祝贺 布里安娜·关，23岁 谁赢了两个? 学术艺术奖项 for ceramics, a Gold Key Award for “混乱的” and a Silver Key for “Washed.”

博彩网站排名奖项

学术艺术 & 写作奖 are the nation’s oldest recognition program for students in Grades 7-12. 学生 are honored at recognition ceremonies and their work is exhibited regionally. Gold Key entries are automatically considered for national awards, 包括金牌, 银牌 with Distinction, 银牌, 以及奖学金.

Creating “混乱的” and “洗”

In seventh grade, Kwan took Yonghwi金’s P’22 Hand Building 陶瓷 class. As a ninth grader, she joined the 陶瓷 Club where she first learned how to wheel throw. Because of COVID restrictions, “the next time I touched the wheel was second semester in junior year in Mr. Kim’s Wheel Throwing class.“关, 一位高级, is now taking an independent study with Kim in which she studies East Asian Stoneware. 

“Whenever I’m on the wheel, I feel like I have no other worries.”

“Whenever I’m on the wheel,关说。, “I feel like I have no other worries, and the only thing I have to think about is making the piece I am making. The best part is seeing a piece come out of the kiln after glazing to see the final result of throwing, 修剪, 给这块上釉. The most challenging part is coming up with a new pattern or design to glaze a piece with. I like for every one of my pieces to be unique in design so after a while, it becomes difficult to think of new patterns.” 

“混乱的”

“‘纠缠,’”Kwan解释道。, “is a piece I threw in my Wheel Throwing class last year and glazed this year. I just wanted to venture out to new bodies other than the usual vase and bowls and Mr. Kim suggested making a lidded piece so I said why not. He guided me through making the lip of the body and the process in making a lid that fit snugly. I was going for a nature theme in this piece and, 让它不那么简单, I decided to go with an ombre aqua glaze. It was also my first time working with glaze wax, which is what I made the vine pattern with, and it is a material I will probably use in the future.” 

“洗”

博彩网站排名“洗,关说。, “I always had the aspiration of creating a vase with a thin neck because it seemed like a challenge I could only ever see as the work of other people on displays. There is a lot of skill required to make sure the piece doesn’t collapse, 不会太厚, and uniform throughout the whole piece. 在先生的帮助下. Kim in my independent study, it took me three tries to finally achieve what is now ‘Washed.’”

“I was pretty ecstatic to be winning two awards with one of them being a Gold Key,关说。 about the honors. She had submitted writing entries in the past, but “only browsed the previous winners for all the categories and the 陶瓷 & Glass section struck me because there were so many intricate designs all made from clay!现在她说, “Little did I know that I would become a part of art award winners and possibly inspire other ceramicists to submit to the Scholastic 奖. The best part was telling Mr. Kim and sharing the excitement with him because none of this would be possible without him.”

“I was thrilled to hear that Brianna won two prizes in the competition,” Kim said. “I believe it is the result of her hard work and artistic talent. Always taking on new challenges with enthusiasm and an open mind, she is a student with a clear sense of purpose and a hard-working attitude. She always knows what she wants to make and why she wants to make it, and she enjoys planning out every step of the way. In other words, she is a student with well-formed artistic basics. Her artistic temperament and skills have influenced many students and contributed to the positive effects of our ceramics program.”

展望未来

“I definitely want to continue in the arts at Penn,关说。. “I have hopes of starting a 陶瓷 Club at Penn and mentoring interested students to share the art of wheel throwing. I am also going to continue another form of art—martial arts at Penn and join the Club Taekwondo Team.”

There will be a New York City Scholastic 奖 Regional Gold Key Exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art with an Opening Reception on Friday, 3月24日, 2023, 下午6时至8时. The exhibit will be on view until May 21.