1/25/2012 3:20:00 PMThe Cleveland Institute of Art Hosts its 33rd Cuyahoga County Region The Scholastic Art + Writing Competition and Exhibition

The Cleveland Institute of Art Hosts its 33rd Cuyahoga County Region The Scholastic Art + Writing Competition and Exhibition. 
The Scholastic Art Competition recognizes creative achievement in area 7th-12th grade students. The young artists compete for cash prizes, medals, and scholarship awards. A panel of local professional artists, art educators, writers, and writing educators jury the exhibit and select the awarded pieces from nearly 1,700 entries. Students who receive Portfolio Awards and Gold Key Awards continue to the national competition held in the spring in New York City.

Since its start in 1927, the Scholastic Art Awards have acted as a venue for the community to view the exceptional artwork of public, private, parochial, and home-schooled students between the 7th and 12th grades. It also allows students, parents, and art instructors the opportunity to understand the importance of developing and encouraging creativity and the limitless opportunities bound with an art education. Past winners include Truman Capote, Robert Redford, Andy Warhol and Sylvia Plath.

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