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Scholastic Art & Writing Award 2020

Each year, the Alliance partners with more than 100 visual arts and literary arts organizations across the country to bring the Scholastic Awards to local communities. Teens in grades 7–12 (ages 13 and up) apply in 29 categories of art and writing. Submissions are juried by luminaries in the visual and literary arts, some of whom are past award recipients. Panelists look for works that best exemplify originality, technical skill, and the emergence of a personal voice or vision.
Congratulations to all of Norwell’s winners!

HONORABLE MENTION
Olivia Bello (11) Drawing & Illustration
Elizabeth Hanna (12) Art Portfolio
Elizabeth Hanna (12) Drawing & Illustration
Christian Hudanich (11) Ceramics & Glass
Katherine Mullahy (9) Mixed Media
Norah Murphy (10) Sculpture
Mary Saich (10) Drawing & Illustration
Olivia Wu (9) Painting

SILVER
Molly Frattasio (12) Mixed Media
Elizabeth Hanna (12) Drawing & Illustration
Elizabeth Hanna (12) Painting
Katherine Mullahy (9) Mixed Media
Olivia Wu (9) Digital Art
Mary Saich (10) Drawing & Illustration

GOLD
Sidrah Fawzi (10) Painting
Elizabeth Hanna (12) Printmaking
Kenan Osmanagic (12) Digital Art
Mary Saich (10) Drawing & Illustration
Olivia Wu (9) Digital Art

WRITING AWARDS
Oliva Bello (11) Silver Key
Mary Schwarzer (12) Honorable Mention
Poetry Outloud 2020

Norwell’s Poetry Outloud competition was held January 28th and all of the presenters did an incredible job!
The finalists were:
Rose Hansen (1st place)
Chloe Lawrence (2nd place)
Olivia Bello
Christian Hudanich
Katie Johnson
Hannah Leff
Ashley Malone
Bridget Shaw
Small Ensemble Nights 2020
February Arts Events

6 NHS Small Ensemble Night I 7 pm
11 NHS Small Ensemble Night II 7 pm
13 Cole Variety Show NHS Auditorium
24 NSAS Community Meeting 7 pm The James Library
27 – 29 4WPs present The Insanity Of Mary Girard
27 & 28 4WPs present Will – directed by student Rose Hansen
29 METG High School Drama Festival
2020 James Library High School Art Exhibition Winners

The 2020 James Library High School Juried Art Exhibition, Sponsored by the Church Hillers of Norwell, held it opening reception on January 31st and announced the following winners. Congrats to all!!

The Exhibition will remain on display until February 28, 2020

Mary Grace Saich Serenity of Work 1st Place
Christian Hudanich Atteindre 2nd Place
Elizabeth Hanna Elizabeth 3rd Place
Hope Josti Professor Pineapple 4th Place

Lindsay Arons Empowered Honorable Mention
Micayla Aroyan Untitled Honorable Mention
Emma Burnham Window by the Sea Honorable Mention
Emma Campbell Scream in Orange Honorable Mention
Katie Mullahy Jaqueline Honorable Mention
Grace Quinn Metro Honorable Mention
Sophia Vandekamp Faces of Peru Honorable Mention
NHS 4th Wall Players Winter Plays

This year there will be two winter shows of one-act plays. They will both be presented in the auditorium (one before and one after intermission) on Thursday February 27 and Friday February 28 at 7:00 pm. Tickets are $10 ($5 for students and senior citizens).

The first show is Will, written by Lila Louise Nawrocki and directed by senior Rose Hansen . This is a lovely little play about Sarah whom we meet at 7 different stages of her life – at 70, 50, 30, 21, 16, 11 and 8. The 7 actors (who all play Sarah) are Anna Howie, Ashley Malone, Sharon Fitzpatrick, Carly Ryan, Chloe Lawrence, Bianca Anderson and Sophia Varekamp.

The second show is The Insanity Of Mary Girard, written by Lanie Robertson. The play is a story of a woman who was locked away by her husband in a lunatic asylum for the rest of her life after he discovered she was carrying another man’s child. Set in Philadelphia in 1790. Our cast includes Lauren Vanderwater, Hannah Zahr, Tim Borunov, Henri Mossiat, Brett Holland, Diana Cabell and Julia Hoitt.