Sarah's Latest Art Accomplishments

 It's hard to keep up with Sarah and her art these days. First, she submitted three works to the Scholastic Art Awards Competition. One piece - a print - won an honorable mention.



Another - the big wooden sculpture she did at Jumpstart last year - won a Silver Key.

 

Lastly, her print, "Stonehenge" - also created at Jumpstart last summer - was awarded a Gold Key. Woo hoo!



All Gold Key winners were on display at the Pacific Northwest College of the Arts for much of the month of February. We went down as a family on Presidents' Day to view the exhibit. Drawings, paintings, sculpture, ceramics, glass, prints, graphic design, fashion design - what a plethora of talent filled that room! A lovely ceremony was held at the Newmark Theater on February 23rd honoring the Gold Key recipients and portfolio award winners. What an inspiring assembly of young artists!

  

In the meantime, Sarah's ceramics teacher asked her to submit a pair of Dalek salt and pepper shakers she made for consideration for an exhibit at Oregon College of Art and Craft. Her pieces were chosen and are on exhibit there now and will be up until March 24th. We are heading that way tonight for the Artist's Reception. Ooh la la!

 

Congratulations, Sarah! Keep up the good work!

You go, girls!

Once again, we're so proud of our talented daughters.

Just received word a couple of weeks ago that Emily scored all 6's (as good as you can get!) on her state writing test. In fact, we were asked to sign a release to have her piece used as an "anchor" for reference by teachers. This means her work will be published on the State's education web site as an example of excellent writing, and teachers can access it to help them teach and score writing in their classrooms. Interestingly, she had the same experience as a 4th grader, and her work was featured on the Teacher's Portal then, too. She clearly hasn't lost her touch! Go, Emily! (I'm certain she could have written this paragraph much better than I!)

Sarah, not to be outdone, was just accepted to the pre-college art program at Oregon State University. She'll spend three weeks on campus as a resident student this summer, taking college-level courses from OSU art instructors. She's opted to take sculpture (maybe even using metal and welding equipment!) and print-making. Good choices, I think, since it gives her some opportunities she can't get at her high school. She'll get a taste of what college life is like, too, and, hopefully, a better feel for what she wants to do post-high school.

Don't know where they got their talent, but we're certainly proud of them, and support them at every turn. You go, girls!