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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....

Senior wins national art award

Senior wins national art award

Emily Turcott, Staff Writer Apr 5, 2017

Senior Olivia Overington of Westford Academy recently won a Silver Medal in the 2017 Scholastic Art Awards National Art Competition . The art piece she submitted was a drawing of two swings at a playground at Jack Walsh field, one of many parks in Westford. "We had to go take a photograph of what...

Senior Artists Replicate Monet’s Work

Elsa Heil and Skye Berry-Tucker May 17, 2016

After days of hard work and dedication two seniors, Britt Sodersjerna and Madeline Mortensen exhibit their final piece of art that will leave a long lasting impression on Westford Academy. They spent a week planning the replica mural and at last the idea came to them while brainstorming at Starbucks. "A...

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...

Katherine Long's drawing for the Westford Academy Calendar of 2016.

Westford Academy reveals 2016 art calendar

Niha Kaushik, Staff Writer Nov 16, 2015

After hours spent perfecting their black-and-white pencil drawings, all the students of full-year art classes, such as Advanced Art Honors, were given the chance to create a drawing for the Westford Academy Calendar of 2016. There are 105 intricate drawings displayed in the flag lobby, and out of those,...

Kelly Fitzsimmons

WA alumna Fitzsimmons returns to teach

Sep 12, 2014

By Maddie Jenkins Staff Writer Kelly Fitzsimmons, a new teacher at Westford Academy, will be teaching Fine Arts. She grew up in Westford and went to high school here with the teachers that are now her mentors. She loves children, her past jobs were all about teaching, and is passionate about...

Cote crafts Gold Key winner

Apr 9, 2014
WA junior Maggie Cote has always had a passion for art. Recently, she has received a national award to recognize her talents.
A self portrait that Whitney included in her Gold Key winning portfolio.

Whitney wins Gold Key

Mar 5, 2014
Senior Kate Whitney recently received a Gold Key for her photography portfolio.
Gold-key winner Kate McCluskey's piece.

Globe showcases students

Mar 5, 2014
This year, 35 WA students were able to send some of their artwork to the Scholastic Globe Show and earned several awards, from Gold and Silver Keys to Honorable Mentions

Sanders finds art as the Key to her success

Mar 6, 2013

By Ellie Smith Staff Writer Blank canvas, clear mind and pencil in hand. From the moment the graphite moves across the page, pristine technique is showcased in more ways than one. Major focus combined with a mastery of skills allows Delia Sanders to create masterpiece after masterpiece of realistic,...