Fairfax County Public Schools: FCPS Student Artists Recognized In 2022 Regional Scholastic Art Awards

Fairfax Station VA

28 January, 2022

2:10 PM

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Press release from Fairfax County Public Schools: January 27, 2022 FCPS Operating Status Update All activities scheduled in Fairfax County Public Schools or on school grounds for this afternoon and evening, Friday January 28 and before noon on January 29 are canceled, including: Activities scheduled after 12 p.m. on Saturday, January 29 will go on as scheduled. Virtual events will continue as scheduled for the entire weekend. The 2022 Regional Scholastic Art Awards program has awarded Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) students in grades 7-12 a total of 497 awards for outstanding artwork, including 160 Gold Key awards, 160 Silver Key awards, and 177 Honorable Mention awards. Four works by FCPS students were nominated for the best-in-show American Visions Award. Artworks were submitted and judged in categories including drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, ceramics, sculpture, digital art, design, architecture, jewelry, fashion, film and animation, mixed media, and portfolios. The Gold Key and Silver Key artworks will be displayed at Northern Virginia Community College's Ernst Community Cultural Center in Annandale from Friday, February 11, to Thursday, March 24, with an award ceremony on Wednesday, February 23. Updates and announcements about the exhibition and award ceremony are available are available at the affiliate website for the Fairfax County Art Region(link is external). Gold Key award-winning works will be judged at the national level against other gold key work from regions across the country. National awards include Gold and Silver medals as well as monetary awards and scholarships. National awards will be announced on March 23, and an exhibit of the national winners' works will be on display in New York later this year. The Scholastic Art Awards program, presented by the Alliance for Young Artists and Writers, is the largest, longest-running recognition program of its kind in the United States. Established in 1923, the awards have recognized teens who have become some of our nation's most celebrated artists, including Richard Avedon, Robert Indiana, Phillip Pearlstein, and Andy Warhol. A complete list of FCPS winners is provided below.  For more information, contact Aaron Stratten at 571-423-4536 or acstratten@fcps.edu(link sends email). This press release was produced by Fairfax County Public Schools. The views expressed here are the author's own.