We held the 2019-2020 Caffrey Welles Fine Arts Award even though students were out of the classroom due to the global pandemic. Despite these trying circumstances we received 17 projects and awarded $3,100 in prizes. The winners of the fine arts award are below:
First Place ($1,600): Poems For Poppop
The first place winner of the 2019-2020 Caffrey Welles Fine Arts Award was Lydia McFarlane for her collection of poems that she wrote for her grandfather. Her very moving poetry can be found here.
Second Place ($600): Global Pandemic Interviews
Sarah Newman won second place with her video documenting the reactions of current high school students to the global pandemic. Her video can be found here.
Third Place ($300): A New Life
Kelis Quiller won third place for her story “A New Life” about a father struggling with mental health issues. Her story can be found here.
Fourth Place ($200): I Saw A Tiger Parody
Will Block won fourth place for his parody music video of I Saw A Tiger. His video can be found here.
Fifth Place ($100): Online Photo Gallery
Ada Soriano won fifth place with her online photo gallery. Her photos can be found here.
Participation Awards ($25):
Earning unranked participation Awards for this year were Katrina Concepcion for her painting found here, Brooke Chapple for her collection of paintings found here, Emily Buraczewski for her online gallery found here, Twittany Van for her futuristic journal entry found here, Brooke Fisher for her story found here, Danielle Elias for her article on the crucible found here, Joe Day for his simulation of Iwo Jima found here, Samantha Ashford for her poem found here, Ashley Shorts for travel photography found here, Mastura Rakib for her self portrait found here, Blake Bynon for his article on baseball and softball found here and Christopher Kopiak for his online photo gallery found here.
Video Of the Virtual Awards Ceremony:
Meyers held a virtual awards ceremony this year and a recording of the awards ceremony is embedded above.
Donors Who Are Totally Awesome:
The Iseman Foundation is funded by awesome people who give their hard earned money to help encourage kids to start their journeys in science and technology and the arts. Thank you so much to everyone that continues to support getting kids interested in starting pursuits that they will explore for the rest of their lives!