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ucs student artists earn nearly 30 top honors in prestigious regional competition

UCS Art

Utica Community Schools students earned nearly 30 top awards in this region’s premier student art competition.

UCS students earned gold and silver keys and honorable mention for video, animation, photography, sculpture, fashion, and drawing and illustration in the 34th annual Scholastic Arts competition for southeast Michigan and the Thumb area.

The students will be honored at a ceremony on Monday at the Detroit Institute of Arts.

Students receiving honors are:

Stevenson High School

Wax warmer Ceramics & Glass Leen
Al Sharak
Silver Key
Teacher - Lauren May

Diving into Blue
Photography Emily Carter
Silver Key

Eisenhower High School

Flowing in Love
Fashion
Milena Dharte
Teacher - Nancy Druia
Honorable Mention

Hanging on Red Strings S
culpture
Jenna Vansant
Teacher - Nancy Druia
Silver Key

Henry Ford II High School

A Case For Revenge
Film & Animation
Karl Cook
Gold Key

Never Grow Up
Photography
Natalie Allen
Teacher - Lisa Grunewald
Silver Key

Northern Michigan's View Of The Milky Way
Photography
Karl Cook
Teacher - Lisa Grunewald
Silver Key

Ball Of Sunshine
Photography
Madelyn Dudde
Teacher - Lisa Grunewald
Silver Key

Tongue-Tied
Photography
Madelyn Dudde
Teacher - Lisa Grunewald
Honorable Mention

Valiant
Photography
Rebekah Glidden
Teacher - Lisa Grunewald
Honorable Mention

Afternoon on the Boardwalk
Photography
Kailyn Maley
Teacher - Lisa Grunewald
Silver Key

Living Encaged
Photography
Kailyn Maley
Teacher- Lisa Grunewald
Silver Key

The Lookout
Photography
Kailyn Maley
Teacher - Lisa Grunewald
Honorable Mention

Fenced Photography
Jaden Rosenberger
Gold Key

Cotton Candy
Photography
Landen Rucinski
Teacher - Lisa Grunewald
Honorable Mention

Hidden in the Shadows
Photography
Landen Rucinski
Teacher - Lisa Grunewald
Gold Key

Stuck in a Dream
Photography
Landen Rucinski
Teacher - Lisa Grunewald
Gold Key

Till death do us apart
Photography
Landen Rucinski
Teacher - Lisa Grunewald
Gold Key

Entangle
Photography
Drake Smith
Teacher - Lisa Grunewald
Silver Key

Shelby Junior High School

Escape Photography
Troy Behl
Teacher - Stephanie Pary
Honorable Mention

My Escape
Photography
Brady Konwerski
Teacher - Stephanie Pary
Gold Key

Alone at the Edge of a Universe
Photography
Brody Kuszpit
Teacher - Stephanie Pary
Silver Key

Alone Photography
Mindy Muir
Teacher - Stephanie Pary
Silver Key

Gene L. Klida Utica Academy for International Studies

Self portrait
Drawing & Illustration
Elizabeth Shimmell
Honorable Mention

Shadows of Youth
Photography
Casandra Daher

Teacher - Maureen Cusenza Silver Key

Thoughts of Wonder
Photography
Casandra Daher
Teacher - Maureen Cusenza
Gold Key

Blue and Sentimental
Photography
Avery Tury
Maureen Cusenza
Silver Key