ALT Art & Writing Contest

ALT is pleased to announce the winners of the 2021 Art & Writing Contest! Two judging panels selected 25 winners from 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.

Information on the 2022 Art & Writing Contest will be posted here in September.

Art winners
K–grade 4
Gabrielle Silvia, first place (Melville Elementary School)
Cohen Clarkson, second place (All Saints Academy)
Noah Adams, third place (Hathaway Elementary School)
Caitrin McCoy, honorable mention (Melville Elementary School)
Zoe Kutsaftis, honorable mention (All Saints Academy)

Grades 5-8
Hannah Lee, first place (The Pennfield School)
Allison Schlesinger, second place (Portsmouth Middle School)
Willow Foregger, third place (The Pennfield School)
Brody Cimaglia, honorable mention (The Pennfield School)
Timothée Delaveau, honorable mention (Gaudet Middle School)

Grades 9-12
Grace Van Petten, first place (Portsmouth High School)
Clara Alcolea, second place (Portsmouth High School)
Tatum Horley, third place (Portsmouth High School)
Zoe Vaspol, honorable mention (Portsmouth High School)

Writing winners
K-grade 4
Linnea Ready, first place (Melville Elementary School)
Evelyn Munji, second place (Melville Elementary School)
Mia Gilling, third place (Melville Elementary School)
Abrahm Aubuchon, honorable mention (Melville Elementary School)
Liam DeArruda, honorable mention (Melville Elementary School)

Grades 5-8
Daisy Bistline, first place (The Pennfield School)
Adam Conheeny, second place (The Pennfield School)
Mia Gilling, third place (Portsmouth resident).

Grades 9-12
Chloe Christy, first place (Middletown High School)
Margaret MacKechnie, second place (Middletown High School)
Caitlin Brett, 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 receive cash prizes and a household membership to ALT. The schools of each first-place winner receive a grant to support their environmental science curricula.