Jennifer Duckett, Karissa Talanian, and Hunter Siegrist. (Courtesy photo)

Bromfield students Karissa Talanian, Jennifer Duckett, and Hunter Siegrist won awards in this year’s Boston Globe–sponsored state Scholastic Art competition.

Talanian, a senior, received a Gold Key rating for her senior portfolio. As a Gold Key recipient, Talanian’s work will compete in the national Scholastic Art Awards competition in New York this spring. Talanian credits summer programs at the Museum School of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and at the Chicago Institute of Art as major influences on her work, both for learning for “how to push art past the painting or photograph,” and the experience of being around other artists her age. The Chicago Institute helped her conceptualize her art, making it more about the idea than the medium. In the fall, Talanian will return to Chicago to study environmental design with a focus on incorporating sound and video.

Junior Jennifer Duckett and freshman Hunter Siegrist, who won “honorable mention” for their single entries, both remember always liking art. Duckett received honors for a self-portrait filled in with patterns in black marker, a work that reflected her particular interest in graphic design. Siegrist said that his interests lie in experimenting and pushing ideas in any medium.

All three students are in Bromfield art teacher Julie Cook’s studio arts class, where she encourages them to create in a wide range of media.

According to the Boston Globe, judges viewed a record 5,198 individual entries and 304 senior year portfolios from 343 public and private Massachusetts schools. Five overall Massachusetts award-winners were selected to compete nationally in the American Visions Awards. The Boston Globe–sponsored competition is part of the national Scholastic Art and Writing Awards and the national Alliance for Young Artists and Writers, whose mission is to identify, motivate, and validate the next generation of artists and writers through events, publications, and activities.