Alina Gotal, Artist

We don't really cover artists at Framingham High School all that well, but hey, here's an easy plug. Alina Gotal, a junior at the school, has won a Gold Key at the national level from the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards. Who has won that award in the past? Andy Warhol, Richard Avedon, Truman Capote, Red Grooms, Robert Indiana, Joyce Carol Oates, Phillip Pearlstein, Sylvia Plath, and Robert Redford. You get the point. It's a big deal.

In early June, Gotal's painting will hang at the Reeves Contemporary Gallery in New York City.