2023 Naomi Rabb Winston 2-D Visual Art Scholarship Recipients

The National Society of Arts and Letters

April 5, 2023

Naomi Rabb Winston 2-D Art Scholarship Winners 2023

Age Group 19-22

1. $4000 Martin Kamau Mbuguah – Washington, DC

2. $1000 Jordan Ashley Smajstria – Kentucky - Tie

2. $1000 Madelyn Christine Kellum – Greater New York -Tie

3. $1000 Thomas Noble McCarthy – Washington, Dc

4. $1000 Lucia Ann Martell - Greater New York

Age Group 16-18

1. $2000 Olivia Jane Padrusch – New Jersey

2. $1000 Sophia Congyu Sun - Alabama

3. $1000– Kerry Grace Sullivan - Florida East Coast

4. $1000 Inga Jewell Wilhelm – Ohio River Valley

5. $1000 Julia Marie Davis – Washington, DC

Winston 2-D Art

2023 Judges

Bill Godfrey

Bill Godfrey received his B.A. in Art Education from Edinboro University, Edinboro, PA where he

received the Distinguished Alumni Award in 2003. Godfrey’s work—including banners, kinetic

sculptures, paintings,  woodwork, and more—has been commissioned internationally by

museums, universities, corporations, art festivals, and private collectors.  Memorable

commissions include The Andy Warhol Museum (Pittsburgh, PA), Friends of the Earth (Hong

Kong and Singapore), and Rocky Reef (Toronto).  To learn more about Godfrey and his work,

visit him at billbanner.com.

Briget Shields

After graduating with a B.A. from the Art Institute of Pittsburgh Briget Shields with a degree in

graphic design, Shields worked as an admissions representative at the Art Institute while taking

courses in the Department of Fine Art and Sculpture at Carnegie Mellon University.  With a

portfolio that ranges from jewelry to graphic design and painting, Shields is also a successful art

handler, watercolorist  and exhibition designer for the Frick Fine Art Museum in Pittsburgh, Pa. 

In her spare time, when not painting,  she co-founded the Western Pennsylvania chapter of

Casting for Recovery, an organization that provides women with breast cancer and breast

cancer survivors with emotional, physical, and social support by connecting them to nature and

each other through the therapeutic sport of fly fishing.  

Paul Schifino

Paul Schifino received his degree in graphic design from the Art Institute of Pittsburgh in 1979.

His work has been published in design publications including Communication Arts (CA),

Graphis, Print, How, and ReadyMade magazine. Schifino’s art has been included in shows at

The Andy Warhol Museum (AMP), the Mattress Factory (Gestures #4 and #14), TRAF Gallery

(By Design), TRAF Gallery (Best of Pittsburgh Show), and most recently The John Show. His

work is also included in the permanent archive of the Mattress Factory. 

Schifino has served as president of the Pittsburgh chapter of the American Institute of Graphic

Arts (AIGA), and is a former Advisory Board member of the American Shorts Reading Series,

and the Art Institute of Pittsburgh. He currently serves on the Board of the Land AInitiative.