One moment of recognition can inspire a lifetime of creativity…

The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards on the campus of Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design

Make plans to help your students participate in the Scholastic Art Awards program- a tradition in Colorado for more than 60 years!

October 1-December 4 | online registration
December 4 & 5 | payment & entry forms due
January 9-February 4 | exhibition held on RMCAD campus

For more information go to scholastic.rmcad.edu or call Pam Starck, Scholastic Co-Director, 303.225.8571 or Liz Deets, Scholastic Co-Director, 303.567.7289, or email scholastic@rmcad.edu

To set up a tours, field trips or gallery showings, please call or email Liz Deets at any time
Ldeets@rmcad.edu, 303.567.7289.

April 14, 2010

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT: 

Karen Wachtel, Director of Communications :: kwachtel @ rmcad.edu :: 303.225.8598

17 Area Artists Earn National Award and Will Be Celebrated at Carnegie Hall in New York City

The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards of 2010 Honor the Nation’s Most Talented Young Artists and Writers

DENVER, Colorado

—Seventeen students from Colorado have received prestigious national Awards for their outstanding artwork

through The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, the 87 year-old national program that recognizes outstanding creative teenagers and offers scholarship opportunities for graduating high school seniors.

This year’s Award recipients from Colorado are: Jordan Bush, Cheyenne Mountain High School, Silver; Angel Lam, Thornton High School, Silver; Rachel Mizenko, West Jefferson Middle School, Silver; Alyssa White, Fruita Monument High School, Silver; Adam Wiener, Colorado Academy, Silver; Karla Flemming, Poudre High School, Gold; Felipe Garcia, Aurora Central High School, Gold; Nicole Pratte, Liberty High School, Gold; Esther So, Fort Collins High School, Gold; Nicolette Tiongson, ThunderRidge High School, Gold; Rachel Kosbab, Pine Creek High School, Gold; Arianna Gentile Polese, Thornton High School, Gold & American Vision Award; Katie Smith, Grandview High School, Gold; Rachel Tyler, Cherry Creek West Middle School, Gold; Courtney Barber, Frontier Academy, Silver Portfolio; Bryon Christman, Denver School of the Arts, Silver Portfolio; and Daniel Haarburger, Boulder High School; Silver Portfolio.

The Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, the national nonprofit organization that runs The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, will honor these students on June 9, 2010, at a gala celebration at Carnegie Hall in New York City.  Selected award recipients and high school seniors recognized with top honors for portfolios will have their art/writing exhibited in Manhattan at the World Financial Center Courtyard Gallery in Lower Manhattan from June 9-25.

These students join the ranks of some of our country’s most revered artists and writers who have received Scholastic Art & Writing Awards in the past, including Robert Redford, Andy Warhol, Truman Capote, John Lithgow, Bernard Malamud, Joyce Carol Oates, Tom Otterness, Philip Pearlstein, Zac Posen, Sylvia Plath, Richard Avedon, and Robert Indiana.

The first level of recognition for these students’ outstanding work took place through the Scholastic Art Awards of Colorado, one of 96 affiliate organizations nationwide.  The Colorado Awards were given out in January when more than 1,700 students submitted over 3,900 pieces of artwork to the competition. The 128 Gold Key winners and 39 Gold Key Portfolio winners from Colorado had their work in an exhibition at Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design, and went on to compete for the coveted national Awards which were selected by an esteemed panel of judge.  Silver Keys and Honorable mention artwork was also displayed at this time. In the state of Colorado this year 210 thousand dollars was given to senior portfolio winners to attend state colleges and universities.

Since Scholastic, the global children’s publishing, media and education company, founded the program in 1923, more than 13 million America’s most talented junior high and high school youth (grades 7-12) have participated in The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, and 9 million have been recognized and shared in $25 million in cash awards and college scholarships.  The Awards bring teenagers’ visual art and writing to a national audience by showcasing their remarkable work and encouraging their creative journey and career development.  In addition to awarding annual scholarships to top portfolio award recipients, the Alliance collaborates with colleges across the country that make an additional $3.9 million in financial aid available to national award recipients.

The work of the Colorado Region is made possible through the support of Rocky Mountain College of Art +Design, Colorado Art Education Association, The Rotary Club of Denver, Colorado Printing Company, Jerry and Marty Berglund, Colorado Data Mail and the ExxonMobil Foundation.

For more information, please visit scholastics.rmcad.edu or www.artandwriting.org.

Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design (RMCAD), which is the host for the Scholastics Art Awards of Colorado, is a private, fully accredited schoolfounded in 1963, offering BFAs in a variety of art and design disciplines. With an intimate, historic campus and an esteemed faculty, RMCAD combines world-class education with an environment that provides both inclusiveness and freedom to students. For more information, visit www.rmcad.edu.