2018-19 School Year
All competitions are open to all high schools (public & private) in the region
Scholarship Winners:
Wilhelmina Schwind won 2nd Place in the Arts Council of Conejo Valley Legacy Scholarship ($1000)
Melody Hellard the “First Generation to Go to College
Scholarship” sponsored by Art Trek ($5000)
Westlake Village Art Guild 2019 Student Art Show Winners

Wilhelmina Schwind
1st Place – 2D Fine Art ($100)

Cami Davis
2nd Place – Color Photography ($75)

Rida Ismail
Honorable Mention – Color Photography ($25)

Liam Carter
Spirit Award ($100) and
Judge’s Award
Hang With the Best Student Art Show Winners 2019

Blake Roper
Barbara Sullivan Memorial Award ($200)

Melody Hellard
Greg Cole Memorial Award ($200)

Wilhelmina Schwind
1st Place – Drawing ($100)

Nicole Lewis
2nd Place – Painting ($75)

Cami Davis
3rd Place – Photography ($50)

Sophie Kiley
3rd Place – Painting ($50)
2017-18 School Year
Congressional Art Competition – 2018

Annie Sun
– Winner –
CA Congressional District 26
This is the fourth year in a row a NPHS student has won this prestigious award!!!
Her image will hang in the Washington DC Capitol Building for a year and she will be flown
back to attend the ceremony

Katelyn Mehner
– Runner Up –

Joshua Welcher
– Runner Up –
3 of the 5 finalists are from NPHS

click on this link for the press release:

Julia Brownley, Annie Sun, & Jennifer Lee (Annie’s Art Teacher)
Westlake Village Art Guild 2018 Student Art Show Winners
This show was open to all high school seniors and juniors (in both public and private schools) in the greater Conejo Valley.

Annie Sun
Best in Show ($200)
AND Greg Cole Memorial Award ($200)

Nivi Shaham
Cultural Arts Excellence in Art Award ($200)

Tommy Joseph
2nd Place – Color Photography ($75)

Gannon Tovey
Honorable Mention – Black & White Photography ($25)

John Lazo
Honorable Mention – Black & White Photography ($25)

Connor Leeds
Honorable Mention – Color Photography ($25)

Tam Le
Honorable Mention – Color Photography ($25)

John Lazo
Judge’s Spirit Award

Fiona Bonn
Judge’s Spirit Award
Hang With the Best Student Art Show 2018

Ava Cooper
1st Place – Photography ($200)

Annie Sun
1st Place Painting – ($200)

Angelina Powers
1st Place – Drawing – ($200)

Aiden Wright
Barbara Sullivan Award ($200)

Billy Busse
2nd Place – Photography ($100)

John Lazo
2nd Place – Photography ($100)

Amy Peterson
Arts Council of Conejo Valley Choice Award ($100)

Celeste Cortez
3rd Place – Photography ($75)

Alyssa Banaszkiewkz
3rd Place – Photography ($75)

Jacob Mai
Honorable Mention – Photography ($50)
2016-17 School Year
Westlake Village Art Guild 2017 Student Art Show Winners
This show was open to all high school seniors and juniors (in both public and private) in the greater Conejo Valley. It is a juried show and only one in three images entered got in to compete. NPHS had 27 entries make it in, the highest number of any school. Super competitive.
The NPHS winners are below:

Annie Sun
1st Place – 2d Fine Art ($100)

Zoie Wong
1st Place – Digital Imaging ($100)

Rachna Despande
2nd Place – Color Photography ($75)

Brandon Ly
3rd Place – Color Photography ($50)
Hang With the Best Student Art Show 2017
This show is open to all secondary schools in Ventura County and all the way down the 101 to Calabasas (public, private, and home schools)

Jake Stencel
1st Place – Photography ($200)

Hana Sugioka
1st Place – Graphics ($200)

Evelyn Zhai
Barbara Sullivan Award ($200)

Jenny Gavin
Arts Council of Conejo Valley Top Choice ($100)

Blair Rocheleau
Arts Council of Conejo Valley Top Choice ($100)

Annie Sun
Greg Cole Memorial Award ($200)

McKenna Farnham
Hillcrest Center for the Arts Staff Favorite ($50)

Kendyl Sing
2nd Place – Photography ($100)

Zoie Wong
2nd Place – Photography ($100)

Devon Cabelli
3rd Place – Photography ($50)

Skyler Wood
2nd Place – Ceramics/Sculpture ($100)

Hannah Bashforth
2nd Place – Painting ($100)

Ashley Jackson
3rd Place – Photography ($50)
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Ashley Geraldo
3rd Place – Drawing
2015-16 School Year
Congressional Art Competition – 2016

Andy Cho
– Winner –
CA Congressional District 26
His image will hang in the Washington DC Capitol Building for a year and he will be flown
back to attend the ceremony

Annie Sun
Runner Up
Hang With the Best Student Art Show 2016

Jessica Han
1st Place – Painting & Greg Cole Memorial Award
($200)

Amanda French
3rd Place – Photography ($50)

Ethan Duffy
Delta Kappa Gamma, ETA PSI Chapter of TO Award
($100)
Photographer’s Forum Magazine Fall 2015 Student Competition
These students are finalists for the Photographer’s Forum Student Competition
Their photos will be published in a book with the other finalists

Andy Cho

Brandon Chen

Madison Hutchinson

Monetha Raghani
(this image is directly referencing the terrorist attack on Charlie Hebdo)
Congressional Art Competition – 2015

Jessica Han
- – Winner –
- Her image hangs from June 2015-June 2016 in Washington DC Capitol


Ernesto Ambrocio – Runner Up
2014-15 School Year
Westlake Village Art Guild 2015 Student Art Show Winners
NPHS photography did extremely well this year, taking home 7 of the 11 photography awards and also winning a memorial award. NPHS students had a full one third of all entries to make it into this juried show (24 pieces). The next closest school had 16 entries make it in.

Jessica Page 1st Place – Color Photography ($100)

Michaela Juels Honorable Mention Color Photography ($25) AND Greg Cole Memorial Award ($200)

Maddi Spangler 2nd Place Color Photography ($75)

Monetha Raghani 3rd Place Color Photography ($50)

Paul Schneider Honorable Mention Color Photography ($25)

Alex Monji 2nd Place – Monochrome Photography ($75)

Jamie Baker Honorable Mention Monochrome Photography ($25)

Jessica Han Third Place 2-D Art ($50)

Gil Torten 3rd Place 3-D Art
To see all the winners from all the high schools, click on this link:
Hang With the Best Student Art Show Winners 2015

Andy Cho 1st Place Photography ($200)

JingJing Wu 2nd Place 2-D Art ($50)

Alex Monji 3rd Place Photography ($25)

Cameron Badner Honorable Mention Photography ($15)

Reilly Jones Hillcrest Center Staff Favorite ($25)
Westlake Village Art Guild 2014 Student Art Show Winners
Allison Paulson
1st Place Black & White Photography ($100)
2nd Place Black & White Photography ($75)
3rd Place Black & White Photography ($50)
2nd Place Color Photography ($75)
Hillcrest Center for the Arts
Hang With the Best (2014) Student
Competition is drawn from all of Ventura County
NPHS students won the majority of the awards handed out
Photography
Graphics
Janss Marketplace Youth Art Walk Winner and
Conejo Valley Days Winner
Janss Marketplace Youth Art Walk
First Place
$200 cash, $200 in gift cards to Janss Marketplace Stores
$400 cash given to Jennifer Kaye’s art program
Jessica Han and Jennifer Kaye Receiving their FAT CHECKS!
Tara O’Gorman
Winning Conejo Valley Days Pin Design
She was named Junior Grand Marshall of CVD and received a stack of tickets to the Event
Attended the VIP Party for CVD
Westlake Village Art Guild Winners 2013
Students competed with all high schools in the Conejo Valley including LA County
First Place: Black and White Photography
by Sam Prasopthum
“Skate or Die”
Second Place: Color Photography
by Rachel Ranucci
“Hidden Identity”
Honorable Mention: Color Photography
by Jonny Byrne
“Breaking Point”
Honorable Mention: Color Photography
by Quinn Levin
“In the Clouds”
Our Own Larry Berlin’s photos in California Diving News!
Congrats, Larry! This is the second time he has been published in a dive magazine for his photographic prowess
Conejo Valley Arts Council
Hang with the Best 2013 Winners
NPHS took home the lion’s share of the awards this year!
1. Jazmin Clarito, Special Award-Digital ($100)
2. Jessica Han, First Place-Painting ($200)
3. Krista Jolley, First Place-Drawing ($200)

4. Haley Wurst, Second Place-Drawing ($75)
5. Elena Dick, First Place-Mixed Media ($200)
Photography Winners
Henry Horita, First Place ($200)
Jonny Byrne, Third Place ($25)
Kevin Davila, Third Place ($25)
Fran Gonzanlez, Honorable Mention ($15)
Jaclyn Lee, Honorable Mention ($15)
Carly Crandall, Honorable Mention ($15)
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