Penn students excel in 2017-18 Scholastic Art awards competition

Penn High School Principal Sean Galiher and Scholastic Gold Medal Winner Mariah Anderson.

Penn High School students excelled in the Scholastic Art Awards, which is the largest and oldest (established in 1923) Art competition in the nation. Penn students received 13 Gold Key Awards, 16 Silver Key Awards, and 25 Honorable Mentions.

Click here for the entire list of Penn’s Scholastic Art winners.

“It has gotten more selective and more prestigious over the years and the students that are have work selected to be entered, even if not chosen for an award, should be extremely proud of doing such high quality work,” Penn High School Art Instructor Barb Miller said.

There are 3 levels of awards: Gold Key, Silver Key, and Honorable Mention. The Gold Key winners will be sent to compete at the national level in New York City. Recognition at the national level usually brings with it many scholarship offers as well as tremendous honors, according to Miller.

Miller stated that all three levels of award winners will be displayed for an impressive public exhibition in the Warner Gallery at the South Bend Museum of Art in the Century Center from Feb. 2 until March 10.

The awards presentation for the winners and their families will be Sunday, Feb. 4, at 2:30 p.m.  in the Bendix Theater, also in the Century Center, to be followed by reception and viewing of the artwork in the Warner Gallery.

A “Meet Me in the Gallery” is the public reception/opening on Friday, Feb. 2, from 5-9 p.m., complete with music and refreshments. Tickets for “Meet Me in the Gallery” are $5 each.

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