Art Department: Awards and Honors

2020-2022

MLK Art Competition Arlington County:
2021- 1st, 2nd and 3rd Place Winners
2022- 1st and 2nd Place Winners (there was no 3rd place awarded this year)

PTA Reflections Winners:
2021- Virginia State Winner in Photography
2022- Virginia State Winner in Photography (National Winner still TBD)

Visions Competition- High school competition sponsored by Marymount U. and open to all Northern VA:
2021- 1st Place Winner (Best in Show),
Juror’s Choice Award,
Honorable Mention

2022- 1st, 2nd and 3rd Place,
2 Honorable Mention

LYLC (Latino Youth Leadership Conference) Art Competition:
2019- 1st and 2nd Place in Photography
2020- Did not Happen because of pandemic
2021- 1st and 2nd Place Overall Winner

Drug Safety PSA Contest from Harris Teeter- Open to all students in Arlington, Alexandria, DC):
2020- 1st Place Winner

Arlington Teen Connection Magazine:
2022- Wakefield Artist graces the cover,
3 Artist’s work featured inside magazine

10th Annual Artists on the Rise Juried Art Show– Open to all students in the VA, MD, DC area:
2022- 2 Honorable Mentions

Congressional Arts Competition- Open to all students in the 8th Congressional district:
2020- Overall Winner (Art is displayed in the US Capitol for 1 year)
2021- Overall Winner (Art is displayed in the US Capitol for 1 year)
2022- TBD!

Scholastic Art Competition Regional Awards:
2021- 285 Individual Awards, 30 Portfolio, 3 out of 5 American Visions Awards (Best in Show)
2022- 247 Individual Awards, 16 Portfolio, 2 out of 5 American Visions Awards (Best in Show)

Scholastic Art Competition National Awards:
2021- 8 National Medals (out of only 3600 National Medals awarded from every HS in the US)
2022- TBD!

AP Art and Design Portfolio Recognition:
2021- A Wakefield Student achieved a Perfect Score on her AP Exam Portfolio (Advanced Placement® Exams are scored on a scale of 1 to 5. She not only received the top score of 5 but was also one of only 219 students in the world to earn every point possible on the AP Drawing Exam, receiving the maximum score on each portion of the exam).

Jina Davidson
Art Department Chair
Photography/AP Studio Art Teacher
Wakefield High SchoolSecondary Arts Lead Teacher
Arlington Public Schools
jina.davidson@apsva.us