Scholastics Art and Writing Awards Miami Silver Key 1995

Scholastic Art & Writing Competitions Advantage with Tape-Breaking Numbers of Keys

Students in the Visual Arts and Creative Writing departments accept won an unprecedented corporeality of awards from the Scholastics Art & Writing Awards: sixteen Golden, 54 Silver and 76 Honorable Mentions.

Miami Arts Charter School (MAC) students in the Visual Arts and Creative Writing departments take won an unprecedented amount of Gold and Silver Keys from the Scholastics Art & Writing Awards and its co-sponsor, Alliance for Immature Artists and Writers (AYAW), Alfred de la Rosa, Founder and Director of Miami Arts Charter has announced.

Visual Arts students in both middle and loftier school won a total of 3 Gold Keys, 15 Silver Keys and 27 Honorable Mentions. One of the Gold Keys was awarded for a senior portfolio, which is a collection of piece of work in several different genres that's selected by the student for judging.

Visual Arts Chair Andrea Preston attributed much of their success to our talented faculty member, Michelle Girardello, who earned more awards in the Photography category than any other teacher in the county.

"I am and so proud of the incredible progress our students have made this year. It's no surprise they took home 46 Scholastic Art Awards," she said. "Nosotros are especially proud of our senior, Maria Cardona, who earned a Gold Primal for her Portfolio."

Michelle Girardello, Creative Photography Manager, agreed. "I accept had the pleasance of existence able to picket Maria abound not only artistically simply also as an private over the past two years. Information technology is great to be able to see her recognize her own talent, and to take it recognized by others."

Creative Writing students were handed xiii Gilt Keys, 39 Silvery Keys and 49 Honorable Mentions. Three of the Aureate Keys were awarded for senior portfolios. In addition, one student, Catherine Valdez, was nominated for the American Voices Award (AVA), along with only iv other students from the region. (One of the five nominees volition win the AVA.)

The overall number of top awards has probable ready a record for Miami-Dade County schools. "I haven't done the math, only I think MAC has made history equally having the strongest showing of top winners from any ane school," Michael Bell, who directs Miami's local chapter Miami Writes, said. "Everything is blind-judged and then all decisions were based on the merit of the work. Nosotros are e'er surprised in the end as well when the scores are matched to the names."

"Information technology was overwhelming to receive then many Keys, and then to find out that Catherine was nominated, and then to be told we ready a tape—well, these were incredible moments for united states," Jen Karetnick, Creative Writing Director, said.

"All the kids work and so difficult. The other Arts teachers and I only desire the best for them," she added. "These awards are especially gratifying because they make the students eligible for college scholarships."

Scholastics, a national organization that has been offer awards in the arts since 1923, offers awards and scholarships in 28 art and writing categories. AYAW, a non-turn a profit organization, was created in 1994 to expand the accomplish and breadth of the program.

Today, more than 230,000 almanac, national submissions are get-go judged past 100 regional affiliates, which include "museums, colleges and universities, government agencies, community-based organizations, school systems, teacher associations, foundations and libraries," according to the AYAW website. The "Keys" are the regional prizes, with Gold Keys automatically moving on to national contest.

"The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards are important because they provide a forum for students to compare how their accomplishment levels stand with other swell writers and artists locally or regionally and then at the national level, said MAC Founder and Director Alfred de la Rosa. "Having and so many winners is humbling for us equally a school, but these MAC pupil participants, and their teachers, have earned this recognition through hard work and dedication. MAC is breaking new ground in this event. I feel like a proud father!"

The public tin can run into and hear both regional and national work through exhibitions, readings, publications and tours. In Miami, the Visual Arts winners were feted in a prestigious anniversary at the Miami Fine art Museum (MAM) on January 20, 2013. Their work is still on display in the MAM's 2nd flooring gallery, and will remain until Feb 17, 2013.

Creative Writer Gold Central winners will read their work in a special ceremony in March, 2013, at the Miami-Dade Youth Fair and Exposition, where all the entries that were entered will be displayed. The poems, stories and essays volition also be published in an album.

The awards program sees an average of 200,000 entries annually, and less than 5 pct of the work entered wins a Gold Primal. National awards volition exist appear by March xv.

For a full list of Gold and Silver Key winners, please click on this link: http://tinyurl.com/bkekygp . For more information nigh AYAW, please go to www.artandwriting.org .

*Photos by Maria Cardona, Ethan Bitton, and Michelle Girardello

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