Day: March 3, 2016

Manchester Essex Regional High School junior Emily Parker has been named Grand Prize Award Winner for her artwork “Unraveled” in this year’s 6th Congressional District High School Art Competition. The awards will be presented Saturday, March 5, 3:30 – 5 p.m. by U.S. Representative Seth Moulin at Montserrat College of Art’s 301 Gallery, 301 Cabot Street, Beverly, MA. The exhibit will be open to the public: Thursday, March 3, 11:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. & 3 – 6 p.m. and Friday, March 4, 11:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. & 3:30 – 6 p.m. at the 301 Gallery, 301 Cabot Street, Beverly. www.montserrat.edu/congressional-art-show

This marks the 22nd year that Montserrat has hosted this competition. The exhibit included 140 pieces from 30 different high schools and one home-schooled submission. The competition was open to high school students from public and private schools within the 6th District of Massachusetts, as well as high school students home-schooled within the district. The exhibition was juried by Judy Schmid, artist, designer, Montserrat College of Art Trustee, Lynn Schmid, fashion designer, art collector and Leon Doucette, Curatorial Assistant, Cape Ann Museum.

The award winners are as follows:

GRAND PRIZE
Emily Parker, “Unraveled” Manchester Essex Regional High School, Grade 11

FIRST PRIZE
Alyssa Schadhauser, “One of Us” Peabody Veterans Memorial High School, Grade 12

SECOND PRIZE
Vincenzo Dimino, “Newsworthy” Gloucester High School, Grade 12

THIRD PRIZE
Tyler Hughes, “Morning Routine” St. John’s Preparatory School, Grade 11

HONORABLE MENTIONS

Stephanie O’Neill, “Organic” Burlington High School, Grade 12
Julian Vye, “Angel” Landmark School, Grade 11
Kiley Choi, “The Map to Love” Lynnfield High School, Grade 12
Julissa Morales, “Spring Into It” Lynn English High School, Grade 11
Sophie Adams, “Mushroom Cloud” Masconomet Regional High School, Grade 12
Aleksa Wilk, “Rowboats in Oguinquit, Maine” North Reading High School, Grade 10
Natalie Krowitz, “Kitchen Window” Reading Memorial High School, Grade 12
George Furlong, “Quality Market” St. John’s Preparatory School, Grade 12
May Ganzenmuller, “The Waterbug’s Afterlife” Triton Regional High School, Grade 10

BEST OF SCHOOLS

Amesbury High School – Jane Grogan, Grade 12, “A Day’s Work”|
Andover High School – Teresa Dell’Anno, Grade 11, “Untitled”
Beverly High School – Sophia Hautala, Grade 11 “L’Echo de la Danseuse”
Billerica Memorial High School – Kayla Livingston, Grade 11, “One with Nature”
Bishop Fenwick High School – Megan Smilikis, Grade 12, “Plum Island House”
Burlington High School – Alegria Paez, Grade 12, “In My Room”
Danvers High School – Sadie Hofmeester, Grade 11, “Beached”
Hamilton-Wenham High School – Colin Cavanaugh, Grade 12, “238,900 Miles”
Homeschool – Emily Fabre, Grade 10, “From the Shadows”
Ipswich High School – Jack Bryce Homans, Grade 11, “Hidden Talent”
Landmark School – Kat Green, Grade 11, self portrait
Lynn English High School – Sarah Gilberg, Grade 11, “Neat Sneaks”
Lynnfield High School – Jakub Jablonka, Grade 12, “By Any Means Necessary”
Marblehead High School – Annabelle Walsh, Grade 11, “Ajak”
Masconomet Regional High School – Ella O’Connor, Grade 11, “Rope”Nazareth Academy – Jenny Huang, Grade 10, “Little Brother in China”
Newburyport High School – Caroline Crowley & Lauren Sirek, Grade 11, “Lauren Joiners”
North Andover High School – Vivian Gaul, Grade 11, “Band of Brothers Poster”
North Reading            – Thomas Wuorinen, Grade 11, “Drowning in the Moonlight”
Philips Academy – Serena X. Ren, Grade 10, “Self Portrait”
Pingree School – Jadakyz Lopez, Grade 11, “Untitled”
Saugus High School – Julia Frizzi, Grade 11, “Shiganshina”
Sparhawk High School – Christina Gemmell, Grade 11, “Tomas”
St. Mary’s High School – Thatiana Davidson, “Stroll of Wonders”
Triton Regional High School – Marissa Farago, Grade 11, “The Last of the Leaves”
Waring School – Emma Garthwaite, Grade 11, “Four Friends in Blind Countours”

Each winner will be presented with a citation from Congressman Moulton and varying levels of scholarships to Montserrat’s Summer Pre-College Program (www.montserrat.edu/pre-college/). Emily Parker‘s grand prize winning piece will be sent to Washington, DC where it will hang in the Capitol building for one year along with winners from other Congressional districts across the country. A ceremony to congratulate all the winners will be held in Washington, DC in June.

For more information, visit www.montserrat.edu/congressional-art-show or contact Jo Broderick at jo.broderick@montserrat.edu or 978-867-9613.

Montserrat College of Art is a private, residential college of visual art and design, founded in 1970, by artists, for artists, educating the creative problem solvers of tomorrow. The college offers the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, continuing education classes and four galleries exhibiting works by international, national and regional contemporary artists, intended to offer art education beyond the Montserrat classrooms through a series of public lectures, gallery talks, catalogs and events.  Visit us www.montserrat.edu for more details.

Here’s Kay Ellis last August preparing to cast a line from the Thomas E Lannon after she escorted the visiting schooner Columbia into Gloucester Harbor. Kay will be so sorely missed by the entire Gloucester community. It was a privilege to have known her.  Deepest condolences to Tom, the whole Ellis family and all of Kay’s many friends and those whose lives she has touched.

Almost a month away! For More Info- 2016 Farm Bar and Grille/ GMG Bikini Speedo Dodgeball Tournament

ITS BACK… just a few details to start. More will be posted as we get closer to game day. Registration is now open:

Email ftgwynne@gmail.com to have a registration form sent to you.

We will play through snow or light rain, but in the event of extreme weather there is a makeup date the next weekend. This is a double elimination team tournament, each team will have 5 players with a minimum of 2 women per team. We will be using basic team dodge ball rules with a few modifications for the outdoors and teams of 5.

Video of the 2012 event:

Video 2013 event:
http://www.vimeo.com/121358838

How do our local feminists feel about this?