Cheekwood Museum of Art displays Scholastic Art Awards

Thursday, 29 January 2009 21:14

NASHVILLE, TN – Over seventy Middle Tennessee art students took home Gold Key medals in the most recent Scholastic Art Awards competition, on display in Cheekwood’s Museum of Art January 30 through February 22. Artworks by Middle Tennessee’s Gold Key award-winners will go on to be judged by the national panel in New York.  An awards celebration will be held at Carnegie Hall in June with the winning artists’ works displayed at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.

Five students, Jane Brown of Harpeth Hall School, Hannah Krantz of Ravenwood High School, Ian Trupin of University School of Nashville, Shelbi Swayze of Independence Hill School, and Lee Wright of Ensworth High School each received an American Vision Award nomination. One of the five will be chosen as a national finalist in the American Vision Award competition to be held in New York.

Students from Middle Tennessee submitted more than 1000 entries in the regional competition which was judged at Cheekwood.  The Scholastic Art Awards are the oldest continuously run art competition in the nation.  The regional portion is sponsored by The Tennessee Credit Union and Cheekwood.

A reception for the Gold and Silver Key winners will be held in Massey Auditorium at Cheekwood on Saturday, January 31.  The Awards Ceremony will be held for Group I (Grades 7-8) from 1:30 pm to 2:00 pm and for Group II (Grades 9-12) from 2:30 pm to 3:30 pm. 

Cheekwood is a 55-acre botanical garden and art museum located on the historic Cheek estate. Cheekwood exists to celebrate and preserve its landscape, buildings, and art and botanical collections, and, through these unique means provide an inspiring place for visitors to explore their connections with art, nature and the environment.  Cheekwood is located at 1200 Forrest Park Drive in Nashville, 8 miles southwest of downtown Nashville.  Open Tuesday – Saturday 9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. and Sunday 11 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.   For further information call 615-356-8000 or visit www.cheekwood.org .