ALT Art & Writing Contest

ALT is pleased to announce the winners of the 2020 Art & Writing Contest! Two judging panels selected 18 winners from 170 entries submitted by local students, who were asked to draw or write about their favorite Aquidneck Island vista. The contest seeks to promote the value of a healthy environment and is sponsored by design/build firm Sixteen on Center. All entries may be seen in albums on our Facebook page.

Art winners
Kindergarten–Grade 4
Hyunsung Lee, first place (Pell Elementary School)
Nathaniel Morgan, second place (Melville Elementary School)
Joel Morgan, third place (Melville Elementary School)

Grades 5–8:
Agatha Howell, first place (Pennfield School)
Margaret Humphrey, second place (Pennfield School)
Erin Alphonse, third place (Portsmouth Middle School)

Grades 9–12:
Alivia Marshall, first place (Rogers High School)
Emma Bartlett, second place (Rogers High School)
Delaney Gouveia, third place (Rogers High School)

Writing winners
Kindergarten–Grade 4
Grace Dalton, first place (Pell Elementary School),
Caroline Whitlock, second place (St. Michael’s School)
Brayden Martin, third place (Melville Elementary School)

Grades 5–8:
South Fulweiler, first place (St. Michael’s School)
Charlotte Colby, second place (Pennfield School)
Mollyana Nuki, third place (St. Michael’s School)

Grades 9–12:
Travon Anderson, first place (Middletown High School)
Hiroto Bito, second place (Middletown High School)
Karla Costa, third place (Middletown High School)

Art Judges:
Norah Dietrich, Executive Director of the Newport Art Museum;
Erik Greenburg, Director of Museums at the Newport Restoration Foundation
Susan Woythaler, artist and musician
Jonathan Gewirz, ALT board member

Writing Judges:
Annie Sherman Luke, writer
Katherine Gagliano, principal, Amplify Marketing
Jonathan Gewirz, ALT board member

Winners will be acknowledged at the ALT Annual Meeting on February 4, 2021. Awards will be mailed to the students. The school of each first-place winner will receive a $500 grant to support their environmental science curriculum.

We thank our sponsor, Sixteen on Center, for their generosity and commitment to environmental education.