17 St. Margaret’s Students Nominated for OC Artist of the Year

St. Margaret’s had 17 Upper School students nominated for the 2023 Artist of the Year by the Orange County Register, representing six different art disciplines.

 

The Tartans are among 721 high school students in Orange County nominated. A panel of arts educators will narrow down the list and choose semi-finalists to move on to a round of in-person interviews. The semi-finalists will be announced in April. The top Artist of the Year for each discipline and finalists in each specialty will be announced April 30.

St. Margaret’s is among 78 Orange County schools with students nominated in the OC artist of year program. You can read more about the program by clicking here.

 

Congratulations to all the St. Margaret’s nominees!

 

 

Ella Jia (world/cultural)
Ella Mack (commercial)

Ella Pintar (commercial)

Ashley Shanahan (commercial)

 

Riley Harrison (visual effects and editing)
Charlotte Quintanar (film directing)
Winston Verdult (cinematography)

 

Maddie Bendzick (musical theater performance)

Malcolm Matthew (musical theater performance

Giana Policicchio (musical theater performance)
Jake Reeves (acting)

Chloe Thompson (musical theater performance)

 

Alexandra Botuchis (strings)

 

Emely Ceballos (ceramics)

Kate D’Amaro (drawing)

 

Kevin Chou (photography)

Winston Verdult (photography)

Kaylynn Yang (photography)