To view the winners gallery (This includes many pieces from Thornton!!!) go to this website and click on Winners Gallery http://www.scholastics.rmcad.edu/?p=h
About the Scholastic Art Awards
The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards is coordinated by The Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, a not-for-profit organization.
Since 1923 The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards program has fostered the creative development of teenagers across the country. This is done by identifying emerging artists for college scholarship consideration and by showing their work to a national audience.
Since its inception The Scholastic Art and Writing Awards has:
evaluated work from more than twelve million 7th through 12th grade students.
recognized more than two million talented young artists and writers.
distributed more than $20 million in awards and scholarships.
given early recognition to some of our nation's most accomplished artists and writers including; Richard Avedon, Truman Capote, Fannie Farmer, Bernard Malamud, Joyce Maynard, Joyce Carol Oates, Phillip Pearlstein, Sylvia Plath, Robert Redford, and Andy Warhol.
The Colorado Connection
The Colorado region is sponsored by the Colorado Art Educators Association.
Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design in Lakewood, Colorado serves as the home-base for the competition.
In 2008, more than 3,000 Colorado students entered their work.
More than 450 students received Gold Keys, Silver Keys and Honorable Mention awards.
This prestigious national competition has been an annual event in Colorado since 1948.
Professional artists, professors and retired teachers judge all entries. They look for originality, technical competence, and personal voice.
Colorado's Gold Key winners are sent to the national level where they compete with Gold Key winners from other states.
Regional Awards
Award recipients are recognized with "keys" (lapel pins) and certificates at the regional level.
Gold Key Awards: Gold Key Awards advance to the national competition.
Silver Key Awards
Honorable Mention
In addition to keys and certificates, more than a dozen Colorado colleges and universities award scholarships to participating seniors.
Seniors entering portfolios may apply for the following regional scholarships. Note that this list is subject to change during the registration period.
Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design: As our host institution, RMCAD offers four $20,000 scholarships ($2,500 per term for eight semesters)
Arapahoe Community College: $500
Art Institute of Colorado: two, one-year scholarships currently valued at $20,112 each
Colorado Mountain College: $1000
Colorado State University: one scholarship of $500
University of Colorado, Boulder: TBD
Community College of Denver: one scholarship of $500
Fort Lewis College: TBD
Red Rocks Community College: TBD
Regis University: TBD
University of Colorado - Denver: one scholarship of $500
University of Northern Colorado: one scholarship of $500
University of Denver: one scholarship of $16,000
Weeks Scholarship for a student in Film and/or Video: $500
The Colorado Art Education Association awards two $500 scholarships which students may use at the school of their choice. Please note, however, the student's art teacher must be a member of CAEA.
For the first time this year Scholastics will also present several Colorado Young Artist awards, which will be given to students in grade 7-11. These students do not need to register for scholarship consideration.
Anderson Ranch Art Center, Aspen CO: Tuition for summer workshop, not including housing/meals.
Art Student League, Denver CO: two scholarships, $300 each
Bemis School of Art, Colorado Springs CO: $100
Sangre de Cristo Art Center, Pueblo CO: one free class
Evergreen Art Center: one free class
The teacher scholarship program is also new this year and will award one scholarhip to a teacher who enters student work in the competition. The scholarship will provide tuition for the teacher to attend a continuing education class at our host site, Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design. Teachers do not need to register for consideratoin.
National Awards
On the national level, award recipients are recognized with medals, certificates and listing in the national catalog and on the Alliance web site. A selection of national award-winning works of art and writing are included in the national awards catalog each year. National Writing Awards manuscripts are also considered for inclusion in an annual anthology.
Portfolio Gold Awards: twelve cash grants of $10,000 are presented in the names of leadership sponsors of the Alliance to graduating seniors
Portfolio Silver Awards and Notable Achievement Awards: graduating students awarded to graduating seniors with outstanding portfolios in art and photography are able to leverage an additional $1.5 million in financial aid through a network of eighty prestigious arts institutes, colleges and universities.
Teacher Awards: the teachers of students who receive national awards are also honored, including several cash awards presented to teachers who mentor the Portfolio Gold Award recipients or submit an outstanding group of student entries.
American Visions & Voices Awards: awarded to single works of art or writing representing each of the regional affiliate programs. Affiliates also select American Visions & Voices Award Nominees as "Best of Show" for their region.
National Award recipients are celebrated at the Gala Ceremony held at Carnegie Hall in New York City. A highlights exhibition of select nationally recognized art and writing work will be on display in New York coinciding with the National Celebration events. National Award recipients also receive insight and advice from a variety of professionals in the creative industries through a series of workshops. The Corcoran Gallery of Art, in Washington, D.C., hosts a special exhibition of select nationally recognized artwork. Other exhibition and publication opportunities are also available.
THORNTON HIGH SCHOOL WINNERS!
Fine Art Portfolios
Gentile Polese, Arianna "Battery 1, Mind, Flow, Curiosity" (Thornton High School)
Williams, Markarius "Jazz Man 2, Beautiful Music, Urban Soul, Jazz Man" (Thornton High School)
Individual Works (Gold Awards)
Gentile Polese, Arianna "Battery 1" (Thornton High School)
Gentile Polese, Arianna "Mind" (Thornton High School)
Gentile Polese, Arianna "Repairs" (Thornton High School)
Lam, Angel "Life Goes On, But Winter Stays" (Thornton High School)
Leon, Larisa "Silver Leaf" (Thornton High School)
Novikova, Tamara "Confused Relationship" (Thornton High School)
Richardson, Karri "I'm O.K." (Thornton High School)
SILVER KEY WINNERS
Gurnett, Erin "Bubby" (Thornton High School)
Lam, Angel "Contemporary Bindings" (Thornton High School)
Mariscal, Noemi "Green Basket" (Thornton High School)
HONORABLE MENTION
Bachicha, Kristine "Pomegranate Magic" (Thornton High School)
Fuentes, Amber "How sweet it is" (Thornton High School)
Hussainy, Zolaykha "forever fogotten" (Thornton High School)
Rodriguez, Stephen "Grow" (Thornton High School)
Steinhall, Natasha "The Zen of Tea" (Thornton High School)
