Student Life
Arts
Visual Arts
Students explore aesthetic disciplines
Art education at RE follows a continuum of rotation and elective courses from the sixth through the 12th grades. In the middle school, students build a foundation of aesthetic understanding and appreciation and a critical sense as they receive a broad exposure to the arts.
In the upper school, students are encouraged to explore in greater depth specific arts including architecture, ceramics, photography, sculpture, studio art and yearbook.
Classes are held in RE’s 6000-ft2 visual-arts building, which houses state-of-the-art studios, galleries and classrooms. Students learn and create with teachers who are themselves working artists. Students also benefit by access to Miami’s many outstanding private collections, galleries, museums and events such as Art Basel.
In the upper school, students are encouraged to explore in greater depth specific arts including architecture, ceramics, photography, sculpture, studio art and yearbook.
Classes are held in RE’s 6000-ft2 visual-arts building, which houses state-of-the-art studios, galleries and classrooms. Students learn and create with teachers who are themselves working artists. Students also benefit by access to Miami’s many outstanding private collections, galleries, museums and events such as Art Basel.
New students will find an intense and energized visual and performing arts community at Ransom Everglades. The larger RE community is highly supportive of the arts and concerts, exhibitions, and dramatic productions are often standing-room-only.
Ransom Everglades students occasionally submit their artistic works to a variety of local and national competitions and consistently perform well.
In keeping with the school’s ethos, RE art students and their teachers regularly use exhibitions and classes to contribute to the Greater Miami community.
Artwork from the six Ransom Everglades students who each won a prestigious Gold Key in The Scholastic Art and Writing Awards Regional Competition for 2023, and from the students who claimed 10 Silver Keys and 28 Honorable Mentions.
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Two RE artists win national recognition in 2024 Scholastic Art and Writing Awards
Read MoreRenee Fonseca '25 and Eve Zhou '24 received national gold medals in the 2024 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards annual competition that attracted more than 340,000 submissions from around the nation. Fonseca was recognized for her ceramic piece, "Falling Apart at the Seams," and Zhou won for "Miracles" in the Personal Essay/Memoir category. Both received Gold Keys in the regional competition and are eligible for national exhibitions, publication and scholarship opportunities. -
Students provide Art OutREach at St Alban's Enrichment Center
Read MoreRansom Everglades students shared their passion for art with children at St. Alban's Child Enrichment Center several afternoons this spring. Under the leadership of Art OutREach officers Valentina Capote '26, Sophia Martin '25 and Nina Galinsky '26, the RE students took projects and materials to the students at St. Alban's for after-school art enrichment and plenty of fun. Club leaders emphasized to their RE peers that no experience was necessary to join in the classes. -
Dozens of students honored with art and writing awards
Read MoreIt's been a great spring for student-artists at Ransom Everglades, with dozens of students earning recognition locally and nationally. The most prestigious award: 14 RE students earned "gold keys" from the regional round of the 2024 Scholastic Awards in Arts and Writing contest, which annually attracts more than 100,000 submissions from students in grades 7-12. Additionally, some students works were selected for exhibition at the Beaux Arts Student Showcase April 24-27, and others won spots in the Bass Museum Teen Art Exhibition that opened at the end of March. -
Art students nab prestigious photography awards from Junior Orange Bowl
Ransom Everglades visual arts students excelled in the 2024 Junior Orange Bowl Photography Contest, earning several top awards. Henry Greengrass '28 won first place in the middle school portrait competition and claimed the prestigious Judges' Choice Award. Nicholas Harper '25 earned a first place in the upper school night category, and four other RE students – Mateo Bernal '27, Taylor Smith '25, Jack Di Gasbarro '25 and Vlad Ponomarenko '25 – earned honors.Read More -
Student art displayed at Upper School Visual Arts Winter Showcase
An exciting range of student visual art is on display at the Upper School Visual Arts Winter Showcase in the recently christened Linda S. Frankel Visual Arts Center, the Bowden library and Cameron Hall. Works from photography, experimental photography, portraiture, studio art, ceramics, digital art and architecture classes highlight the progress students have made under RE's visual arts faculty at the upper school: Astrid Dalins, Jorge Guzman, Moira Holohan, Fabienne Rousseau and Matt Stock. The showcase opened Feb. 2.Read More -
Three photography students win recognition
Read MorePhotographs taken by Vlad Ponomarenko '25, Sophia Romanov-Imber '24 and Taylor Smith '25 were among 160 across the nation selected as finalists in the Drexel University High School Photography Contest. The photographs will be exhibited from Feb. 17 through March 10, 2024, at Drexel's Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts and Design and are eligible for additional recognition. -
Writing contest recognizes RE students
Read MoreSophia Romanov Imber '24 won the grand prize among high school entries in the 2023 La Plume Young Writers' Contest for her piece "Investigative Journalism is Dead," leading the seven Ransom Everglades students who earned recognition in the Miami-Dade County competition. Jordan James '25 earned first place for "City of Mirages," Patrick Keedy Brown '26 scored second place for "What I Would Say to the Ammonite Shell," and Cecile Etzbach '29, Carlos del Canal Fernandez '25 and Garrett Fox '26 each earned Honorary Awards as Henry Berler '25 claimed an Encouragement Award. -
Senior wins art competition
Téa Vallone '24 won first place in a University of Miami Rosenstiel School Art Contest designed to raise awareness about the role of marine fish in Earth's oceans and their impact on climate. Her painting of a fish will be made into statuettes with concrete containing carbonate minerals produced by marine fish; the statuettes will be used for future outreach events. Vallone is a student in Astrid Dalins' Studio Art 4 course and the Marine Biology and Advanced Environmental Science and the South Florida Ecosystem courses taught by Scott Erdmann.Read More -
Student works on display at end-of-year visual art show
Student works in ceramics, painting, architecture, photography, etching and drawing were featured at an end-of-year Upper School Art Show that stretched from the Solomon Gallery to the Bowden library in late May. Faculty members Astrid Dalins, Jorge Guzman and Matt Stock guided RE's students throughout the year and assembled the works for the show, which was open to visitors before and after commencement on May 19.Read More -
Students release end-of-year publications
Students released end-of-year art and literary publications featuring student works. The literary magazines Inklings (upper school) and Little Inklings offered anthologies of students' poetry, prose, photography and artwork. The art magazine PEEL showcased students' art and photographs. Throughout the year, student journalists contribute to The Catalyst newspaper and the Conscience science journal.Read More -
Student wins second place at Beaux Arts
Misha Gowda '28 won second place for her photograph "Eye Phone" in the Mixed Media class of the 2023 Beaux Arts Student Showcase, a juried contest that involves high school and middle school students across Miami-Dade County. Also featured at the April 27 awards event at The Lowe Art Museum were works by Ale De Lorenzi '27, Alex Ansin '27, Annabella Ciocca '28, Vlad Ponomarenko '25 and Taylor Smith '25, all of whom received finalist recognition.Read More -
Students win visual arts and creative writing recognition
Three RE students – Taylor Smith '25, Ethan Sullivan '25 and Olivia Gomez '27 – received top honors at prestigious Junior Orange Bowl art competitions, headlining a strong showing by Ransom Everglades students at simultaneous arts and photography events March 11 at Westchester Regional Library as well as at others throughout the county. In all, more than 20 RE art students from the middle and upper schools earned recognition.Read More -
Student works showcased at US Winter Art Show
Student art – drawings, ceramics, photographs, painting, sculptures and structures – appeared across the Ransom Campus with the opening of the Upper School Winter Art Show on Jan. 27. Works from classes taught by visual arts faculty members Astrid Dalins, Jorge Guzman, Fabienne Rousseau and Matt Stock remain on display in the Solomon Art Gallery, the Bowden library, the Cameron Hall lobby and exterior walls of the Visual Arts Building.Read More -
Six students win Gold Key awards; dozens more honored
Read MoreSix Ransom Everglades students – Chloe Alfonso '24, Natasha do Valle '23, Andrew Gedde '25, Nicolas Imery '24, Parker Martorella '23 and Nicolas Maynulet '23 – each won a prestigious Gold Key in The Scholastic Art and Writing Awards Regional Competition for 2023, a distinction that advances them to the national round of the annual competition sponsored by the Alliance for Young Artists and Writers. RE students also claimed 10 Silver Keys and 28 Honorable Mentions, and many earned multiple awards in the competition honoring excellence in various forms of writing, photography, ceramics and multiple art styles. -
Student art, writing publications released
Ransom Everglades' student artists and writers shared the annual publications PEEL 2022, Little Inklings 2021-22, and Inklings 2022 and The Catalyst newspaper put out its final edition of the year. You can find links to all of our student publications – including the middle school newspaper and ConSCIENCE magazine – on the Clubs and Activities page of our website.Read More -
Photography students sweep Beaux Arts awards
Read MoreRansom Everglades students swept the top awards in high school photography at 2022 Beaux Arts Student Art Showcase as a total of seven RE students won recognition for photography, painting or mixed media. In photography, Christian Sosa '22 won first place; Bea Ribadeneira '23 earned second place; and Denise Suarez '23 claimed honorable mention. Karyna Steele '23 won honorable mention in mixed media. -
Spring visual arts show opens at RE
Art collections from upper school ceramics, architecture, painting and photography classes filled the Solomon Art Gallery, adorned the walls of the Visual Arts Building and populated the Bowden library with the opening of the spring visual arts exhibition on April 20, showcasing extraordinary student works from 2021-22 under the direction of RE visual arts faculty Astrid Dalins, Jorge Guzman and Matt Stock.Read More -
RE students claim art and writing awards
Read MoreInceni Cabrera '22, Lucia Rose Dahn '23, Andrew Gedde '25, Jack He '25 and Rylan Sadler '22 each received a Gold or Silver Key award, or both, in the 2021 Scholastic Art and Writing Awards. Nineteen Ransom Everglades students combined to win four gold keys, four silvers and 24 honorable mentions. -
More than two dozen win art recognition
More than two dozen Ransom Everglades students earned recognition for their excellence in the visual arts in a number of contest announcements in December and January. Middle and upper school students excelled in the Drexel University national high school photography competition; fall 2021 Celebrating Art Contest; Broward Art Guild Annual Youth Art competition; and Lions International Peace Poster Contest.Read More -
Fall art show displays student works
Read MoreRE's visual art department unveiled a collection of student works from ceramics, photography, architecture and studio art classes on November 19 for the first in-person visual art show at the upper school since early 2020. Many students and parents enjoyed the Upper School Fall Art Show before taking in the fall musical, Little Shop of Horrors, wandering through displays in the Solomon Art Gallery, Lewis Family Auditorium lobby, Bowden library and the Cameron Hall lobby. Faculty members Astrid Dalins, Jorge Guzman and Matt Stock were on hand for the opening of the show.
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Student Publications
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Inklings
upper school literary magazine -
Little Inklings
middle school literary magazine -
PEEL
upper school art publication
Middle School
2045 South Bayshore Drive, Coconut Grove, FL 33133Phone: 305 250 6850
Upper School
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Founded in 1903, Ransom Everglades School is a coeducational, college preparatory day school for grades 6 - 12 located on two campuses in Coconut Grove, Florida. Ransom Everglades School produces graduates who "believe that they are in the world not so much for what they can get out of it as for what they can put into it." The school provides rigorous college preparation that promotes the student's sense of identity, community, personal integrity and values for a productive and satisfying life, and prepares the student to lead and to contribute to society.