February Issue 2001
Asheville Art Museum Hosts Scholastic Art Awards Exhibition at Pack Place in Asheville, NC
The Asheville Art Museum in Asheville, NC, will host the region's 16th annual Scholastic Arts Awards and Juried Exhibition in the Pack Place Gallery through Feb. 16. This exciting exhibition annually offers an in depth look at the artwork being created in the region's middle and high schools. Last year over 200 artists were showcased in this exhibit. Entries in 16 media categories will be accepted from as many as 100 middle and high school teachers over the 17 school districts in our region. The exhibition of art by middle and high school students from Western NC opened to the public on Sat. Jan. 20 with an awards ceremony in the Diana Wortham Theatre at Pack Place. All participants and interested community members are invited to join in celebrating the talent and creativity of our students.
Student artists whose works are designated as Gold Key will receive special recognition and their work will be sent on to the National Awards program and competition in New York City to be held later this spring. Works receiving national recognition for excellence will be shown in the "78th Annual National Scholastic Art Awards" exhibition at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. Each year the work of students from our region receives national recognition. In 2000 the work of Asheville High School Students Leah Brown and Paul Gilliland, and Tuscola High School Student Elizabeth Dietiker was displayed at the Corcoran Gallery.
Scholastic Inc., the nation's leading publisher and distributor of children's books and educational materials founded the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards in 1923. The award program is the longest-running student recognition program for the visual and literally arts in the country. In 2000, over 250,000 entries in 16 art categories and 10 writing categories were submitted. At the national level, prestigious artists, writers and art professionals support and are involved with this program for young people. In previous years Frank McCourt, Kiki Smith, George Plimpton, Carl Pope, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Joyce Carol Oates, Mel Blount and Esmerelda Santiago have served as judges. Alumni of this program included such gifted artists as Richard Avedon, Truman Capote, Francis Farmer, Sylvi Plath, Red Grooms, Robert Redford, and Andy Warhol.
The Western North Carolina Regional Scholastic Art Awards is co-sponsored by the Asheville Art Museum and the American Institute of Architects, Asheville Area Section and receives support from the Asheville Art Museum Docents and the NC Art Education Association. The Asheville Art Museum receives general operating support for its programs from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, a federal agency, the United Art Campaign of the Asheville Area Arts Council and the NC Arts Council, a state agency in addition to many other foundation, business and individual supporters.
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Gallery listings or call the museum at 828/253-3227 or the American
Institute of Architects, Asheville Area Section at 828/669-1750.
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