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Students Receive Recognition In Scholastic Awards
| Posted on March 04, 2010 |
Students in Creative Writing and Visual Arts Chosen In Prestigious Juried Program
The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, a program by The Alliance for Young Artists and Writers, recently announced the regional level placement in their competition. Several NOCCA students received Gold Key Regional Awards. Only the most accomplished works submitted to the regional programs earn Gold Keys.
Regional Gold Key placements include:
student partner school city medium
Ashly McCord Country Day Metairie Poetry
Emily Chaplain Grace King Kenner Art Portfolio (Visual Arts)
Jesse Haycraft Newman New Orleans Art Portfolio (Media Arts)
Andrew Shachat Country Day New Orleans Writing Portfolio
Erin Levins homeschool New Orleans Film & Animation
Helena Blanco N.O. Science & Math New Orleans Poetry
Natasha Cox Belle Chasse New Orleans Short Story, Poetry, Writing Portfolio
Annalise Torcson Mandeville Covington Poetry
Camilla Cannon Mandeville Mandeville Poetry; Poetry; Short Story (3 Gold Keys)
Monet du Plessis Mandeville Mandeville Art Portfolio (Visual Arts)
Erica Westenberger Mandeville Mandeville Art Portfolio (Visual Arts)
As senior portfolio winners, Emily Chaplain, Natasha Cox, Monet du Plessis, Jesse Haycraft, Andrew Shachat and Erica Westenberger are eligible to compete for $10,000 scholarships for post-secondary studies.
President/CEO Kyle Wedberg stated, “We are proud of these students and well deserved recognition. We are also grateful to the families that support these students and the NOCAA artist faculty members that have helped to provide these students with the training and preparation to compete on a national level. What these students display is emblematic of what is possible with the right resources and training for students in Louisiana.”
More than 160,000 works are initially submitted to the 76 regional programs each year. On the regional level, only 693 artworks from the Region-at-Large earned Gold Key recognition this year. The next round of judging takes place in April.
The Alliance collaborates with colleges across the country to leverage an additional $3.25 million in scholarship opportunities for award recipients who demonstrate exceptional promise. National award recipients are celebrated in a ceremony at Carnegie Hall, a national exhibition of selected works and are invited to attend a series of workshops led by professional artists, writers and creative industry leaders in New York City. Visit http://www.artandwriting.org
for more information about the Alliance for Young Artists and Writers.