Art Education.. Please advocate for Art Education!! Please help the North East Florida Scholastic Art Awards by provideing art scholarships for students and teachers.! nefsaa@gmail.com www.artandwriting.org

1. NORTH EAST FLORIDA
SCHOLASTIC ART AWARDS
An Affiliate of Scholastic Art Awards, The Alliance of Young
Artists and Writers. We want our regional art students to be
part of this and to experience the opportunities !!!
www.artandwriting.org

2. WE REPRESENT ALL ART STUDENTS
IN GRADES 7-12 IN SIX COUNTIES IN
NORTH EAST FLORIDA.
(BAKER, CLAY, DUVAL, NASSAU, ST
JOHN, AND VOLUSIA)
Please help our kids participate in this competition for
recognition, prizes, and scholarships, and to attend the national awards
ceremony in NYC at Carnegie Hall.
We Need Funds to provide Scholarships and Training for Teachers and
Students, to put on an Exhibit, to Fund the Awards Ceremony, and Help
Fund Winning Students and Teachers to Participate

3. THE AWARDS ARE RECOGNIZED THROUGHOUT THE
NATION AS THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS ART
COMPETITION FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES 7-12
National Winners are recognized at the highest level

4. WHAT ARE SCHOLASTIC ART AWARDS?

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The Olympics of the Visual Arts Since 1923
The longest-running, most prestigious recognition program for creative teens in the U.S
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The nation’s largest source of scholarships for creative young artists and writers
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Past winners includes Andy Warhol, Sylvia Plath, Truman Capote, Richard Avedon,
Robert Redford, Joyce Carol Oates, Stephen King, John Updike
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Partners with more than 100 visual and literary arts organizations in local communities.
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Teens in grades 7 through 12 can apply in 28 categories of art and writing
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All students can enter in Public, Private, Home and Virtual Schools
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Works are exhibited or published
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Submissions are juried by professional artists. Panelists look for works that best
exemplify originality, technical skill and the emergence of a personal voice or vision.
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In the last five years alone, students submitted nearly 900,000 original works of art and
writing.
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60 top art institutes and colleges have partnered with the Awards to make
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$40 million in scholarships and financial aid available to regional and national Scholastic
Award winners.
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Tiered competition, from local, regional to national

5. The Olympics of the Visual Arts Since 1923

6. CURRENT ART
Architecture
 Ceramics & Glass
 Comic Art
 Design
 Digital Art
 Drawing
 Fashion
 Film & Animation
 Jewelry
 Mixed Media
 Painting

CATEGORIES
Photography
 Printmaking
 Sculpture
 Video Games **
 Art Portfolio
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7. WHO CAN SPONSOR?
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THE DUVAL ART TEACHERS ASSOCIATION IS THE PROUD SPONSOR
OF NORTH EAST FLORIDA SCHOLASTIC ART AWARD
along with other affiliates throughout the nation

school districts
departments of education,
 community-based organizations,
 colleges and universities,
 regional consortia,
 newspapers,
 libraries,
 museums,
 National Writing Project sites
 National Education Association state chapters


8. NEFSAA Gold Key Winners 2013

9. NEFSAA 2014 Gold Key Portfolio Winners

11. JUDGING CRITERIA
SINCE THE ONSET IN 1923:
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Blind Judging: Our jurors do not know the identities of
students who submit work to the Awards.

Freedom of Expression: No work will be disqualified on
the basis of its content.

The Criteria: Originality, technical skill, and the
emergence of a personal vision or voice.

12. NEFSAA ART EXHIBITION 2014, MAIN STREET LIBRARY, JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA

13. REWARDS OF NATIONAL WIN: INCLUDE WORK BEING ON DISPLAY AT PRATT AND
PARSONS, NYC

14. NEFSAA AWARDS ASSEMBLY, JACKSONVILLE UNIVERSITY, FEB.
1, 2014, STANDING ROOM ONLY

15. NATIONAL AWARDS ASSEMBLY, 2013 AT CARNEGIE HALL
Only two of our seven National winners were able to Attend

16. SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FROM COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
FOR REGIONAL GOLD KEY WINNERS FOR STUDENTS WHO APPLY AND
ARE ACCEPTED:
Savannah College of Art and Design awards all Gold
Key Winners a $3000 scholarship award.
 Savannah College of Art and Design awards each Gold
Key Portfolio Winners $5000 a year.
 Jacksonville University awards one Gold Key Portfolio
student $5000 a year.
 University if North Florida awards one Gold Key
Portfolio Winner $1500 a year.


17. 60 COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES EARMARK A TOTAL OF $8 MILLION
ART: Adelphi University Art Academy of Cincinnati Art Center College of Design Art
Institute of Boston at Lesley University The Art Institutes Bennington College
California College of the Arts Carnegie Mellon University Cleveland Institute of Art
College for Creative Studies College of Mount St. Joseph Columbus College of Art &
Design Corcoran College of Art & Design Cornish College of the Arts Kendal College
of Art & Design at Ferris State University Kenyon College Laguna College of Art &
Design Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts Maine College of Art Maryland Institute
College of Art Massachusetts College of Art and Design Memphis College of Art and
Design Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design Minneapolis College of Art & Design
Montserrat College of Art Moore College of Art & Design New Hampshire Institute
of Art Oregon College of Art & Craft Otis College of Art and Design Pacific Northwest
College of Art Parsons The New School for Design Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine
Arts Pratt Institute Purchase College, SUNY-School of Art and Design Rhode Island
School of Design Ringling College of Art & Design Rochester Institute of
Technology, College of Imaging Arts and Sciences San Francisco Art Institute School
of The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston School of Visual Arts Syracuse
University, College of Visual & Performing Arts University of the Arts University of
Michigan, School of Art and Design Virginia Marti College of Art and Design
Writing: Adelphi University Bennington College Chatham University College of Mount
St. Joseph Kenyon College Salem College University of Maine, Farmington

18. JUST LOOK AT THE QUALITY OF
THE WORK FROM OUR REGION
An Affiliate of Scholastic Art Awards, The Alliance of Young
Artists and Writers. We want our regional art students to be
part of this and to experience the opportunities !!!
www.artandwriting.org

19. DIGITAL ART
KAITLIN CARPENTER, AGE 17, “CORPORATIONS”

22. DRAWING
Dillon Arthur
Age 17
“ Birthday King”

23. DIGITAL ART
MARY POLIDAN 17, WIDOWED

25. PAINTING
JAYNA SENN, AGE 13, “LOCKS”

27. NORTH EAST FLORIDA
SCHOLASTIC ART AWARDS
An Affiliate of Scholastic Art Awards, The Alliance of Young
Artists and Writers. We want our regional art students to be
part of this and to experience the opportunities !!!
www.artandwriting.org