Staples Senior Wins Tracy Sugarman Award

Ben Roland (r), a Staples High School senior, won the 2019 Tracy Sugarman Award in the Westport Arts Center’s High School Student Exhibition. Roland was chosen for his ink landscape drawing titled “Suicide Cliffs, Sydney Australia.”  The Arts Center presents this award annually in memory of Tracy Sugarman, the Westport artist and illustrator, writer and civil rights activist who died in 2013 at age 91. Pictured (l-r):  Jurors Keith Miller of Gallatin Gallery, NYC and Lauren Walsh of NYU, WAC Executive Director Amanda Inness, Staples HS Art Teacher and professional artist Camille Eskell and Roland. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Contributed photo