Scholastic Art & Writing

Adapting during the pandemic

Thanks to Maine College of Art (MECA) who will be hosting the Scholastic Art & Writing awards this year in-state. Pamela Moulton provided the following information with more to come in the near future!

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: DECEMBER 15

During the Pandemic we have all become virtual inventors, creators of content, and even actors. We’ve had to re-learn how to teach art, adapting to this year’s unique school platform. Maine College of Art applauds your efforts and energy to teach differently in hybrid learning situations. We are all making history together. 

Just as you have, Scholastics is adapting to respect our state’s protocol and will plan accordingly, hosting a virtual exhibition and ceremony to celebrate Maine’s budding artists. The silver lining is that students will not be required to frame or mat works of art as we can accomplish this digitally. This should simplify the process for everyone. Students will need to photograph and document their works of art professionally so the jury can fairly judge their work. This also means many more people will be able to view and celebrate student’s works of art from across the state and beyond! 

Since 1923, the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards have recognized the vision, ingenuity, and talent of our nation’s youth, and provided opportunities for creative teens to be celebrated. Each year, increasing numbers of teens participate in the program, and become a part of our community—young artists and writers, filmmakers and photographers, poets and sculptors, video game artists and science fiction writers—along with countless educators who support and encourage their creative process.

If you have any questions about the program this year please contact Pamela Moulton at pmoulton@meca.edu.

Scholastic Art & Writing Awards

Looking for student artwork

We are happy to announce the opening of the 2019 Maine Region Scholastic Art Award Competition and the 2019 Congressional Art Competition! Students are invited to submit artwork to participate in these juried competitions.

Since 1923, the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards have recognized the vision, ingenuity, and talent of our nation’s youth, and provided opportunities for creative teens to be celebrated. Each year, increasing numbers of teens participate in the program, and become a part of our community—young artists and writers, filmmakers and photographers, poets and sculptors, video game artists and science fiction writers—along with countless educators who support and encourage the creative process.

The Congressional Art Competition takes place each spring, when the Congressional Institute sponsors a nationwide high school visual art competition to recognize and encourage artistic talent in the nation and in each congressional district. Since this competition began in 1982, more than 650,000 high school students have participated.

The Maine Arts Commission has collaborated with the Maine College of Art for several years on these programs. MECA is pleased to be hosting both Scholastics and the Congressional Art Awards this year. For complete details on student eligibility, competition categories, jury criteria, important dates and deadlines, and more, please visit meca.edu/maine-region-art-awards/or artandwriting.org

Scholastic Art Awards

Congratulations students!

The 2018 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards are the largest, longest-running scholarship and recognition program for creative teens, and are presented annually by the nonprofit Alliance for Young Artist & Writers with generous support from Scholastic Inc.

From an initial pool of nearly 350,000 submissions 3,300 works of art and writing earned a National Medal. Students and their educators will be honored at a National ceremony at Carnegie Hall in New York City, on June 7, 2018.

Award winners from Maine include the following:

• Haha Albadri, grade 12, Biddeford, Awarded: Gold Medal in Personal Essay & Memoir for “Red Dishdasha”
• Christopher Barlow, grade 10, South Portland High School, Awarded: Gold Medal in Poetry for “Ryan, White Lighters, Fur Trading, Juvenile, Death And Dignity (for Patroclus)”
• Rex DeMuro, grade 7 Conners/Emerson Elementary School, Bar Harbor, Awarded: Silver Medal in Short Story for “Writing ‘The Spaniard'”
• Makena Déveraux, grade 11, Cape Elizabeth High School, Awarded: Silver Medal in Poetry for “Love from I”
• Lizzie Dunn, grade 11, Houlton Jr Senior High School, Awarded: Silver Medal in Drawing & Illustration for “Sense of Chaos”
• Benjamin Folsom, grade 12, Falmouth High School, Awarded: Gold Medal, American Visions Medal in Digital Art for “Disperse”
• Galen Gaze, grade 12, Falmouth High School, Awarded: Gold Medal in Editorial Cartoon sponsored by The Herb Block Foundation for “Innocence is Bliss”
• Mary Hammond, grade 12, Narraguagus High School, Harrington, Awarded: Silver Medal in Poetry for “I Never Disturbed the Moss — A Midnight Solace”
• An Ho, grade 12, Thornton Academy, Saco, Awarded: Gold Medal in Design for “The Burger Workshop”
• Anna Kelly, grade 8, Center for Teaching & Learning, Edgecomb, Awarded: Gold Medal in Personal Essay & Memoir for “Rebels with a Cause”
• Addison Lanoue, grade 8, Scarborough Middle School, Awarded: Silver Medal in Poetry for “Frozen in Time”
• Rya Morrill, grade 12, Bangor High School, Awarded: Silver Medal in Digital Art for “Artificial Intelligence
• Rose Rasor, grade 10, Yarmouth High School, Awarded: Gold Medal in Poetry for “An Open Letter to Ophelia and Other Poems”
• Grace Roberts, grade 12, Cape Elizabeth High School, Awarded: Silver Medal in Personal Essay & Memoir for “Jaw” AND Gold Medal in Personal Essay & Memoir for “A Letter”
• Luna Soley, grade 12, Waynflete School, Portland, Awarded: Silver Medal in Personal Essay & Memoir for “Monarch” AND Silver Medal in Poetry for “A Thank You Note to the World”
• Raina Sparks, grade 9, Cape Elizabeth High School, Awarded: Silver Medal in Poetry for “Little Lady, Hurricane in the Shade of Purple”
• Conner Theriault, grade 10, Baxter Academy Tech & Science, Portland, Awarded: Silver Medal in Sculpture for “Veteran”

Scholastic Art Awards

Congratulations students!

The 2016 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards are the largest, longest-running scholarship and recognition program for creative teens, and are presented annually by the Alliance for Young Artist & Writers with generous support from Scholastic Inc.

From an initial pool of nearly 320,000 submissions 2,400 works of art and writing earned a National Medal. Award winners from Maine include the following:

• Alexandra Augur, Frank H Harrison Middle School, Yarmouth                              Awarded: Gold Medal in Personal Essay/Memoir for “Keeping Pace”
• Sadie Cowles, Frank H Harrison Middle School, Yarmouth                                                           Awarded: Gold Medal in Grade Award in Personal Essay/Memoir for “One in Eight Million”
• Joey Han, Falmouth High School                                                                                                               Awarded: Gold Medal in Comic Art for “The painter”
• Katie Han, Falmouth High School                                                                                                          Awarded: Gold Medal in Photography for “Morning Spritz”
• Afton Morton, North Yarmouth Academy                                                                                              Awarded: Silver Medal in Short Story for “Playthings of Fear”
• Gabriel Rosen, Portland High School                                                                                                Awarded: Amercian Visions Medal in Painting for “The Hand”
• Sydney Sullivan, Center for Teaching & Learning, Edgecomb                                                         Awarded: American Voices Medal in Poetry for “Omaha Beach, One Man’s Trash, Autumn’s Sonnet, Outside the Lines”
• Morgan Zenter, Kents Hill School                                                                                                       Awarded: Gold Medal in Cermaics & Glass for “Enteroctopus Dofleni”

CONGRATULATIONS students and teachers who participated!