The College of Arts + Architecture is honored to be an Affiliate Partner for the Mid-Carolina Region of the Scholastic Art Awards, serving 26 counties in the Piedmont region of North Carolina. We welcome the addition of eight new counties to our region for the 2020-21 academic year: Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Montgomery, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, and Stokes counties. Welcome!
Congratulations to our 2021 Scholastic Art winners!
2021 Gold Key Winners 2021 Silver Key Winners 2021 Honorable Mention Winners
Gold and Silver Key Art and Writing works are in exhibition February 27-April 11 at Mint Museum Uptown.
See the Gold Key Winners' work!
The Gold Key Ceremony took place virtually via Zoom on Saturday, February 20, 2021. Watch here ⤵️
Adams Outdoors sponsors Gold Key art on billboards throughout the area. Check out the 2021 Gold Key Billboard Mockups. Click here for billboard addresses and locations. Here's a map where you can find them!
The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards have an impressive legacy dating back to 1923. Over the years, the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards have grown to become the longest-running, most prestigious program for creative teens in the U.S. and the nation’s largest source of scholarships for young artists and writers. A noteworthy roster of past winners includes Andy Warhol, Sylvia Plath, Truman Capote, Richard Avedon, Robert Redford, Joyce Carol Oates, Stephen King, and John Updike.
The process begins across the country as artists and writers in grades 7-12 submit work in 28 categories of art and writing to a network of regional affiliates who present award ceremonies and exhibits for selected works on a local level. Gold Keys, the highest awards, are then submitted from each region for national adjudication by luminaries in the visual and literary arts, some of whom are past award recipients. National Gold and Silver Medal-winning students and their teachers receive national recognition and are invited to attend the exhibit in New York and award ceremony at Carnegie Hall.
Students across America submitted nearly 340,000 original works last year. The top art and writing at the regional level were moved onto the national stage, where more than 2,700 students earned national medals. Through the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, students receive opportunities for recognition, exhibition, publication, and scholarships.
Selection Process
Submissions of artwork to the Mid-Carolina Region Scholastic Awards are evaluated in the categories of architecture & industrial design, ceramics & glass, comic art, design, digital art, drawing & illustration, expanded projects, fashion, film & animation, jewelry, mixed media, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, and art portfolio. The entries are classified according to media, then sorted by grade level (middle school and high school).
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. Jurors are chosen for their expertise in each category and evaluate work based on originality, technical skill, and personal vision.
Digital images of Gold Key artworks are sent for adjudication at the national level by a second set of panelists, and national Gold Medal artworks are displayed in New York at the national exhibitions.
See our past winners (2020 Gold Key Winners, 2020 Silver Key Winners, 2020 Honorable Mentions) and view winning entries throughout the county in the 2020 Gold Key Art & Writing Slide Show.
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