Students Win a Dozen SISAL Awards

The SISAL (Small Independent School Art League) Show results have been announced and Rivers artists received 12 awards overall, including four First Prizes, three Second Prizes, three Third Prizes, and two Honorable Mentions. Nine awards went to Upper School students and three to Middle Schoolers.
 
 
This year’s show is being hosted by Brimmer and May School, and is open to the public next week from April 23-27. The reception and awards ceremony is next Friday, April 27, from 5:00-6:30 p.m. All artwork submitted is on display, so in addition to Rivers’ award winning artworks, another 25 artworks by Rivers students are included in the show. In total, 15 schools participated including Roxbury Latin, Bancroft, BU Academy, Worcester, Falmouth, Dedham Country Day, and Dexter-Southfield.
 
“Our student artists achieved notable success, earning recognition in a variety of media in both the two and three dimensional arts,” commented Chair of the Visual Arts Department David Saul. “We are pleased that students from our Middle School right up through our senior students were honored for their creative expression. Congratulations to all of our participating student artists!”
 
Awards in Grades 9-12 (Upper Division)
1st place in Painting: Hunter Taylor-Black ’19 for “Shards of a Woman”
1st place in Ceramics: Emily Smith ’18 for “Unity”
1st place in Woodworking: Chris Bucking ’19 for “Johnny Kantaros Outdoor Logo”
 
2nd place in Drawing: Alexa Lehan ’18 for “Sister”
2nd place in Woodworking: Jackie Benjes ’20 for “Opposites Attract”
 
3rd place in Woodworking: Caroline Grady ’19 for “Inside Out”
3rd place in Printmaking: Lisa Byrne '19 for "Artist's Hand"
 
Honorable Mention in Ceramics: Matt Cronin ’19 for “Get it Out”
Honorable Mention in Woodworking: Caleb Leeming ’19 for “Bee on Time”
 
Award in Grades 6-8 (Middle Division)
1st place in Mixed Media: Alejandra Paez Penaloza ’24 for “Expressive Me”
2nd place in Painting: Isabelle Hilinski ’23 for “Ice Cream”
3rd place in Drawing: Lucy Tonthat ’22 for “Lucy”
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