Congratulations to Deer Lakes senior Anna Shaffer, who earned the 2026 Teen Media Award for 3D Art and Design!

The prompt for the project was to create a bowl, and Anna decided to develop something that could represent human anatomy and spirit.

Anna’s piece was called, “Dissection of Emotion,” and is a clay sculpture of the anatomy of a human heart.

“Humans hearts are expressions that we are alive, both literally and emotionally,” Anna said. “We are connected through anatomy and sentiment. The type of emotion, agony, and situation represented in this piece is left open for interpretation.”

Anna’s artwork will be displayed in November at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. The gallery will open on Nov. 7.