Delbarton visual artists earned well-deserved recognition for their skills this year at the Blackwell Street Center for the Arts High School Art Show. On Wednesday, April 18, at the Morris County Administration Building in Morristown, students mingled with top artists from 18 other area high schools at the show's reception and awards ceremony.

The competitive annual show received over 600 entries this year, with less than half the entries accepted.  As Peg Dressel, the co-organizer of the show, said on Wednesday, it is an honor to have work accepted at all - in addition to which, Delbarton students received numerous awards in different art categories. Once again, Delbarton students continue to embody the Benedictine tradition of growing closer to God by cultivating beauty through the arts.

Full list of awards and accepted works:

• Ryan Hunt '24 - First Place in Oil & Soft Pastel - Untitled
• Stephen Carlisle '24 - Second Place in Oil & Soft Pastel - "Blossoming Canopy"
• Ronan O'Sullivan '24 - Third Place in Oil & Soft Pastel - "Illumination"
• David Lebowitz '24 - First Place in Printmaking - "The Green Monster"
• Ryan Readlinger '25 - Second Place in Printmaking - "Conch" 
• Paul Quense '24 - Second Place in Acrylic/Oil Paint - "Sparring Partners"
• Jack Grbic '24- Tied Second Place in Collage/Mixed Medium - "Multilevel" 
• Andrew Casiano '24 - Tied Third Place in Collage/Mixed Medium - "Thunderbird"
• James Sartor '25 - Honorable Mention in Photography - "Upon Further Reflection"
• Other work that was accepted:
  • Stephen Carlisle '24 - "Winter Twilight"
  • Jack Grbic '24 - "Sliced Reflections"
  • Jack Harley '24 - "The Fallen Path"
  • Matthew Mastrangelo '24- "Ancient Vogue"
  • Angus McDonald '24 - Untitled
  • Edward Myronoff '24 - Untitled
  • Ronan O'Sullivan 24 - Untitled
  • Paul Quense '24 - "Greener Pastures" and "Sophistication"
  • Mark Sebastian '24 - "Sleeping With the Sheep"
  • Michael Van Raaphorst '24 - "The Tilted Tides" and Untitled
  • Andrew Chobor '25 - "White Hoodie"
  • Jude Hall '25 - "Fretting"
  • Grant Parker '25 - "Sally Sells Seashells By the Seashore" and "Faraway Gaze"
  • Kelvin Pierre '25 - "Untitled"
  • Ryan Readlinger '25 - "Self Portrait With Glasses"
  • Harry Tedesco '25 - "Through the Weeds"

Bravo to our student artists on a job well done! See more photos from the event below...