STUDENT CREATIVITY SHINES AT ART & JAZZ SHOWCASE

On April 24, Greenhills transformed into an awe-inspiring art exhibit and performance space for the annual Art & Jazz Showcase, which celebrated the creative work of our talented young artists and musicians. More than 30 students received recognition for their creative talents, with awards handed out to artists from across all grades in the categories of 2-D art, 3-D art, photography, ceramics, sculpture, and painting. The event also shined a spotlight on the 2024 McDowell Writing Award recipients by giving them the opportunity to read their winning submissions in front of a library filled with their families, friends, and teachers.

ART AWARD PLACEMENTS

Best of Show
Gigi Hauptman ’27 (Ceramics)

2-D Art
Sixth Grade

• 1st Place: Saanvika Nichani (Kandinsky Painting)
• 2nd Place: Albert Dang (Issue Based Poster)
• 3rd Place: Amelia Lou (Issue Based Poster)

Seventh Grade

• 1st Place: Janelle Liu (Triptych)
• 2nd Place: Sehei Matham (As Design)
• 3rd Place: Caroline Caverly (Triptych)

Eighth Grade

• 1st Place: Linnea Bengston (Bosan Korea)
• 2nd Place: Enan Shihadeh (The Woman)
• 3rd Place: Elizabeth Kamara (Untitled)

Upper School

• 1st Place: Aoife Tang ’26 (Disaster)
• 2nd Place: Ella Liu ’24 (Anatomy of Flight)
• 3rd Place: Claire Redman ’27 (Day Dream)

3-D Art

Sixth Grade

• 1st Place: Lily Kim (Japanese Shadow Puppet)
• 2nd Place: Claire Yu (Alebrije Sculpture)
• 3rd Place: Kelvin Jai (Jewelry Project)

Seventh Grade

• 1st Place: Renia Singer (Pottery)
• 2nd Place: Nora Handigue (Dolphin & Shell Bracelet)
• 3rd Place: Alexa Birchler (Action Figure Sculpture)

Eighth Grade

• 1st Place: Veda Patel (Perfect—Just Like You)
• 2nd Place: Tatum Shoemaker (Ursula G)
• 3rd Place: Kendall Farris & Abha Saad (Puppet Set Collaboration Design)

Photography

• 1st Place: Nandan Narayanan ’26 (Self Portrait)
• 2nd Place: Tristan Frasetto ’27 (Double Exposure)
• 3rd Place: Eder Tijero ’27 (Cars & Coffee)

Ceramics

• 1st Place: Aoife Tang ’26 (Sunrise)
• 2nd Place: Anjan Singer ’24 (Glaze)
• 3rd Place: Nathan Fournier ’25 (Melt)

Sculpture

• 1st Place: Vincent Garcia ’26 (Blue Jay)
• 2nd Place: Lilith Moellering ’24 (Dragon)
• 3rd Place: Caterina DaSilva ’26 (Lion)

MCDOWELL WRITING AWARD RECIPIENTS

Essay  
Ava Englesbe ’24 (Progress, an Interaction Between Age and Chaos)

Journalism

Ajay Purohit ’26 (Trump, Tarquin, and Democracy)

Fiction

• 6th Grade: Eden Gerber (The Thing Bugging the Binders)
• 7th–8th Grade: Nathan Mei ’29 (It’s a Small World)
• 9th–12th Grade: Kabir Sankaran Rajendra ’25 (Prakriti & Vikruti)

Poetry

• 6th Grade: Reese Hubbard (Poems)
• 7th–8th Grade: Helena Levchenko ’28 (Poetry)
• 9th–12th Grade: Grace Liu ’25 (Poetry)