MONROE - Four Monroe High School art students received top honors in the Regional Scholastic Art Competition.
Madeline McGrane and Kevin Friske received Gold Key awards for their animations and will be competing at the national level in New York later this spring. Nichole Lehnherr received a Silver Key award for her jewelry piece and Rebecca Stauffacher received an honorable mention for her animation.
There were 270 individuals with artwork chosen for the Gold Key award, which will be sent on to national competition; 118 individuals with earned Silver Key awards and 204 works were awarded an honorable mention but are not included in the exhibit.
The Scholastic Art Awards-Wisconsin competition and exhibition is open to students in grades 7 to 12. The exhibition includes works in 17 media categories that are selected from 1,497 individually entries by a jury of 23 artists, educators and administrators. Students from 88 schools throughout the state entered the competition.
The exhibition is on view at the Milwaukee Art Museum until Sunday, March 4. Gold and Silver Key winning artworks are exhibited in the Schroeder West Galleria and Pieper Education Gallery. The awards were presented at private ceremonies on Saturday, Feb. 4 at the Milwaukee Art Museum. The national awards ceremony will be held in May at Carnegie Hall in New York City.
Madeline McGrane and Kevin Friske received Gold Key awards for their animations and will be competing at the national level in New York later this spring. Nichole Lehnherr received a Silver Key award for her jewelry piece and Rebecca Stauffacher received an honorable mention for her animation.
There were 270 individuals with artwork chosen for the Gold Key award, which will be sent on to national competition; 118 individuals with earned Silver Key awards and 204 works were awarded an honorable mention but are not included in the exhibit.
The Scholastic Art Awards-Wisconsin competition and exhibition is open to students in grades 7 to 12. The exhibition includes works in 17 media categories that are selected from 1,497 individually entries by a jury of 23 artists, educators and administrators. Students from 88 schools throughout the state entered the competition.
The exhibition is on view at the Milwaukee Art Museum until Sunday, March 4. Gold and Silver Key winning artworks are exhibited in the Schroeder West Galleria and Pieper Education Gallery. The awards were presented at private ceremonies on Saturday, Feb. 4 at the Milwaukee Art Museum. The national awards ceremony will be held in May at Carnegie Hall in New York City.
