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LYME-OLD LYME — Five Lyme-Old Lyme High School students were recognized at this year’s Connecticut Scholastic Art Awards.
Senior Abby Patana deserves special recognition for receiving a Gold Key for her portfolio, Enveloped in Gold. She also earned a scholarship offer from the University of Hartford Art School worth $116,000 over four years, and her portfolio will go on to be juried at the national level.
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Senior Lea Wilson won a Silver Key in Printmaking and Honorable Mentions in both Portfolio and Comic Art, while Senior Kennedy McCormick earned two Honorable Mentions in Printmaking.
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In the competitive Drawing and Illustration category Junior Grace Phaneuf and Sophomore Aven Kellert both also won Honorable Mentions.
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Jurying was competitive, with only seven percent of juried work accepted for this year’s show.