From the Armory Center for the Arts:
Scholarship Money Available for Local Teen Artists:
Young Artists Grades 7-12 Invited to Submit Work to Los Angeles Scholastic Art Awards
- 15 Seniors Will Receive Top Honors and $10,000 Awards Nationally
- Additional $3.9 Million Scholarships Available to Selected Students
- Exhibition at the Armory Center for the Arts in Pasadena for Regional Winners and Other Prizes
- New This Year: The Armory Center for the Arts and The Pasadena Weekly Partner to Recognize the Artistic Achievements of One Special PUSD Student
Deadline to Submit: January 15, 2010
Pasadena, CA (December 21, 2009) – The Armory Center for the Arts in Pasadena has partnered with Ovation TV and The Alliance for Young Artists & Writers to present the Los Angeles Scholastic Art Awards, the regional art competition of the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. The Awards are the largest source of scholarship funds for creative teens in the U.S., offering recognition, exhibition, publication and scholarship opportunities for outstanding students in creative fields.
To Register Students Visit http://registration.
After submission, the works are are evaluated by a panel of jurors comprised of local artists, educators and other art professionals. Works are evaluated on the time honored criteria of originality, technical skill and the emergence of a personal vision or voice. The award winners will be recognized during the Los Angeles Scholastic Art Awards Ceremony which will take place Saturday, February 27, 2010 and their work will be exhibited in The Armory from February 27th until March 14th.
For the first time, this year the Armory will partner with The Pasadena Weekly to provide a special award to a PUSD art student who shows exceptional promise and will provide mentoring, placement in art classes, and other prizes.
Various other prizes will be awarded to other regional Gold Key winners by the Armory and other arts organizations and businesses.
If a student receives a top prize (Gold Key Award) at the Los Angeles Scholastic Art Awards, then his or her work moves on to the national level where 15 high school seniors will be honored with a National Portfolio Gold medal, the highest level of achievement, and each will receive a $10,000 cash award. An additional $3.9 million in art and writing scholarships will be made available to Portfolio Gold and Portfolio Silver medal recipients through the Alliance. Award-winning artists also participate in exhibitions in New York City and around the nation and images of their work will be published in nationally distributed catalogs.
For more information, visit http://mediaroom.scholastic.
Or http://armoryarts.org/
CONTACT:
Janine Christiano
Scholastic Art Awards Coordinator
Armory Center for the Arts
145 N. Raymond Ave.
Pasadena, CA 91103
Phone: 626.792.5101 ext 145
Alt: 626.405.1042
