2020, Eastern/Central North Carolina Region Scholastic Art Awards

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Staff Sponsored Territory The counties of Alamance, Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Caswell, Chatham, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Davidson, Duplin, Durham, Edgecombe, Forsyth, Franklin, Gates, Granville, Greene, Guilford, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lee, Lenoir, Martin, Moore, Montgomery, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Orange, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Person, Pitt, Randolph, Richmond, Robeson, Rockingham, Sampson, Scotland, Stokes, Tyrell, Vance, Wake, Warren, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson.

Mark Gordon, Regional Director Maureen O’Neill, Director of Exhibitions & Ed. Prog.

Susan Fecho, Dean of the School of Visual, Performing and Communication Arts Bonnie LoSchiavo, Administrative Assistant G. Kenneth Dozier, Jr., Web Services Manager

Catalog and Gallery Brittany Alston, Tyshika Dickens Elizabeth Edenfield, Jaksa Gabric, Nicola, MacDonald, Jonathan Moss, Avery Lauren Styron, and Amy Wahl

Contributors Regional Host

The Alliance for Young Artists & Writers The Scholastic Art Awards, Inc. The Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, a not-for-profit organization, was formed in 1944 to build a network of support for aspiring young American artists and writers through the distinguished Scholastic Art & Writing Awards.

The Alliance for Young Artists and Writers celebrates the critical role of creative development over the course of a student’s education. The Alliance broadly encourages artistic growth by providing inspiration for the next generation of artists and writers, a place for exploration and experimentation, a vehicle for recognition and scholarships, and entrée into the larger arts community.

Jury Procedure, Regional

Students submit artwork in a variety of categories including architecture, comic art, ceramics & glass, digital art, product design, drawing, fashion, film & animation, jewelry, mixed media, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, video games, and art portfolio.

Entries are classified according to media, and artworks by students in grades 9­ – 12 are judged separately from those submitted from grades 7 – 8. Digital images of the Gold Key artworks will be sent for consideration in the national awards jury process. National award-winning artworks are shipped to New York City for the national exhibition.

The jurors consider originality, craftsmanship, design, and artistic voice. Gold Key and Silver Key artworks are installed in the Virginia Thompson Graves, Lula E. Rackley Galleries, and the North/South Corridor Galleries, Case Art Building, on the Barton College campus. Awardees, families, teachers, and principals attend the Regional Awards Ceremony on Sunday, February 9th in Wilson Gymnasium, on the College campus.

Regional Honorable Mention winners receive certificates and are listed at www.barton.edu.

From the Gold Key artworks, the jury selects five American Vision Award Nominees (Best of Show), The North Carolina Art Education Association Award, The Wilson Times Award, Jurors’ Choice Portfolio Award, Emerging Vision Award, Vollis Simpson Whirligig Park Recycled Materials Award, and Edward C. Brown Award.

SPEAKER

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Charity Valentine

is a photographer and maker from Eastern North Carolina. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Printmaking from Colorado State University in Pueblo. Her interest in photography developed when she joined the United States Air Force and served as the editor of the Wright Times newspaper for Seymour Johnson Air Force Base. After leaving active duty military service, she earned a Master of Fine Arts degree in Photography from East Carolina University (ECU).

Valentine currently serves as the Department Chair for the Fine Art and Music Program at Pitt Community College in Winterville, where she teaches subjects ranging from Visual Art Portfolio, Methods, and Material to Digital and Traditional Photography.

Currently, her work is focused on the Eastern North Carolina landscape and the impact humans have on the open spaces that surround us. Since graduating from ECU, she has worked to expand her artistic practice to include as many different artistic mediums as possible, including metals (enameling, casting and chain making) woodworking, basket weaving, and glassblowing.

Valentine exhibits both locally and nationally, and her work is in several public and private collections.

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AWARDS PROGRAM Sunday, February 09, 2020

Wilson Gymnasium, Barton College

Immediately following the Awards Ceremony, the exhibition will open at the Barton Art Galleries, Case Art Building.

1:30 p.m.

Reception and Awards Ceremony, Gold and Silver Key Awardees, Teachers, and Families

Introduction

Mark Gordon Associate Professor of Art, Barton College Director, Scholastic Art Awards for Eastern/Central North Carolina

Welcome

Dr. Gary Daynes Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Barton College

Featured Speaker

Presentation of Special Awards

Charity Valentine Department Chair for the Fine Art and Music Program, Pitt Community College

History

Elizabeth Spaulding Scholastic Art Awards Regional Teacher Advisory Committee

The Scholastic Art Awards, Inc., with the cooperation of civic-minded sponsors, is conducting for the 97th year a visual art awards program for middle and high school students. All 50 states participate in this program, the most respected and prestigious of its kind in our country.

The Awards have encouraged more than 12 million student participants, recognized more than two million young artists and writers, and distributed more than $30 million in awards and scholarships. Local and national exhibitions and annual catalogs serve as a record of student achievement since the late 1920s, chronicling early work from some of our nation’s most accomplished artists and writers including Richard Avedon, Truman Capote, Frances Farmer, Joyce Maynard, Joyce Carol Oates, Sylvia Plath, Robert Redford, and Andy Warhol.

The Scholastic Art Awards program aims to encourage student achievement, to recognize art teachers, and to celebrate the importance of the visual arts in the school curriculum. North Carolina, with a rich tradition as the State of the Arts, has three regional districts. The Eastern/Central regional district includes 62 counties from Winston-Salem to the Coast. Barton College has hosted The Awards since 1978. Students from our Eastern/Central North Carolina region create strong, innovative, original art – a reflection on the talent of our region’s young artists and the high quality of instruction.

Across the nation, about 300,000 entries are received each year on the regional level. Of these entries, approximately 25,000 are designated as Gold Key Finalists. The national exhibition will include about 500 winning entries. The extra teacher effort that The Scholastic Art Awards program demands is considerable, and we commend our regional teachers for their dedication and professionalism.

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Lucky Penny

Cruel Irony

Omen

SPECIAL AWARDS

Lauren Miller, Grade 12, Gold Key,

JURORS’ CHOICE PORTFOLIO

Jurors’ Choice Portfolio Award

Jerry’s Artarama has donated a gift certificate for $200 as part of the Jurors’ Choice Portfolio Award, given to the top senior art portfolio.

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SPECIAL AWARDS

Shooting Star

Trouble at the Crossroads

Broken Mirror Moonrise Lauren Miller, Grade 12, Gold Key, Jurors’ Choice Portfolio Award Superstition, Art Portfolio Educator: Rebecca Dason Cardinal Gibbons High School

Underpass

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SPECIAL AWARDS AMERICAN VISION NOMINEES

The American Vision Nominees showcase the best works of each region. Jurors nominate five works and the Best of Show is chosen by the national jurors from the American Vision Nominees.

Camden Snyder, Grade 12, Gold Key, American Visions Nominee, Wood Fired Ash Glaze Vase, Ceramics & Glass.

Greensboro Day School Educator: Michael Burroughs

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SPECIAL AWARDS AMERICAN VISION NOMINEES

The American Vision Nominees showcase the best works of each region. Jurors nominate five works and the Best of Show is chosen by the national jurors from the American Vision Nominees.

Lorelei Lin & Hami Trinh, Grade 11, Gold Key, American Visions Nominee Love in The Time of Climate Change, Film and Animation University of North Carolina School of the Arts Educator: Kaitlin Botts

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SPECIAL AWARDS AMERICAN VISION NOMINEES

The American Vision Nominees showcase the best works of each region. Jurors nominate five works and the Best of Show is chosen by the national jurors from the American Vision Nominees.

Cora Layher, Grade 12, Gold Key, American Visions Nominee Cellophane, Painting West Forsyth High School Educator: Nathan Newsome

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SPECIAL AWARDS AMERICAN VISION NOMINEES

The American Vision Nominees showcase the best works of each region. Jurors nominate five works and the Best of Show is chosen by the national jurors from the American Vision Nominees.

Tessa Dahlmann, Grade 12, Gold Key, American Visions Nominee Rat Nouveau, Fashion William G. Enloe High School Educator: Trish Klenow

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SPECIAL AWARDS AMERICAN VISION NOMINEES

The American Vision Nominees showcase the best works of each region. Jurors nominate five works and the Best of Show is chosen by the national jurors from the American Vision Nominees.

Heather Chan, Grade 12, Gold Key, American Visions Nominee & Edward C. Brown Award Nihil Sinistram, Ceramics & Glass Mt. Tabor High School Educator: Alice Morley

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SPECIAL AWARDS EDWARD C. BROWN AWARD

During Edward C. Brown 37-year tenure at Barton, he served the College in a number of roles including Professor of Art, Chair of the Art Department, and Director of the Barton Art Galleries. Ed Brown initiated the idea for Barton College to become the regional sponsor for The Scholastic Art Awards, and Brown served as its director for 18 years. In appreciation of his leadership and service, The Scholastic Art Awards Teacher Advisory Committee initiated the annual Edward C. Brown Award.

Heather Chan, Grade 12, Gold Key, American Visions Nominee & Edward C. Brown Award

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SPECIAL AWARDS THE WILSON TIMES AWARD

Artwork featured in the Lifestyle section of The Wilson Times

Reed Rosania, Grade 10, Gold Key, The Wilson Times Award Contemplation, Photography West Carteret High School Educator: Amber Swanger

“More than a newspaper, a community institution” From humble beginnings in a building on an alley behind the county courthouse 120 years ago, The Wilson Times is now one of the few surviving family-owned daily newspapers in North Carolina.

Barton College recognizes The Wilson Times’ for its long-standing support of arts and cultural programming within this region.

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SPECIAL AWARDS

Xiaotong Luo, Grade 8, Gold Key, Emerging Vision Award Self Portrait, Painting Champion Learning Academy Educators: Olivia Ouyang & Vickie Sanderlin

EMERGING VISION AWARD

The Emerging Vision Award is chosen by the jurors from middle school entries, to represent their belief in future accomplishment as indicated by present achievement. Blick Art Materials has donated $150 in merchandise vouchers for classroom materials.

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SPECIAL AWARDS

NORTH CAROLINA ART EDUCATION ASSOCIATION AWARD

Featured in By Design, the NCAEA online publication

Annette Curti, Grade 11, Gold Key, NCAEA Award The Bass Solo, Drawing & Illustration West Forsyth High School Educator: Elizabeth Betson

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SPECIAL AWARDS

VOLLIS SIMPSON WHIRLIGIG PARK RECYCLED MATERIALS AWARD Summer Howell, Grade 12 Gold Key,

Vollis Simpson Whirligig Park Recycled Materials Award African Crowned Crane, Sculpture Longleaf School of The Arts Educator: Sydney Scherer

2019 Jurors Brenda Brokke works as a mixed media and installation artist and, as a member, regularly exhibits at Visual Art Exchange in Raleigh, the Fine Arts League of Cary, and the Durham Art Guild. She maintains a studio and displays her work at Litmus Gallery in the warehouse district of Raleigh. She is a member of the Cary Visual Arts Association where she serves on the scholarship committee. She holds a Master of Art Education degree from Towson State University in Maryland and was granted National Board Teacher Certification. Brokke has pursued postgraduate studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Ringling College of Art, Savannah College of Art and Design, and the Saint Louis College of Art and Design. She has worked as an art educator for Wake County Schools, has served as the Fine Arts Department Chairperson for Apex High School, and has been an adjunct professor at Meredith College. In addition to creating her own artwork, she has mentored young artists throughout her life. Currently she curates a Teen Show for Wake County sponsored by the Fine Arts League of Cary.

Daniel Kariko is a North Carolina-based artist and Associate Professor of Fine Art Photography in the School of Arts and Design at East Carolina University in Greenville. Kariko currently serves as an Assistant Director of the ECU School of Art and Design, and Coordinator for Undergraduate Programs.

Kariko’s photographic images investigate environmental and political aspects of landscape, use of land, and cultural interpretation of inhabited space. He worked on several long-term photographic projects in his native Serbia, recording the aftermath of the war in Balkans. Since 1999, Kariko has documented endangered wetlands and dramatic changes in the landscape in southern Louisiana’s Barataria-Terrebonne region. His other projects include documentation of foreclosed housing in Florida during the 2008-2009 real estate crisis and scanning electron microscope portraits of locally found insects. Kariko’s work has been shown nationally and internationally in galleries and museums and has been featured in a number of online and printed publications. Kariko received his Bachelor of Arts degree at Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, Louisiana, and his Master of Fine Arts degree in studio arts—photography from Arizona State University, Tempe.

Angela Lombardi graduated from City University of New York’s Hunter College with degrees in Studio Art, Music, and the Thomas Hunter Special Honors Program. A transplant to North Carolina in 2006, Lombardi worked as a teaching artist and started a mobile studio camp for middle school students, which introduced her to the artistic community of Raleigh. In 2015, Lombardi was invited to create the position of Manager of Education and Outreach at Artspace in Raleigh. She continued her work with artists, teachers, and students of all ages through a wide range of camps, classes, and team building experiences. In September of 2018, she was hired by the North Carolina Museum of Art (NCMA) to oversee the Teen, College, and Studio Programs. Lombardi now serves as Manager of Academic and Community Outreach, and she is most excited by the Outreach efforts of the NCMA and the opportunity to create programming that reflects the needs of all North Carolinians.

Lombardi has a home studio practice and actively exhibits her silverpoint drawings, sculpture, and paintings.

Lisa F. Pearce has been teaching art in public schools, museums, and at the college level since 1993. She holds a Master of Fine Arts degree in Sculpture with a Master of Education degree in Art Education from UNC-Greensboro with an undergraduate degree in Art Education and Studio Art from Meredith College. Pearce also has further studies at Penland School of Crafts, Bullseye Glass, Tin City Glass, John Campbell Folk School, and the Corning Museum of Glass. She is an exhibiting mixed-media artist and an artist member of Artspace in Raleigh. Pearce has held numerous board positions with the North Carolina Art Education Association, and she is a member of Tri State Sculptors, where she is past president. Pearce’s artwork encompasses cast and fused glass, ceramics, and metal, as well as other media. She has created semi-permanent and permanent public artwork for the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, and tactile art for the Governor Morehead School for the Blind, Olds Elementary School, and Meredith College. Pearce brings varied techniques and media to her studio art classes, to challenge and empower students’ sense of self as creative and critical thinkers. Her students learn metal casting, glass fusing, papermaking, woodworking, stone carving, and welding.

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Born and raised in Charleston, South Carolina, Debra Pylypiw received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Slippery Rock University, Master of Arts in Art Education and Master of Science degrees from East Carolina University, and a Doctor of Education degree from Nova Southeastern University. Pylypiw recently retired after 28 years of teaching art in Onslow County in Eastern North Carolina, of which 24 years were at White Oak High School. She has taught as an adjunct instructor at numerous community colleges and at East Carolina University, in addition to founding the Art Department at the N.C. Virtual Public School. Pylypiw has served as the President of the N.C. Art Education Association (NCAEA) and as a Vice-President of the National Art Education Association (NAEA). With her business partner, Rebecca Stone-Danahy, Pylypiw initiated the NAEA’s webinar series in 2014, and she has since produced and facilitated more than 75 webinars on a variety of art education topics. Pylypiw was selected as the Onslow Arts Educator of the Year in 2019, N.C. Art Educator of the Year in 2008, the NAEA National Art Honor Society Sponsor of the Year in 2010, Adjunct Excellence in Teaching Award at Coastal Carolina Community College in 2010, and the NAEA Marion Quin Dix Award for Leadership in the Profession in 2009. At her recent retirement, Governor Roy Cooper conferred upon her the Order of the Long Leaf Pine Award, N.C.’s highest award for individuals who have shown extraordinary service to the state.

Louis Small Jr. is the artist for the original 1992 “Vampira” comic series published by Harris Publications. Small also illustrates comic books including “Supergirl,” Batman,” “The Avengers,” “Spiderman” (DC Comics), “Michael Alexander,” Dark Dominion” [Defiant], “Codename: Knockout” (DC Vertigo), and “Ka-Zar” (Marvel). He is an illustrator for both the DC and Marvel trading card series for the Rittenhouse Archives. Small also has worked on Breygent Marketing Cards, including Golden Age Heroes and Cartoon Sketch Cards (such as Betty Boop), SciFi Horror Cards, and 5finity Productions. Small served in the U.S. Army during Desert Storm, and gives back to the community by teaching art classes to adults and children around the country and internationally.

Regional Teacher Advisory Committee

The Eastern/Central North Carolina Region of The Scholastic Art Awards Advisory Committee makes suggestions for improvements in the regional program and nominates a jury of professionals who view the entries.

Jodi Aker Southeast Raleigh Magnet High School

Kristin Armel Nash Central Middle School

Jane Austen Behan

Arts Education Director, Pitt County Schools

Janie Goddard

Stephanie Soper

Melissa Poppe

Jane Sibley-Hager

DH Conley High School

Green Hope High School

Elizabeth Spaulding

Providence Grove High School

Randleman High School

Claire Vinick

Halsboro Middle School

Currituck County High School

Penny Freeland

Visual Arts Lead Teacher, Winston-Salem/ Forsyth County Schools

2020 Special Award Winners Eastern/Central North Carolina Region Hosted by Barton College