Three Students Receive Scholastic Art Awards

March 12, 2024

The Alliance for Young Artists & Writers honored three CDH students’ creative talents this year with the following awards. The students’ work was recognized by a panel of creative professionals as the most outstanding work submitted among high school peers. Since 1923, these awards have recognized some of America’s most celebrated artists and writers while they were teenagers, including: Tschabalala Self, Stephen King, Kay WalkingStick, Charles White, Joyce Carol Oates, and Andy Warhol.

These CDH students are now esteemed Scholastic Awards alumni:

Xinyue (Luna) Cui '26 (5 awards)
Award: Honorable Mention Award
Category: Drawing and Illustration
Title: "Repose"
Teacher: Suzanne Cranston

Award: Honorable Mention Award
Category: Drawing and Illustration
Title: "Loneliness"
Teacher: Suzanne Cranston

Award: Honorable Mention Award
Category: Drawing and Illustration
Title: "Waiting"
Teacher: Suzanne Cranston

Award: Honorable Mention Award
Category: Drawing and Illustration
Title: "The Pleasure of Houseplants"
Teacher: Suzanne Cranston

Award: Silver Key Award
Category: Drawing and Illustration
Title: "Homework Hour"
Teacher: Suzanne Cranston

Ghost Doyle '26
Award: Honorable Mention Award
Category: Painting
Title: "Goodbye"
Teacher: Suzanne Cranston

Delvin Tacheny '25
Award: Honorable Mention Award
Category: Drawing and Illustration
Title: "Little Friend"
Teacher: Suzanne Cranston