National Scholastic Art AwardsThe annual Scholastic Art Awards is the nation’s longest-running, most prestigious recognition initiative for creative students (grades 7-12) and the largest source of scholarships for young artists and writers. Each year nearly 5,000 pieces of art are submitted within our region, and approximately 20% of those submissions are accepted. Each work of art was blindly adjudicated by members of our regional Scholastic Art Affiliate, the Art Academy of Cincinnati. The selection of winners was guided by the three core principles of the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards — originality, technical skills, and emergence of personal vision or voice.
Gold Key, Silver Key and Honorable Mention recognition will be awarded to students. Educators, media, vendors, students and their families are invited to attend the Regional Award Ceremony and events. Gold Key recipients go on to compete for national medals in an Exhibit and National Award Ceremony at Carnegie Hall in New York, NY. Student work will be displayed at the Art Academy of Cincinnati. |
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Ohio Governors Show
The process of selecting artworks for the state exhibition begins on a regional level. The state is divided into 15 regional locations, with high school students in each region invited to enter work in that regional judging. Each region has a designated Regional Director, who is responsible for choosing the judges for his or her region and arranging specifics of the event.
The state judging takes place in Columbus; however, the judges for this level of competition are chosen from all over the country and are generally professional artists, college level instructors, or both. From the 11,500 regional entries from the 15 regions, approximately 2,500 are selected to enter the state judging. State jurors then select 300 for the actual exhibition, with 25 of the 300 chosen to receive the Governor's Award of Excellence. Scholarships are offered to seniors by over 30 universities and colleges of art. The selection of students to be offered scholarships is left strictly up to those institutions who offer them. The Governor's Exhibition is merely a vehicle through which schools and students are brought together. The exhibition opens at the James A. Rhodes State Office Tower, across from the State Capitol, in April, and closes at the end of May. At the exhibition opening, students receive Awards of Excellence and scholarship awards. |
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Emerging ArtistsThe OAEA High School Show is dedicated to showcasing Ohio's Emerging Artist artistic efforts, from students who have taken only one or two art class that may need an extra boost in their confidence. OAEA hopes to recognize budding talent and provides a professional forum for young people to experience competition, something they will encounter in their college applications, portfolio reviews and future art careers in college.
2016 marked the fourth year for the Emerging Artist high school show from OAEA. Students who are just beginning to explore the arts in high school are welcome to exhibit their work. OAEA is pleased to offer a competitive professional forum for talented students to prepare their creative future in college and in an art career. |
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