I’m stunned and proud! My daughter just won a gold key award from the 2008 National Scholastic Art & Writing Awards with the sculpture she created shown at right. It’s made from styrofoam and photographs, and it stands about 12″ tall.
Over 100,000 student works are submitted each year at the state level to this competition, and then 10,000 pieces are sent from the state to the national level. Out of 10,000 pieces, 1,000 are chosen to receive rewards. This translates to the top 1% of all submissions, and she joins previous winners such as Richard Avedon, Zac Posen, Mel Bochner and numerous others who have won this award.
This isn’t the only award she’s received lately - she’s been offered generous scholarships to two different highly-rated colleges for fall (she’s a senior this year). What’s nice is that this National Scholastic award also translates to a scholarship to specific colleges (which are on her list). So, it is possible to make money with art!
Congrats, Cora-Aurora-Borealis!~
Posted by Linda at 6:24 PM PDT
