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Two Mahoning Valley teens won national honors in the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards.
Emily Bennett, 16, a junior at Lakeview High School won a silver medal for her painting “The Year Was 2020.” Erik Vargo, 18, a senior at Cardinal Mooney High School, won a silver medal for his photograph “Heartbreak on the Hardwood.”
Their entries were among 21 works that received gold keys in January out of more than 350 entries in the Northeastern Ohio Art Region, which covers students in grades 7 to 12 in Mahoning, Trumbull, Columbiana and Ashtabula counties.
Those gold key winners moved on to the national contest, where winners were announced last month in New York.
Two Mahoning Valley teens won national honors in the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards.
Erik Vargo, 18, a senior at Cardinal Mooney High School, won a silver medal for his photograph “Heartbreak on the Hardwood.” Emily Bennett, 16, a junior at Lakeview High School, won a silver medal for her painting “The Year Was 2020.”
Their entries were among 21 works that received gold keys in January out of more than 350 entries in the Northeastern Ohio Art Region, which covers students in grades 7 to 12 in Mahoning, Trumbull, Columbiana and Ashtabula counties.
Those gold key winners moved on to the national contest, where winners were announced last month in New York.