Art.Write.Now TOUR makes first stop in chicago
the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards’ Traveling Exhibition showcases work by Top teen Talent from Chicago and around the nation
New York, NY—September 15, 2011— ART.WRITE.NOW Tour, a traveling exhibition of select works from the prestigious Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, is coming to the Chicago Urban Arts Society, the Alliance for Young Artists and Writers announced today. This touring exhibition presents some of the most stunning examples of teen-produced work in the nation. Among the more than 100 pieces of art and writing showcased in the ART.WRITE.NOW Tour are winning works from Chicago-area’s Jane Birmingham, age 18; Alex Cuzzo, age 17; and Emily Mack, age 13.
ART.WRITE.NOW Tour is free and open to the public at the Chicago Urban Arts Society (2229 South Halsted Street, Chicago, IL 60608), from November 18 - December 16, 2011 during regular gallery hours. The exhibit represents a small sample of the Alliance’s annual national exhibition, which in 2011 showcased more than 600 works from teens in grades 7 through 12.
"ART.WRITE.NOW Tour is central to the Alliance’s mission to provide recognition for creative teens and to highlight the value of arts education," said Virginia McEnerney, Executive Director of the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers. "The exhibition gives visitors a body of top-notch art that we hope will inspire them to appreciate creative teens for their maturity, talent and originality."
The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards is the longest-running, most prestigious recognition program for creative teens and the largest source of scholarships for young artists and writers. Since 1923, more than 9 million students have been recognized through exhibitions and publications and have shared in over $25 million in awards and scholarships that opened doors to prestigious institutions including MICA, Kenyon College, RISD and Carnegie Mellon University.
The program boasts a long list of distinguished alumni who also won when they were in high school, including Chicago’s very own Audrey Niffenegger, Andy Warhol, Robert Redford, Philip Pearlstein, Richard Avedon, Zac Posen, Joyce Carol Oates, Sylvia Plath, John Lithgow, Ned Vizzini, Abdi Farah (winner of the Bravo reality show Work of Art: The Next Great Artist) and John Baldessari. As the program prepares for its 90th anniversary in 2013, the Alliance is calling all alumni to reconnect and join in the celebration.
ART.WRITE.NOW Tour is generously supported by Scholastic Inc. and Blick Art Materials. For more information, visit http://www.artandwriting.org/AWNTour.
The Alliance for Young Artists & Writers identifies teenagers with exceptional artistic and literary talent and brings their remarkable work to a national audience through the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. The program is generously supported by Scholastic Inc., Maurice R. Robinson Foundation, Jack Kent Cooke Foundation, AMD Foundation, Command Web Offset, The New York Times, Blick Art Materials, Ovation, and New York Life Foundation. For more information, please visit our media room.
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