KIHS Visual Arts Teen of the Week — Talia Crowe

This is quite the honor, given the tremendous amount of local, statewide and national honors the art students at Kent Island High have been receiving the past few years.

To highlight some of Talia’s accomplishments, she has received: special recognition from Representative Andy Harris for the 2021 Congressional Art Competition; three Scholastic Art Regional honorable mentions, including a Silver Key, and a Gold Key Portfolio, which allows her to move on to the national competition that is announced in spring of 2023. Talia has also been recognized by the QACPS Board of Education with a “Shining Star Award” for her exemplary Scholastic artwork. Her work has been selected to represent KIHS at the Academy Art Museum Mid-Shore student exhibition for two years straight, and she earned first place in the category of 2-D this year.

Talia’s artwork was also hung in the exhibition “Twisted; the Peculiar Portrayal of People”; an unprecedented collaboration between KIHS and The Academy Art Museum. Her work was also featured in the “True Colors: Mental Health Awareness” art show at the Todd Performing Art Center, sponsored by Crossroads Community and Corsica River Mental Health Services.

Talia’s junior year Advanced Placement (AP) portfolio earned her first place at ArtScene, and she scored a perfect 5 with CollegeBoard last May. Pieces from that portfolio caught the attention of Lindsay Bolin Lowery, a local artist working on an international project with Masha Hamilton called “Your Neighbor’s Story: Lives of New Americans” that was showcased in the Queen Anne’s County Library’s curated exhibition in Centreville.

When asked about her artwork Talia said, “I want to spread awareness for as many things as I can. My favorite feeling is to be empathetic. Recently, I have been refocusing my portfolio as a journey of self-discovery. Painting brings focus to my life, gives me clarity, and releases tensions I am experiencing, whether they are personal or concerns about the world around me.”

Talia is currently enrolled in AP Drawing, preparing her final AP portfolio for judging this spring and has served as the social media chair for Schulte’s National Art Honor Society during her sophomore year, vice-president her junior year and is 2022 – 2023 president. Under Talia’s direction, the KIHS NAHS completed a Mental Health Awareness art installation presented to the school-based mental health professional, Bomaya Kamara, for her office space.

Talia has also been accepted to all of her top choice colleges and art schools and will be an asset to whatever school she decides to attend after high school, Schulte said.