The Alliance for Young Artists and Writers has announced the winners of
the National Scholastic Art Awards.
The following MSAA entries have been awarded at the national level:
National Art Portfolio Gold Medal
Portfolio
Abraham Pineda-Fischer
Teacher: Nancy Norwood
Perpich Center for Arts Education
Grade: 12
National American Visions Medal
Painting
American Vision Nominee
Miles Wangensteen
Teacher Karen Seashore
Woodbury High School
Grade: 12
National Silver Medal
Drawing
Nehemiah Nesheim
Teacher: Barbara Quade Harick
Como Park Senior High School
Grade: 12
National Silver Medal
Photography
Natalie Nelson
Teacher: Victoria Thor
Amos & Celia Heilicher Minneapolis Jewish Day School
Grade: 7
National Silver Medal
Ceramics and Glass
Gold Key
Teacher: Jonathan Hartman
Battle Lake School District
Cortney Stewart
Grade: 12
It is with gratitude and encouragement that we at MSAA extend a sincere
congratulations for this outstanding achievement!
More information about the National Awards can be found here:
http://artandwriting.org/
and a reminder that MSAA Gold Key and Silver Key images are now online at
flickr:
http://flickr.com/photos/msaa/sets
It is with gratitude and encouragement that we at MSAA extend sincere congratulations to all of the students and teachers who participated in MSAA 2009. Thank you for your dedication and perseverance, and for advancing the visual arts in our community.
This year we received 1147 individual artwork entries and 121 portfolio entries! The jury awarded 54 Gold Keys and 121 Silver Keys for individual entries and 8 Gold Key and 13 Silver Keys for portfolio entries. Additionally, the jury awarded 132 individual entry Merit Awards and 53 portfolio Merit Awards to students whose work, although not chosen to be in the MSAA Exhibition, was noted by the jurors as deserving of merit.
Please view the list of 2009 MSAA Awards here.
To learn more about specific awards, please view the 'Frequently Asked Questions' Section of this site.
The 2009 Minnesota Scholastic Art Exhibition is open to the public daily from January 23, 2009 to February 22, 2009 in MCAD Gallery's Concourse Gallery. We invite you to view the Exhibition and see this amazing artwork from Minnesota's young artists.
More about MSAA:
The Minnesota Scholastic Art Awards program (MSAA) is a statewide regional affiliation of the national Scholastic Art Awards program, which offers early recognition of creative teenagers and scholarship opportunities for graduating high school seniors.
This program is open to all Minnesota students in grades 7 through 12. Student entries are typically submitted by art teachers.
The Minnesota Scholastic Art Awards are celebrated with an exhibition and ceremony hosted by the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. Selected artwork will continue on to the national competition in New York.