Ensworth Students Earn Top Regional Honors in Visual and Literary Arts

Ensworth students have once again earned regional recognition for their creativity, skill, and artistic voice through honors from both the Middle Tennessee Regional Student Art Exhibition (MTRSAE) and the Middle Tennessee Scholastic Art Awards.

Spanning grades 6–12 and representing a wide range of disciplines from photography, sculpture, writing, and drawing to film, animation, ceramics, mixed media, and computer graphics, these students were selected for distinction among thousands of entries from across the region. Their work stood out not only for technical excellence but for originality, storytelling, and depth of expression.

At MTRSAE, Ensworth artists captured multiple 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Place awards, as well as special recognitions such as Best of Video and Best of Photography. In the Scholastic Art Awards, students earned Gold and Silver distinctions along with Scholastic recognitions, demonstrating a consistent level of excellence across both highly competitive programs.

These honors reflect the strength of Ensworth’s visual and literary arts program and the thoughtful mentorship of faculty members who guide students as they explore, experiment, and refine their artistic voices. From middle school sculptors and mixed media artists to high school photographers and filmmakers, the breadth of mediums represented showcases a vibrant and thriving arts community.

Each of these students has demonstrated dedication to their craft and a willingness to take creative risks, qualities that are celebrated through both of these prestigious regional exhibitions.

We are proud to recognize and celebrate the following students for their outstanding achievements:

Jeremiah Easley ’27

• Love Nature — Scholastics Honorable Mention (Illustration)
• Typical Morning — Scholastics Honorable Mention (Illustration)

Lela George ’26

• Pavor (n.) — Scholastics Honorable Mention (Drawing)

Thao Le ’27

• Breaking Free — Scholastics Honorable Mention (Drawing)

Mia McDermott ’26

• Skelescraper — Scholastics Honorable Mention (Illustration)
• Medusa — Scholastics Honorable Mention (Painting)

Sofia Shah ’28

• The Return of the Sentient Hole Punchers — Scholastics Honorable Mention (Drawing)
• Lucidity — Scholastics Gold (Drawing)

Max Brooker ’28

• Under Water — Scholastics Silver (Photography)

CJ Cavolo ’26

• A Prisoner of My Own Conviction — MTRSAE 1st Place, Video/DVD Production
• Prisoner of My Own Conviction — Scholastics Silver (Film & Animation)

Gabriel Dean ’26

• I Think I Love You — MTRSAE Best of Video
• I Think I Love You… — Scholastics Silver (Film & Animation)

Matthew DeCamillo ’26

• Mt. Yotei — Scholastics Honorable Mention (Photography)

Liv Garrett ’28

• The Eye of Reality — MTRSAE 1st Place, Computer Graphics

Isaiah Hasselbeck ’28

• Man In The Shadows — MTRSAE 1st Place, Photography
• Man In The Shadows — Scholastics Gold (Photography)

Andrew Hogan ’26

• Untitled — MTRSAE 1st Place, Photography

Sampson Neyman ’26

• Poker Face — Scholastics Honorable Mention (Experimental Photography)

Luke Richards ’26

• Get Ready — Scholastics Honorable Mention (Film & Animation)

Sarah Turcotte ’28

• Paris — MTRSAE 2nd Place, Photography
• The Woman — Scholastics Honorable Mention (Photography)
• Threshold — Scholastics Honorable Mention (Photography)
• Accordian — Scholastics Honorable Mention (Photography)

Rosemary Bates-Black ’32

• Ray O’Connor — MTRSAE 3rd Place, Sculpture

Willie Belott ’30

• Cortado and Croissant — MTRSAE Honorable Mention, Sculpture

James Berry ’32

• Raptor — MTRSAE 3rd Place, Drawing

Harper Chambless ’30

• Unfazed — MTRSAE 3rd Place, Drawing

Miles Damp ’30

• Mabel — MTRSAE 1st Place, Sculpture
• Mabel — Scholastics Silver (Sculpture)

Sadie Flack ’32

• The Calm Below — MTRSAE 2nd Place, Sculpture

Leo Guekikian ’32

• The Quiet Leap — MTRSAE 3rd Place, Mixed Media

Zigi Haun ’30

• Serenity — MTRSAE 1st Place, Drawing

Nino Johnson ’32

• The Hunger — MTRSAE 2nd Place, Mixed Media

Kennedy King ’32

• Epic Game of Gotcha — MTRSAE 1st Place, Mixed Media

Jay Looper ’27

• Heart of the Storm — MTRSAE 1st Place, Sculpture
  Heart of the Storm — Scholastics Silver (Sculpture)
• Nature’s Possibilities — Scholastics Honorable Mention (Sculpture)

Syon Mathur ’30

• The Epitome of Boundary Waters — MTRSAE 3rd Place, Sculpture
• The Epitome of Boundary Waters — Scholastics Gold (Sculpture)

Emma Stearns ’32

• Dusty — MTRSAE 1st Place, Sculpture

Caroline Cox ’28

• Nostalgia — MTRSAE Honorable Mention, Photography

Evie Denbo ’26

• Seeing Double — MTRSAE Best of Photography
• Seeing Double — Scholastics Honorable Mention

Coco Dixon ’28

• Against the Vertical — Scholastics Gold (Ceramics & Glass)

Julia Grace Linn ’26

• The Thinker — MTRSAE Honorable Mention, Sculpture
• The Thinker — Scholastics Silver (Sculpture)

Cooper Lucy ’27

• Dwindling Beauty — Scholastics Honorable Mention (Sculpture)
• You Are What You Eat — Scholastics Gold (Sculpture)

Atia Mansouri ’29

• Flight of the Bishop — MTRSAE 2nd Place, Ceramics

MollyKate Orr ’29

• Burning Hours — MTRSAE 2nd Place, Photography

Henry Peck ’27

• Three Flavors — Scholastics Silver (Photography)

Duncan Rademacher ’27

• The Devil’s Pull — Scholastics Honorable Mention (Photography)

Helen Rich ’27

• The Reach Beyond Reason — Scholastics Honorable Mention (Photography)

Sutton Korn '27

• A Dozen Roses for Madeline — Scholastic Gold Key (Short Story)
• Walking Around — Scholastic Honorable Mention (Poem)

Alana Wells '26

• More than An Orange Ball — Scholastic Gold (Poem)
• Trying to Belong — Scholastic Honorable Mention (Poem)