Since 1999, Northern Nevada middle and high school students have been invited to submit their artwork to the Scholastic Art Awards competition. The Museum’s annual presentation of the Scholastic Art Awards is scheduled in conjunction with the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, a national program designed to identify America’s most gifted young artists and writers. This program has honored some of our nation’s most celebrated artists including Truman Capote, Sylvia Plath, Michael Sarich, Cindy Sherman, Robert Redford and Andy Warhol.

More than 1,400 submissions were evaluated this year by a panel of judges made up of local artists and art professionals. Exceptional works were awarded Gold Key, Silver Key or Honorable Mentions. Gold Key artwork goes on to compete in the national Scholastic Art Awards competition. Select award-winning regional entries are exhibited in a month long exhibition at the Holland Project Gallery at 140 Vesta Street in Reno. American Visions Nominees will be displayed in the Donald W Reynolds Grand Hall at the Museum.

All award winners are invited to a ceremony at the Museum attended by over 400 students, parents, teachers and members of the community. National award winners have the opportunity to attend a ceremony in New York City.

View the complete list of regional winners: Scholastic Art Awards 2016.

Lead sponsor

Bank of America

Additional support

City of Reno Arts and Culture Commission, Amerco, the Nell J. Redfield Foundation, the Hearst Foundations, and the Wild Women Artists

The Museum presents an exhibition of artwork created by northern Nevada middle and high school students as part of The Scholastic Art Awards of 2012, a national program established to recognize and reward impressive talent among students. The Nevada Museum of Art has administered the Scholastic Art Awards since 1999 and is proud once again to showcase the outstanding talent of our local youth. Serving 13 counties in Northern Nevada, the program invites students to compete for awards and scholarships. Entries are evaluated by a panel of local artists and art professionals and are judged on originality, technical skill and the emergence of a personal vision. Exceptional entries are awarded a Gold Key, Silver Key or Honorable Mention award. Gold Key award winning works are featured in this month-long exhibition which will be housed at the new Holland Project Gallery space at 140 Vesta Street in Reno from March 3 – March 30. The top five pieces are awarded the American Visions Nomination – these five pieces will be on display at the Museum through April 1. Additional information on the national Scholastic Art Awards can be found by clicking here.

2012 Art Award Winners (PDF)

Sponsor

U.S. Bancorp Foundation and Michael and Tammy Dermody

Additional support

the Wild Women Artists and Sierra Watercolor Society

In celebration of the Museum’s 80^th Anniversary in 2011, contemporary artist Jacob Hashimoto was commissioned to create a large-scale, site-specific artwork to hang in the Donald W. Reynolds Grand Hall and Atrium. Hashimoto’s sculptures—fabricated from thousands of small “kites”—are made from bamboo-stiffened rice papers not unlike those used for centuries to make traditional Japanese kites. The three-dimensional cascading form—which could be interpreted as a peaceful, floating cloud or a spiraling vortex—is suspended by nylon monofilament and responds specifically to the Museum’s unique architecture and changing light.

Born and raised in Greeley, Colorado, Hashimoto studied at Carleton College in Minnesota, and then the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in Illinois. He has installed major sculptures all over the world—from the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago and the Saatchi Gallery in London to the Museum of Contemporary Art, Rome and the Palazzo Fortuny in Venice. Hashimoto lives and works in New York.

Major sponsors

Volunteers in Art (VIA) and the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts

Since 1999, Northern Nevada middle and high school students have been invited to submit their artwork to the Scholastic Art Awards competition. The Museum’s annual presentation of The Scholastic Art Awards is scheduled in conjunction with The Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, a national program designed to identify America’s most gifted young artists and writers. This program has honored some of our nation’s most celebrated artists including Truman Capote, Sylvia Plath, Michael Sarich, Cindy Sherman, Robert Redford and Andy Warhol.

More than 1,100 submissions are evaluated annually by a panel of judges made up of local artists and art professionals and exceptional work is awarded either a Gold Key, Silver Key or Honorable Mention. Gold Key artwork goes on to compete in the national Scholastic Art Awards completion. Select award winning regional entries are exhibited in a month long exhibition at the Holland Project Gallery at 140 Vesta Street in Reno. American Visions Nominees will be displayed in the Donald W Reynolds Grand Hall at the Museum.

All award winners are invited to a ceremony at the Museum attended by over 400 students, parents, teachers and members of the community. National award winners have the opportunity to attend a ceremony in New York City.

Sponsors

U.S. Bancorp Foundation, the Hearst Foundations, and the Nell J. Redfield Foundation.

Additional support

Wild Women Artists

2014 Scholastic Awards List Winners

Since 1999, Northern Nevada middle and high school students have been invited to submit their artwork to the Scholastic Art Awards competition. The Museum’s annual presentation of The Scholastic Art Awards is scheduled in conjunction with The Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, a national program designed to identify America’s most gifted young artists and writers. This program has honored some of our nation’s most celebrated artists including Truman Capote, Sylvia Plath, Michael Sarich, Cindy Sherman, Robert Redford and Andy Warhol.

More than 1,100 submissions are evaluated annually by a panel of judges made up of local artists and art professionals and exceptional work is awarded either a Gold Key, Silver Key or Honorable Mention. Gold Key artwork goes on to compete in the national Scholastic Art Awards competition. Select award winning regional entries are exhibited in a month long exhibition at the Holland Project Gallery at 140 Vesta Street in Reno. American Visions Nominees will be displayed in the Donald W Reynolds Grand Hall at the Museum.

All award winners are invited to a ceremony at the Museum attended by over 400 students, parents, teachers and members of the community. National award winners have the opportunity to attend a ceremony in New York City.

Sponsors

U.S. Bancorp Foundation and the City of Reno Arts & Culture Commission, the Hearst Foundation, and the Nell J. Redfield Foundation

Additional support

Wild Women Artists

View this year’s winners: Scholastic Art Awards 2015

In anticipation of the Museum’s 80th Anniversary in 2011, contemporary artist Jacob Hashimoto was commissioned to create a large-scale, site-specific artwork to hang in the Donald W. Reynolds Grand Hall. Hashimoto’s sculpture—fabricated from thousands of small “kites”—is made from bamboo-stiffened rice papers not unlike those used for centuries to make traditional Japanese kites.

The three-dimensional cascading form—which could be interpreted as a peaceful, floating cloud or a spiraling vortex—is suspended by nylon mono-filament and responds specifically to the Museum’s unique architecture and changing light.

The sculpture is dedicated to the Volunteers in Art (VIA), in recognition of the many individuals who donate countless hours to advance the institution’s mission.

Major sponsor

Volunteers in Art (VIA) and the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts

Since 1999, Northern Nevada middle and high school students have been invited to submit their artwork to the Scholastic Art Awards competition. The Museum’s annual presentation of The Scholastic Art Awards is scheduled in conjunction with The Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, a national program designed to identify America’s most gifted young artists and writers. This program has honored some of our nation’s most celebrated artists including Truman Capote, Sylvia Plath, Michael Sarich, Cindy Sherman, Robert Redford and Andy Warhol.

More than 1,100 submissions are evaluated annually by a panel of judges made up of local artists and art professionals and exceptional work is awarded either a Gold Key, Silver Key or Honorable Mention. Gold Key artwork goes on to compete in the national Scholastic Art Awards completion. Select award winning regional entries are exhibited in a month long exhibition, which will be held at the Holland Project Gallery at 140 Vesta Street in Reno. Regional award winners are invited to attend an awards ceremony at the Museum attended by over 400 students, parents, teachers and members of the community. National award winners are invited to attend an awards ceremony in New York City.

Sponsor

U.S. Bancorp Foundation

Additional support

Wild Women Artists

Submissions

Submissions for the 2013 Scholastic Art Awards are currently being accepted. All work must be digitally uploaded to www.artandwriting.org by January 19, 2013. Completed submission forms and fees are due on January 19, 2013, and must be delivered to:

Nevada Museum of Art
Attn: Jacque Dawson
160 West Liberty Street
Reno, NV 89501

For additional information on the submission guidelines, categories and deadlines or to begin the submission process, please visit: www.artandwriting.org.

If you have questions about The Scholastic Art Awards, please contact Jacque Dawson, Nell J. Redfield School Services Manager, by email or at 775.398.7253.

Andrea Zittel’s Wallsprawl #4 (Las Vegas, Next to Nellis Air Force Base), is based on an aerial photograph of the southern Nevada military installation known as Nellis Air Force Base. Zittel sourced the image online from an aerial image database (before Google Maps made such imagery easily accessible).

The original image—before Zittel repeated and replicated it—shows a large-scale military campus intersecting with the wide-open desert landscape, exposing the infrastructure of a site that is presumably off-limits to the general public.

By converting an image of an American military base into custom-designed wallpaper, Zittel metaphorically transforms a highly-charged landscape into pure aesthetic decoration and encourages a different way of viewing and thinking about the world.

Collection of the Nevada Museum of Art, 

Museum purchase with funds provided by the Contemporary Art Acquisition Fund