Please Visit the new Scholastics website sponsored by Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design. Read about the 2008 Scholastics Winners. 

“One Moment of Recognition Can Inspire a Lifetime of Creativity” is the Scholastic Art Awards program motto. More than 3,100 Colorado students were inspired this year to enter their work into this prestigious national competition that has been an annual event in Colorado for the last sixty years. The work came from secondary schools from every corner of the state. Professionals juried the massive number of submissions on the basis of technique, originality and personal voice. More than 450 students received Gold Keys, Silver Keys and Honorable Mentions for their outstanding work. More information follows below. 

All Gold Key work is sent to New York City to be juried along with more than 250,000 entries representing all 50 states. The National Student Exhibit of Award winners will be displayed in New York and a recognition ceremony will occur at Carnegie Hall in June. Each year, Colorado students received national recognition. 

Creativity was the word participants had to use this year as we battled with snowstorms, logistic and technical problems. We made it and Scholastics is looking forward to the 2007-2008 year with the Colorado Art Education Association as our affiliate and our new home being Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design in Lakewood. 

RMCAD’s mission is to instill and foster a passion for creativity, innovation and excellence in its students, which is synonymous with the vision on Scholastics. With the aid of RMCAD’s technical support crew we believe we can successfully run an online registration (even if there are break downs on the national level). 

So watch for more information in the coming months about changes and improvements to the Colorado Scholastics Art Awards program.