News & Announcements
2024 Bank Show
Stop by Carthage Savings and Loan, Carthage branch, to see a selection of K-12 Art.
We thank Carthage Savings and Loan for their continued support of the Arts, our program, and our students.
10th Mountain Division Band visits Carthage
On March 21st and April 3rd, members of the 10th Mountain Division Band of Fort Drum visited our High School Jazz and Concert Bands to share their knowledge and talents!
Congratulations Gabe Gates on being selected as a 2024 Arts All Star
Congratulations
Emma Hermanowski
Emma received two Gold Key Awards and an Honorable Mention at the 2024 CNY Scholastic Art and Writing Awards.
Her piece 'Predestined' also won two special awards:
Clayscapes Pottery Award Best Work in Ceramics and Glass, Creative Design
American Visions Award
This piece will move on for national Scholastic judging as well as for national American Visions judging.
Congratulations to the 2024 Scholastic Art Award Winners
2024 Scholastic Art and Writing Awards
Congratulations to the following students for their placement in the 2024 Scholastic Art and Writing Awards.
The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards were founded in 1923 and, for more than a century, have inspired bold ideas in creative teens throughout the country.
Entries are selected for awards without knowledge of the student’s gender, age, ethnicity, or hometown by some of the foremost leaders in the visual and literary arts. Jurors look for works that exemplify the Awards’ core values: originality, skill, and the emergence of a personal voice or vision.
This year the Central New York Region had 4,375 Individual entries and 127 Art and Photography portfolios entered.
Only 1,291 of those pieces were accepted with 284 Gold Keys, 394 Silver Keys and 613 Honorable Mentions awarded.
Carthage had an excellent showing again this year.
Gold Key Winners:
Emma Hermanowski: Mixed Media ‘Little Big Problems’
HS/Newtown (1 of 7 Gold Keys awarded in this category 11-12th grade)
Emma Hermanowski: Sculpture ‘Predestined’
HS/Newtown (1 of 5 Gold Keys awarded in this category 11-12th grade)
Angelina Ruberte: Ceramics & Glass ‘Little Lili’
HS/ Newtown (1 of 3 Gold Keys in this category 9-10th grade)
Cyla Altmire: Drawing & Illustration ‘Little Memories’
HS/ Williamson (1 of 10 Gold Keys awarded in this category 9th grade)
Trey Latham: Ceramics & Glass ‘Leaf Bowl’
MS/ Peck (1 of 2 Gold Keys awarded in this category 7-8th grade)
***National Awards: Gold Key-awarded entries are automatically considered for national awards, including Gold Medal, Silver Medal, and scholarship awards.
Silver Key:
Azlie Stewart: Drawing & Illustration ‘My Flower’
HS/ Hoppel (1 of 25 Silver Keys awarded in this category 10th grade)
Clara Chamberlain: Ceramics & Glass ‘Fast Food’
HS/ Newtown (1 of 15 Silver Keys awarded in this category 11-12th grade)
Gabrial Gates: Sculpture ‘The Circus of Tragedy’
HS/ Newtown (1 of 6 Silver Keys awarded in this category 11-12th grade)
Ellana Jenkins: Mixed Media ‘Loving Life’
MS/ Compeau (1 of 3 Silver Keys awarded in this category 7-8th grade)
Ellana Jenkins: Ceramics & Glass ‘Leaves and Flowers’
MS/ Peck (1 of 2 Silver Keys awarded in this category 7-8th grade)
Honorable Mention:
Omareia Massie: Drawing & Illustration ‘Self Portrait with Star’
HS/ Hoppel (1 of 34 Honorable Mentions awarded in this category 11th grade)
Julia Purington: Drawing & Illustration ‘Gosh; I Look Like a “Lizard”
HS/ Hoppel (1 of 22 Honorable Mentions awarded in this category 9th grade)
Aislin Tapin: Drawing & Illustration ‘Reality’
HS/ Hoppel (1 of 22 Honorable Mentions awarded in this category 9th grade)
Emma Basta: Digital Art ‘Fractured Structure’
HS/ Newtown (1 of 29 Honorable Mentions Awarded in this category 11-12th grade)
Emma Basta: Digital Art ‘To Have and to Hold’
HS/ Newtown (1 of 29 Honorable Mentions Awarded in this category 11-12th grade)
Bethany Dusharm: Painting ‘Maid’s Quarters’
HS/ Newtown (1 of 47 Honorable Mentions Awarded in this category 11-12th grade)
Gabriel Gates: Sculpture ‘The Rituals of Man’
HS/ Newtown (1 of 10 Honorable Mentions Awarded in this category 11-12th grade)
Emma Hermanowski: Sculpture ‘In Life and Death’
HS/ Newtown (1 of 10 Honorable Mentions Awarded in this category 11-12th grade)
Channing Runyon: Drawing & Illustration ‘Attention Divided’
HS/ Newtown (1 of 41 Honorable Mentions Awarded in this category 12th grade)
Kherington Post: Mixed Media ‘Thinking of Warmer Days’
MS/ Compeau (1 of 4 Honorable Mentions Awarded in this category 7-8th grade)
Congratulations to our Select Vocal Jazz and Jazz Band students on a wonderful performance January 20!
Hall of Achievement 2023 Inductee Marvin Zehr
On November 13, 2023 we inducted Mr. Zehr into the Carthage Hall of Achievement. Congratulations on your years of dedication and service to the Carthage students and community!
Area All-State 2023
These 9 students have been selected to represent Carthage at the Zone 5 NYSSMA Area All-State festival in November. They were selected based on their outstanding NYSSMA scores from our solo festival last May. Congratulations!
Fall Bi-County 2023
Congratulations to our 6-12th grade students that participated in the Bi-County festival held at Lowville Academy on November 4th! Groups included Elementary Chorus, Jr. High Band, and Sr. High Chorus.
Welcome Mr. Basta
We are excited to welcome Mr. Basta to the Fine Arts Team at CCS!!!
Mr. Basta is our new Elementary Art Teacher at Black River and West Carthage.
