Leilehua Teens Rack Up The National Art Medals
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When national winners of the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards were announced recently, Leilehua High School students were prominent among them.
Senior Geren Adolfo, who has earned 12 regional gold awards since his freshman year, claimed the national gold medal for his self-titled pencil drawing,Geren, which demonstrates his detailed rendering technique.
Leann Gutierrez won silver for her eight-photo portfolio with a unique interpretation of Alice In Wonderland.
Senior Brandon Maghanoy, who won a national silver medal for photography last year, adds a national gold medal and creativity and citizenship medals this year. His photo, Insecurity, sends a powerful message about how mass media can affect a teen’s self-image. Junior Naomi Pastor won a gold medal for her photo,Runway, as it portrays a high degree of motion and tension.
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Senior ToriLee Sato, who took home three gold keys and a silver key in regionals, earned two national silver medals for her photos, Veteran’s Day Parade and Tempest. Senior Bethany Teters won silver for her humorous take on a serious issue in her pencil drawing Global Warming. Sophomore Kayleigh Waters won silver by demonstrating her artistic potential in the pencil drawing Right Between the Eyes.
Art teachers Lawrence Taguba (drawing and painting) and Keith Sasada (photography) couldn’t be happier about their students’ achievements.
“Mr. Sasada and I are always proud of our students when they achieve this level of recognition because the sheer number of entries makes the honor relatively difficult to achieve,” Taguba said. “However, we believe the true significance of the award lies in the fact that every award winner inspires the students that follow.
“Art benefits students by providing them a way of understanding and expressing the world and our lives. Art completes a student by simultaneously speaking to our intellect, emotions, intuition, imagination, memory and physical senses.”
An awards ceremony will be held June 9 at Carnegie Hall in New York City for the awardees to accept their medals in person. The 2010 Leilehua awardees join a total of 30 National Art awards won by the school in the past nine years.
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