Celebrate American Visions & Voices

From the Awards by haydilh

Did you catch the feature about the NYC Regional Exhibition on Hyperallergic Online? Click the link below to read more about New York City’s most creative teens, including Brianna Blue, a Brooklyn teen who won the Gold Medal Portfolio Award for her art portfolio.

Promising Teen Artists Get the Spotlight at the Metropolitan Museum

CELEBRATING OUR NYC AMERICAN VOICES & VISIONS NOMINEES!

Once again this year, the NYC regional program selected five students in art and writing as American Voices & Visions Nominees. These works were carefully selected as the most standout pieces in the region. All nominees were considered at the national level for American Voices & Visions Medals. The final medalists were honored in a star-studded National Ceremony!

Below are the amazing works from the NYC region that were nominated for American Voices & Visions Medals. Congratulations to all of our nominees! And congratulations to our two American Voices & Visions Medalists from New York City who were featured during the National Ceremony.

Tiffany Zheng, Making Zòngzi on the Balcony, Personal Essay & Memoir. Grade 10, Hunter College High School, New York, NY. Derek Kulnis, Educator. Gold Key, American Voices Medal

PREVIEWING OUR AMERICAN VISIONS NOMINEES

1. Fanta Diop, Say Their Names, Photography. Grade 12, Notre Dame High School, New York, NY. Bianca Farrow, Educator. Gold Key, American Visions Nominee
2. Montana Lee, Karenography (A Vestige of Bygone Privilege), Expanded Projects. Grade 12, The Bronx High School of Science, Bronx, NY. Wook Choi, Educator. Gold Key, American Visions Nominee
3. Ashley Virgo, Eyes on the Road, Painting. Grade 10, Bayside High School, Queens, NY. Sangah Jung, Educator. Gold Key, American Visions Award
4. Roberto Quesada, High School Admissions in NYC: The Black and Latinx Perspective, Drawing & Illustration. Grade 10. Brooklyn Technical High School, Brooklyn, NY. Laura Blau, Educator. Gold Key, American Visions Nominee
5. Thisbe Wu, Jazz, Drawing & Illustration. Grade 11, Saint Ann’s School, Brooklyn, NY. Angelo Bellfatto, Educator. Gold Key, American Visions Nominee

PREVIEWING OUR AMERICAN VOICES NOMINEES

1. Michelle Seucan, Activist Lorena Borjas: The Transgender Queen of Queens Dies of Covid-19 Complications, Journalism, Grade 11. Staten Island Technical High School, Staten Island, NY. Lisbett Rodriguez, Educator. Gold Key, American Voices Nominee
2. Lilly Sabella, Sleepover, Short Story, Grade 12. Baccalaureate School for Global Education, Queens, NY. Lisbett Rodriguez, Educator. Gold Key, American Voices Nominee
3. Amanda Martinez, Glimpsing Daybreak’s Crumble, Poetry, Grade 11. Townsend Harris High School, Queens, NY. Christine Duffy, Educator. Gold Key, American Voices Nominee
4. Vishnu Bharathram, Do You See the Story?: A Crisis of Language in Heart of Darkness, Critical Essay, Grade 12. Riverdale Country School, Bronx, NY. Kent Kildahl, Educator. Gold Key, American Voices Nominee

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