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National Accolade Awarded To NOCCA Media Arts Student In Scholastic Art & Writing Awards
| Posted on September 06, 2011 |
Class of 2011 Media Arts student Kayla Elorza’s original film Stories from the Sleeping Mind is featured in a national exhibit coordinated by Art.Write.Now DC.
ART.WRITE.NOW DC is an annual partnership with the U.S. Department of Education and the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities to bring stunning teen-produced work to our nation's capitol. This year’s event features two concurrent exhibitions at the Department of Education and at the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities featuring only 54 pieces from the 2011 Scholastic Award-wining works.
In Kayla's film, Stories from the Sleeping Mind, she “interviewed various people about their dreams,” stated Paul Werner Chair of NOCCA Media Arts Department, “and then intercut animation of those dreams, flowing from one person’s dream to the next, like a group stream-of-consciousness."
As the only student from Louisiana, Kayla’s film is featured at the Department of Education facility. Kayla’s film is an experimental documentary illustrating a story of a dream. Kayla, her family and her NOCCA teachers have been invited to the opening reception on September 14 in Washington DC.
“Kayla has a bright future and is very deserving of this recognition,” stated NOCCA President|CEO Kyle Wedberg. “It is always wonderful to have a NOCCA student recognized at a national level for their work. It is good for the student and it is good for Louisiana.”