LHS, SRM Students Named Scholastic Art Winners

  • Posted January 30, 2026

Twenty-seven Liverpool High School students and three Soule Road Middle students recently were honored as part of the 2026 CNY Scholastic Art Awards program. The annual competition recognizes the achievements of hundreds of students throughout 14 Central New York counties.

In all, the students earned 14 Gold Key Awards, 8 Silver Key Awards, and 24 Honorable Mentions. Earning honors were:

  • LHS Senior Mason Dinneen: Gold Key - Photography (Leadership); Gold Key - Photography (waterboarded shot), Honorable Mention - Portfolio Category Art (Life in Italy), Honorable Mention - Photography (shooter shot), Honorable Mention - Photography (speeding by)
  • LHS junior Hailey Ross: Gold Key - Photography (Forgotten), Gold Key - Photography (Gateway to Solitude), Gold Key - Photography (Head in the Clouds), Silver Key - Photography (Celestial), Silver Key - Photography (Clematis), Honorable Mention - Experimental Photography (Brewing Storm), Honorable Mention - Experimental Photography (Fair Daze), Honorable Mention - Photography (Buttonbush)
  • LHS sophomore Caprice Smith:  Gold Key - Experimental Photography (Framed)
  • LHS sophomore Casper Miller: Gold Key - Digital Painting, Drawing & Collage (Beabadoobee Water Color Portrait), Silver Key - Digital Painting, Drawing & Collage (Werewolf Howling), Honorable Mention - Digital Painting, Drawing & Collage (Forbiden Fruit), Honorable Mention - Digital Painting, Drawing & Collage (Zombie Evolution)
  • LHS junior Alfred Ni:  Gold Key - Digital Painting, Drawing & Collage (Tyler Jacobson - Realism Project)
  • LHS sophomore Zoe Putrelo: Gold Key - Digital Painting, Drawing & Collage (Lily Watercolor Portrait)
  • LHS junior Kaylie Vang: Gold Key - Digital Painting, Drawing & Collage (Bygone Warrior), Gold Key - Digital Painting, Drawing & Collage (Loish Painting)
  • LHS sophomore Addison Rancier: Gold Key - Drawing (Chaos, Contained)
  • LHS senior Eva Spoto: Gold Key- Drawing (Keys to Life)
  • LHS freshman Mikayla Walker: Gold Key - Mixed Media (The Majestic Oak at Golden Hour)
  • LHS junior Landon Bunyea: Silver Key - Photography (In the Heat of the Moment)
  • LHS freshman Fatima Almagrabi: Silver Key - Mixed Media (Dusk’s Embrace Over Bloomed Boundaries)
  • LHS freshman Madelyn Neumire: Silver Key - Mixed Media (Snow Mountains and The Aurora)
  • LHS senior Donovan Niedzwiecki: Silver Key - Mixed Media (Leaving a Mark)
  • SRM eighth-grader Riley Hoffman: Silver Key - Mixed Media (Fly High)
  • LHS senior Korrina Fallon: Honorable Mention - Photography (Mysterious Mourning), Honorable Mention - Photography (Wannabe Rockstar)
  • LHS sophomore Tariq Brown: Honorable Mention - Digital Painting, Drawing & Collage (watercolor)
  • LHS sophomore Aryana Bolduc-Cruz: Honorable Mention - Digital Painting, Drawing & Collage (Billie Eilish Watercolor Portrait)
  • LHS senior Trista DeMaio: Honorable Mention - Digital Painting, Drawing & Collage (Watercolor Portrait)
  • LHS senior Nikita Holmes: Honorable Mention - Comic Art (A Fallen Angel), Honorable Mention - Digital Painting, Drawing & Collage (Lady Sketchbook)
  • LHS senior William Lewis: Honorable Mention - Digital Painting, Drawing & Collage (d.cat)
  • LHS sophomore Marshall Losito: Honorable Mention – Illustration (“I’m not a violent dog. I don’t know why I bite.”)
  • LHS freshman Aa’vyonna Scott: Honorable Mention - Illustration (Lady with an awesome sword)
  • LHS sophomore Kylie Legare: Honorable Mention - Drawing (Mylar balloon)
  • LHS senior Angela Liotta: Honorable Mention - Mixed Media (The View From Here)
  • LHS junior Nadine Mikhael: Honorable Mention - Mixed Media (The Pharaohs Horizon)
  • LHS sophomore Natalie Thompson: Honorable Mention - Mixed Media (Joyfully Jumping in the Leaves)
  • SRM eighth-grader Hasenat Hatef: Honorable Mention - Mixed Media (Poe Forever Nevermore)
  • SRM eighth-grader Isla Stansfield: Honorable Mention - Mixed Media (The Space within Myself)

In addition, Liverpool High School Art Teacher Jennifer Matott was presented with the Scholastic Art Teacher Recognition Award, honoring her for her dedication to the Scholastic Art Program and the inspiration she gives to all those affected by her teaching.

More than 5,000 pieces were submitted for consideration during this year’s Scholastic Art Awards. About 1,487 were selected for display through the end of February at the Whitney Applied Technology Center at Onondaga Community College.