UNCSA Visual Arts students win over two-dozen Mid-Carolina Scholastic Art Awards
Seventeen students in the high school Visual Arts Program at UNCSA have won 29 awards in the 2023 Mid-Carolina Scholastic Art Awards. The students collected eight Gold Keys, nine Silver Keys, and 12 Honorable Mentions. Serving students and educators from central North and South Carolina, the Mid-Carolina Scholastic Art Awards are hosted by the College of Arts + Architecture at UNC Charlotte. The ceremony for regional Gold and Silver Key awards was held virtually on Feb. 11, 2023. The national awards will be announced in March.
The winning artwork will be on display starting March 17, 2023, through April 23, 2023, at the Mint Museum Uptown in Charlotte, North Carolina. Visitors will have the opportunity to see the Gold and Silver Keys in person and admission will be free for Scholastic students, families and educators.
“Having multiple Visual Arts Program students recognized by such a prestigious award this early in their career is truly an accomplishment,” said Assistant Dean and Director of Visual Arts Will Taylor, who is a professor of drawing in the UNCSA School of Design and Production. “This achievement reflects the creative capabilities of our students and the quality of guidance our faculty provides. We are so proud of all of our students who were recognized in this competition.”
Submissions are evaluated in numerous categories, including design, digital art, mixed media, painting, sculpture, and ceramics and glass. The entries are classified according to media, then sorted by grade level. Panels of regional jurors, made up of museum curators, college and university professors, professional artists, and veteran K-12 art teachers evaluate the work in a blind judging process.
Winners include:
Tate Bernard, Ames, Iowa:
Gold Key for Painting, “Lost Connections”
Silver Key for Photography, “Otherworldly Tethers”
Honorable Mention for Printmaking, “An Ending Adventure”
Rebekah Leisten, Apex, North Carolina:
Gold Key for Art Portfolio, “Consumption”
Rei Hu, Apex, North Carolina:
Honorable Mention for Painting, “Metamorphosis” and Photography, “Rebirth”
Shya Chakeres, Chapel Hill, North Carolina:
Honorable Mention for Drawing & Illustration, “Self-Portrait” and Painting, “Self-Portrait”
Kelsey Estupinan, Chapel Hill, North Carolina:
Gold Key for Drawing & Illustration, “Urban Invasion”
Silver Key for Painting, “Food Desert Fruit Salad”
Honorable Mention Sculpture, “Sweetener Girl”
Grace Chen, Charlotte, North Carolina:
Silver Keys for Art Portfolio, “Rendering Our Story and Form” and Comic Art, “Losing Home”
Lilly Pesakoff, Charlotte, North Carolina:
Silver Key for Mixed Media, “Liminal Fabric”
Eboni Louigarde, Concord, North Carolina:
Gold Key for Art Portfolio, “Ephemeral”
Courtney Talley, Graham, North Carolina:
Honorable Mention for Photography, “Last Light”
Ayla Bramblett, Pleasant Garden, North Carolina:
Gold Key for Photography, “Containing a Dancer”
Silver Key for Film & Animation, “A Ballerina's Duet”
Mina Yamamoto, Raleigh, North Carolina:
Gold Key for Drawing & Illustration, “Manipulated Slide Drawing”
Angelina Uy, Raleigh, North Carolina:
Gold Key for Photography, “The Madonna”
Silver Key for Sculpture, “The Death of Eve”
Emmie Bailey, Statesville, North Carolina:
Honorable Mention for Art Portfolio, “The Fantastical”
Victoria Haynes, Summerfield, North Carolina:
Gold Key for Photography, “My Babies”
Silver Key for Mixed Media, “Scrutiny”
Honorable Mention for Comic Art, “Look What the Cat Dragged In”
Annalee Shaffer, Walnut Cove, North Carolina:
Honorable Mention for Photography, “Stuck”
Alexandria Chappell, Wilmington, North Carolina:
Honorable Mention for Comic Art, “Time is an Illusion”
Shaun Kawalec, Winston-Salem, North Carolina:
Silver Key for Photography, “Vintage Mail Car”
Honorable Mention for Drawing & Illustration, “Existential Crisis”
The nation’s longest-running, most prestigious recognition program for creative teens, the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards were founded in 1923. Notable winners have included artist Andy Warhol, sculptor Luis Jiménez, photographer Richard Avedon, artist Kay WalkingStick, author Stephen King and director Ken Burns.
The UNCSA Visual Arts Program enrolls high school juniors and seniors who commit to a rigorous course of study in design, drawing, sculpture and art history. Graduates of the program have continued to pursue their interest in the fine arts at universities such as Virginia Commonwealth, Kansas City Art Institute, Maryland Institute College of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, School of Art Institute of Chicago, Ringling College of Art and Design, School of the Museum of Fine Art - Boston and College for Creative Studies.
Visual Arts alumni have enjoyed successful careers in photography, graphic design, painting, animation, sculpture, installation art, makeup artistry and arts education.
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February 14, 2023