Scholastic Art & Writing Award Winners Honored

Upper Peninsula winners of the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards for grades 7-12 will be honored at a reception and awards presentation from 2-4 p.m. Saturday, March 14, in room 165 of the Art & Design Building. The event coincides with the final day of an exhibition of students' works at NMU's DeVos Art Museum.

Presented by the nonprofit organization, the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards are the country's longest-running and most prestigious scholarship and recognition program for creative middle school and high school students.

This year, there were 130 submissions from U.P. students. Forty-six teens received regional honors, including Gold Keys, Silver Keys, Honorable Mentions, and American Visions & Voices nominations, from the local Scholastic Awards affiliate, the Northern Shores Storywork Writing Project based at NMU.

The featured visual artists in this year's exhibition are Reese Collins, Eleanor Dohrenwend, Cat Ernsberger, Morgyn Hansen, Nynna Jarvi, Brooke Johnson, Hannah Josefsen, Natalie Joyal, Madeline Meilahn, Gabrielle Myers, Arianna Paananen, Isabelle Recollet, Savanna Rautio, Miles Spaulding, Lilia Skoglund, Addisyn Sundberg, Esme Ulland-Joy, Lila Witham, and Quinley Wonch.

For more information about the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, visit https://www.artandwriting.org/.