Notre Dame student-artists pick up 40 awards last night at the DIA.
Notre Dame senior Juliet Jacoby received Best in Show: Ceramic and Glass for her piece titled, ”Kurios,” at the Feb. 12 Scholastic Art and Writing Awards ceremony held at the Detroit Film Theater in the Detroit Institute of Arts.
Senior Juliet Jacoby was given special acknowledgement last night for her piece titled "Kurios" as Best in Show: Ceramic and Glass. Also, junior Amelia Cumming was awarded a pre-college scholarship for her oil painting titled "Abby."
Notre Dame's art chair Sandy LewAllen, who was with her students downtown last night, said six NDP students' art pieces also were included in the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards program book, which is an honor, she said.
After the awards ceremony, all of the student art awarded by Scholastic will be part of an exhibit mounted at the College for Creative Studies through March 1. Junior Amelia Cumming’s oil painting, ”Abby,” earned here a special pre-college scholarship at the Feb. 12 Scholastic award ceremony at the DIA.
More about the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards:
The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards have an impressive legacy dating back to 1923. Over the years, the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards have grown to become the longest-running, most prestigious program for creative teens in the U.S., and the nation’s largest source of scholarships for creative young artists and writers. A noteworthy roster of past winners includes Andy Warhol, Sylvia Plath, Truman Capote, Richard Avedon, Robert Redford, Joyce Carol Oates, Stephen King and John Updike.
The process for the art competition begins across the country as young artists and writers in grades 7-12 submit work in 28 categories of art and writing to a network of regional affiliates who present award ceremonies and exhibits for selected works on a local level. Gold Keys, the highest awards, are then submitted from each region for national adjudication by luminaries in the visual and literary arts, some of whom are past award recipients. National Gold and Silver Medal winning students and their teachers receive national recognition, and are invited to attend the exhibit in New York and award ceremony at Carnegie Hall.
In the last five years alone, students submitted nearly 900,000 original works of art and writing. During that period, more than 60 top art institutes and colleges have partnered with the Awards to make $40 million in scholarships and financial aid available to regional and national Scholastic Award winners.
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