Rivers Students Earn 22 SISAL Art Awards
The accolades continued to grow at Rivers this weekend, as the school dominated the 19th Small Independent School Arts League (SISAL) competition with 22 individual awards for works that included oil painting, sculpture, ceramics, and photography.
The accolades continued to grow at Rivers this weekend, as the school dominated the 19th Small Independent School Arts League (SISAL) competition with 22 individual awards for works that included oil painting, sculpture, ceramics, and photography.
The awards ceremony took place Sunday at Falmouth Academy. This year’s competition drew from nearly 600 submissions from more than a dozen independent schools throughout Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
Among the 22 awards were seven first-place prizes, two second-place prizes, four third-place prizes, and nine honorable mentions.
“The SISAL event represents a great chance for students to showcase their artistic talents beyond the gallery walls of our school,” art department chair David Saul said. “I’m truly impressed that so many of our student artists have been awarded prizes in such a diverse array of media.”
The awards ceremony took place Sunday at Falmouth Academy. This year’s competition drew from nearly 600 submissions from more than a dozen independent schools throughout Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
Among the 22 awards were seven first-place prizes, two second-place prizes, four third-place prizes, and nine honorable mentions.
“The SISAL event represents a great chance for students to showcase their artistic talents beyond the gallery walls of our school,” art department chair David Saul said. “I’m truly impressed that so many of our student artists have been awarded prizes in such a diverse array of media.”
First-place honors were awarded to Juliana Hoke ’12, Allie Kaminsky ’11, Andrew Kaufmann ’14, Stephanie Lie ’11, Winston Pingeon ’12, Anna Teng ’11, and Cara Vanin ’11. (Click here for a slideshow of all of the winning artwork.)
Second-place honors were awarded to Becca Greiff ’11 and Juliana Hoke ’12.
Third-place honors were awarded to Tatum Bradley ’14, James Hotchkiss ’14, Griffin Kay ’12, and Annie Thayer ’14.
Honorable mentions were awarded to Allison Brustowicz ’11, Jordan Cross ’15, Caroline Hubbard ’12, Stephanie Lie ’11, Georgia McIntyre ’12, Peter Quayle ’11, Brooke Stoller ’12, Casey Sunderland ’11, and Kelly Xia ’15.
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