Scholastic Art Awards 2013
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| Ceramics instructor Glenda Guion with Kimberly Chambers |
Founded in 1923, the Scholastic Art Awards are the longest-running,
most prestigious recognition program for creative teens in the U.S. and
the largest source of scholarship funds for young artists. This awards
program showcases outstanding work being produced by students and
schools from across the nation. As an annual sponsor, Lander University
has hosted the South Carolina regional exhibition for Scholastic for the
past 23 years. Lander University hosted a regional awards ceremony and reception in
January to honor these young artists. The works of many Fine Arts
Center students were selected for the show.
Kimberly Chambers received the highest honor that could be earned at
the Regional Scholastic Exhibition, the American Vision Award. This
award is considered a "regional Best-of-Show" and nominates her to
represent this region in the national competition in New York.
Kimberly's ceramic sculpture, "Bee," is also featured on the cover of
the awards brochure.
The Gold Key is considered the next highest level of achievement on
the regional level, and winning works are sent to New York City for
national adjudication. Several of our students received the Gold Key,
including Madison Osborne for her sculpture "Uncontainable," Elise
Huguley for her digital art "The Journey," Jessica Wortkoetter for her
drawing "Self Portrait," and Hattie Odell for her mixed media
"Connectivity."
Several students received a Gold Key for their art portfolios.
Congratulations to Emma Lightsey, Caroline Dillard and Rachael Heeke for
achieving this honor.
Six students received a Silver Key, which denotes work worthy of
recognition on the regional level. Elise Huguley for her mixed media
"Family," Madelyn Knight for her photography entries "Searching for
Masculinity" and "Searching for Femininity," Anna Huff for her mixed
media "The Letter," and Hannah Rodgers for her drawing "Oscar. " Film
student Stephen Simmons also received a Silver Key for the film
"Cliché."
Caroline Dillard received an Honorable Mention for her design "Matryoshka Flowers."
Mint Museum Field Trip
On Jan. 4, right after we returned from
winter break, the visual arts students piled into two charter buses early
in the morning and headed to Charlotte for a fun-filled day of art and history.
Although we had a little bump in the road (one of the charter buses had a blowout on I-85 and we were stranded for two hours), we had an incredible time.
Special thanks to Gloria Collins, Terry Jarrard-Dimond, Tim Speaker, Steven
Chapp, and Tom Flowers for chaperoning the trip.
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| Mint Museum Field Trip Group |
The metals department was pleased to host nationally-award-winning metal and enamel artists Mark Hartung and Gretchen Goss for three days in early January. The husband-and-wife team started their visit on Monday, Jan. 7 with artist lectures in the Recital Hall and then worked for two more days directly with students and metals teacher Katy Cassell to teach two new techniques: how to create and apply ceramic decals to an enameled surface and how to weld on a tiny scale using the laser welder. Their visit was funded in part by a grant from Greenville's Metropolitan Arts Council. Says Ms. Cassell, "I am so very pleased to have the opportunity to introduce my students to the people who mentored me all the way through undergraduate school and beyond."
Ms. Goss has an MFA in enameling and is a professor and was recently the chair of the Material Culture Environment at the Cleveland Institute of Art. Her work has been included in exhibits nationally and internationally, and in 2003 she co-curated an exhibition in print titled "Enameling: A Current Perspective" for Metalsmith Magazine. In addition to curating numerous other exhibitions, she has taught extensively at Haystack, Penland, and Arrowmont schools of craft and in the UK.
After graduating with a BFA in Glass, Mr. Hartung developed a business designing and manufacturing hand-blown art glass. After years of running the business, Mr. Hartung enrolled in a jewelry/metals class at San Diego State University that changed the course of his art career. After returning to Ohio, he began working primarily with metal, wood, and found objects and sells his work through galleries and national craft shows.
Both artists have been recipients of numerous Ohio Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship Grants.
