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Sophomore Ryker Dang's landscape piece of a lake, featured as the September art calendar drawing

Westford Academy announces winning artwork for the 2025 art calendar

Diya Patel, Staff Writer Nov 22, 2024

Westford Academy faculty members have selected student artwork to present in the annual art calendar. These art calendars will be sold at the Holiday Bazaar on December 7, 2024. This year, out of 50 entries submitted, 14 students had their pieces chosen for the calendar. The winning students for the...

Senior Ivy Howard works on a drawing after school during art club.

Senior Ivy Howard draws two winning spots in the WA art calendar

Kate Kelly, Staff Writer Nov 22, 2022

Twelve hours. Graphite-covered hands blend the rough image of a dog. A dark shadow contrasting the bright and flowing water beneath it. A pearly white grin, locks of fur, and big floppy ears all sketched by the same artist. Twelve hours, creating a piece soon to be in houses across town.  Senior...

The art calendar's front cover piece of Senior Ivy Howard's dog Tucker.

Student artwork chosen for display in WA art calendar

Jackie Clay, Staff Writer Nov 20, 2022

Students from full-year art classes submitted their final pieces to be voted on by teachers for what will be included in the calendar and the winners were chosen on Friday, Oct. 21. The votes were tabulated and 13 students were chosen to have their works displayed.   The art piece for...

Hana Usmani's front cover piece.

WA Art Calendar creates nostalgia

Srinithi Raj, Co-Editor-in-Chief Oct 31, 2021

Every year, the Westford Academy Art Club curates 14 student artworks to adorn the club’s yearly calendar. This year’s artists were recently named, including students from grades ten to twelve, with junior Hana Usmani’s work on the cover. Art teacher Kelly Lampert cites how this year’s calendar...

Olivia Swaida's entry for the Art Calendar of 2020.

Westford Academy presents the winning artwork of the 2020 calendar

Ivy Howard, Staff Writer Nov 12, 2019

Students have worked for their entries for the 2020 Art Calendar at Westford Academy. Fourteen students, out of eighty participating in the competition, had their entries chosen to be displayed for the art calendar contest. Members of the faculty visited the flag lobby, where the artwork was exhibited,...

Junior Julia Lepoer at WA, has been chosen for their drawing to represent the front cover for the 2019 calendar.

2019 Calendar Art Gallery

Lyndsay Duato, Staff Writer Nov 13, 2018

14 winners were chosen for the new 2019 Westford Academy calendar! There are 12, one for each month of the year, and two for the front and back covers.

Sequeira's award-winning drawing

Chaffiotte and Sequeira win national silver medals for their artwork

Tony Yacavone, Staff writer Apr 2, 2018

The 2018 National Medalists of Scholastic Art and Writing Awards were recently announced. Judged against other pieces of work made by people across the country, two WA students took home silver medals for their artwork. Senior Caroline Chaffiotte and Sophomore Audrey Sequeira both won awards, Chaffiotte...

Hill and Sequeira Take Home Art Calendar Wins

Hill and Sequeira Take Home Art Calendar Wins

Oliver Davey, Staff Writer Oct 20, 2017

  Over seventy pieces of art tok over the Flag Lobby at Westford Academy in October. This means the art calendar is back, an art competition that has been taking place at WA since the 1983-1984 school year. Fourteen pieces were voted by faculty and staff to represent WA in the art calendar....

Shaughnessey draws her way to nationals

Shaughnessey draws her way to nationals

Varshini Ramanathan, Staff Writer Mar 30, 2016

Westford Academy senior Kate Shaughnessey received a silver medal in the 2015 Scholastic Art and Writing Awards presented by the nonprofit organization Alliance for Young Artists and Writers, placing her in the top 1% of student artists across the country. Out of 320,000 applicants, Shaughnessey was...