Student Artwork Shines at SISAL
The Small Independent School Art League (SISAL) hosted its annual exhibition at the Dexter Southfield School in Brookline last month and of the 56 artworks submitted by Rivers students, 28 received recognition.
More than 500 artworks were submitted overall across multiple disciplines and two age groups, grades 6-8 and grades 9-12. In the Upper School age group, Rivers students received five first-place prizes, three second-place prizes, four third-place prizes, and 11 honorable mentions.
Haley Burroughs ’15 (Printmaking), Kate Knight ’17 (Ceramics, hand built), Molly Eden ’15 (Ceramics, wheel thrown), Hunter Dempsey ’15 (Woodworking), and Alexandra Gaither ’15 (B&W Photography) earned the top award in each of their respective disciplines.
Rivers Middle School students also had a strong showing, earning one second-place prize and four honorable mentions. Callie Kamanitz ’19 received a second-place prize in Digital Photography for her photo, “Reflection By The Sidewalk.”
“This SISAL show embraced the inclusive philosophy of featuring artwork by many students while honoring the outstanding creative works by select student artists,” said Visual Arts Department Chair David Saul. “This philosophy mirrors the Rivers visual arts program which teaches creativity to all students in a variety of mediums while also supporting our top students in their in-depth pursuit in a particular medium, be it drawing, painting, printmaking, ceramics, sculpture and photography.”
In total, 25 different students earned recognition in nine different disciplines at the SISAL Exhibition. Rivers swept the Upper School Woodworking awards, took first and second in both Printmaking and Ceramics (Wheel Thrown), and took first and third in Ceramics (Hand Built).
First Place Prizes
Haley Burroughs ’15 - Printmaking: “Some Men Achieve Greatness”
Kate Knight ’17 - Ceramics (Hand built): “Reliance”
Molly Eden ‘ 15 - Ceramics (Wheel thrown): “Calm”
Hunter Dempsey ‘ 15 - Woodworking: “Fire Box”
Alexandra Gaither ’15 - B&W Photography: “Organic Embrace”
Second Place Prizes
Emily Saperstone ’16 - Printmaking: “Elephant”
Abby Finn ‘ 16 - Ceramics (Wheel thrown): “Broken Beauty”
Ben Snow ’16 - Woodworking: “Hinged Box”
Callie Kamanitz ’19 - Digital Photography: “Reflection By The Sidewalk”
Third Place Prizes
Meghan Morgan ’15 - Painting: “Maggie”
Alicia Bellido ’17 - Drawing: “Ice”
Claudia Gormley ’16 - Ceramics (Hand built): “Milky Way”
Pedro Olivera ’15 - Woodworking: “Swift”
Honorable Mentions
Emily Saperstone ’16 - Painting: “Cityscape”
Savannah Knisley ’15 - Drawing: “Sugar”
Wiley Holton ’15 - Drawing: “Grammy and Grampie”
Ashley Herman’17 - Drawing: “Stippling Still Life”
Kristen Daley’15 - Drawing: “Masked Still Life”
Savannah Knisley ’15 - Printmaking: “Sacré Coeur”
Grace Lees ’16 - Printmaking: “Old Skeptic”
Christine Yang ’16 - Sculpture: “Elevated”
Jasen Voghel ’16 - Ceramics (Wheel thrown): “Flowering”
Ellen Marius’ 16 - Ceramics (Wheel thrown): Untitled”
Jamie Navoni ’15 - Woodworking: “Box Quad”
Margaret Barrow ’20 - Painting: “Ice Cream”
Julian Rivers ’19 - Drawing: “JR”
Margaret Barrow ’20 - Ceramics (Hand built): “Maine Lobster”
Matt Cronin ’19 - Digital Photography: “Kant”
Click here for a complete gallery of the recognized artwork.
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