intricate diagram of a pelvic bone. That represents my desire in the future to become a scientific illustrator. The middle section is a starched shirt that represents the past. The shirt has aspect both in texture and color of the upper and lower sections connecting all three sections to create a uniform piece.”
The Stamford Art Association was established in 1971 as a non-profit organization that allows high school-aged artists from Fairfield County to exhibit their art and portfolios to the public. Besides Alex Young, sophomore Rachel Hathaway; juniors Katie D’Andrea and Artem Skobrev and senior Sammy Malpass shared their work in the show, winning cash, prizes, and scholarship money.
The show was organized into specific categories: painting, drawing, photography/printmaking, 3-D/sculpture/mixed media, and portfolio. DHS students swept clean the 3-D/sculpture/mixed idea group, with first, second, and third place winners, as well as honorable mention.
Rachel Hathaway landed in second place for her work, “Rachel.” (pictured right) “My piece is a book about my life made of clay,” Rachel said. “The pages of the book are made of clay, while I used other mediums to create my life story inside.” She went on to explain it took her three weeks to complete, and that with her $75 prize money, she bought new art supplies.
When asked if she had any inspirations, Rachel said, “My Clay/3-D teacher, Mrs. Bosler, came up with the idea to create a book about ourselves. I just decided how to make my story.
In addition to her current art class, Rachel has taken Art Foundations and Photography, though she has not taken any classes outside of school. “Art has always been my favorite subject, but I really became interested my freshman year,” she said.
Katie D’Andrea’s ceramic piece was called “Wacky Tourist,” (pictured below) and with it, she won third place for the 3D/Sculpture/Mixed Media category.
Senior Artem Skobrev’s “Sand Flake” received an honorable mention within the section. Senior Sammy Malpass was the only DHS student to place in the painting section; she used oil paints to create her piece “Savannah.” (Speaking of art, Sammy's little sister, Charly, has some pretty impressive artistic skills on display in her sick crib)
