Student Artists Celebrated

Northfield Mount Hermon students once again had a strong showing in the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers’ Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, a nonprofit that “identifies and supports the next generation of creative voices.” 

In this year’s competition, NMH students won 12 Gold Keys and 23 Silver Keys, along with many Honorable Mentions, in the regional competition, which includes Massachusetts.

Regional Gold Key winners advance to the national competition, where, this year, NMH students earned one Gold Medal and four Silver Medals.

“There is so much talent in our student population,” said Mona Seno, visual arts teacher. “While some of the pieces were made in our classes, many were created outside of class and during the summer. It’s so exciting to see the student work formerly unbeknownst to us, and I’m grateful every year that the students are willing to share their work with the community.”

In 2025, nearly 110,000 teens from the United States and Canada entered more than 310,000 original works in the competition, across 28 categories of art and writing.

This year’s NMH winners were:

• Yu Chun Chen ’26: national Silver Medal, two Gold Keys, four Silver Keys
• Arabella Chong ’27: Silver Key
• Bonnie He ’27: national Silver Medal, six Gold Keys, three Silver Keys 
• Grace Huang ’26: Silver Key
• Dain Im ’28: Silver Key
• Bess King-Pollet ’27: Silver Key
• Hanjun Lee ’29: Silver Key
• Allen Liu ’28: two national Silver Medals, two Gold Keys, Silver Key 
• Jimmy Lui ’29: three Silver Keys
• Benjamin Rosenthal ’27: Gold Key
• Junewon Suh ’27: two Silver Keys
• Ysabelle Sun ’28: Silver Key
• Minxian Tang ’26: two Silver Keys
• Katherine Yao ’27: Silver Key
• David Zhang ’27: national Gold Medal, Gold Key, Silver Key