Saturday, January 26 (10:00 a.m.)

Exhibition Opens: Western North Carolina Regional Scholastic Art Awards

Open Free to the Public / Holden Community Gallery / North Wing of the Museum

The Asheville Art Museum, with the assistance of its volunteer docents, partners with the Asheville Area Section of the American Institute of Architects each year to sponsor the Western North Carolina Regional Scholastic Art Awards. Students in grades 7-12 from all across our region are invited to submit work for this special juried competition.

The 2013 WNC Regional Scholastic Art Award recipients will be honored at a ceremony on February 9 at 2:00 p.m. in the Diana Wortham Theatre and the exhibition of their artwork will be on view in the Holden Community Gallery from January 26 – February 24, 2013. Regional Gold Key recipients’ work will be sent to the National Scholastic Art competition in New York City. For more information on the Scholastic Art Awards: www.ashevilleart.org or www.artandwriting.org.

Western North Carolina Regional Scholastic Art Awards Ceremony

FEBRUARY 9 – Saturday at 2:00 p.m.

Diana Wortham Theatre

Shown  above (from the 2012 WNC Scholastic Art Awards): Stella Kimsey-White, 10th Grade, Asheville High School (2011/2012 School Year), Colorado, digital photograph. 2012 Gold Medal National Scholastic Art Award.