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Tuesday, February 03, 2009

FCPS Middle, High School Students Win Regional Scholastic Art Awards

Middle and high school students enrolled in Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) have won a total of 387 regional awards in the Scholastic Art Awards competition sponsored by the Alliance for Young Artists and Writers.  Their work will be on display at Northern Virginia Community College’s Ernst Community Cultural Center in Annandale from Friday, February 13, through Thursday, February 26.  An awards ceremony for Gold and Silver Key winners is planned for Tuesday, February 24, at 7:30 p.m.

For the more than 1,600 entries from FCPS students, 140 Gold Keys were awarded, 129 Silver Keys were presented, and 118 Certificates of Merit were given for outstanding drawings, paintings, prints, photographs, ceramics and glass, sculptures, computer art, animation, graphic design, graphic stories, video and film, mixed media, three-dimensional works, and portfolios.  Winners came from Annandale, Centreville, Chantilly, Edison, Fairfax, Falls Church, Herndon, Langley, Lee, Madison, Marshall, McLean, Mount Vernon, Oakton, Pimmit Hills Alternative, South Lakes, Stuart, West Potomac, West Springfield, Westfield, and Woodson High Schools; Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology; Hayfield, Lake Braddock, Robinson, and South County Secondary Schools; and Carson, Cooper, Franklin, Frost, Glasgow,  Herndon, Holmes, Hughes, Irving, Key, Kilmer, Lanier, Liberty, Longfellow, Poe, Rocky Run, Stone, and Thoreau Middle Schools.

Gold Key award-winning entries will be submitted to the national Scholastic Art Awards competition, where students are awarded national Gold and Silver Keys, as well as monetary awards and scholarships.  Awards will be announced in April, and an exhibit of the national winners’ works will be on display in New York later this year.

More than 250,000 students participate in the program on a national basis, and more than 50,000 students receive regional awards and exhibition opportunities.

The Scholastic Art Awards program is the largest, longest-running recognition program of its kind in the United States.  Established in 1923, the awards have recognized students who have become some of our nation’s most celebrated artists, including Richard Avedon, Robert Indiana, Phillip Pearlstein, and Andy Warhol.  Each year, more than 250,000 entries are submitted in art and writing.  Visual arts categories include animation, art portfolio, ceramics and glass, computer graphics, design, digital imagery, drawing, mixed media, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, video, and film.

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Note:  For more information, contact Tamra Ferreira at 703-208-7853.