7 Redmond Proficiency Academy students receive prestigious art honors
REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) –– Seven Redmond Proficiency Academy students have won 14 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards for 2021.
The awards are the nation’s longest-running and most prestigious scholarship and recognition program for creative teens. They recognize a variety of artistic mediums such as writing, painting and photography each year.
RPA junior student Evelyne Anderson, one of the school s winners, said Thursday she’s happy that she got honorable mentions for her work. She is planning on working her way up to a bigger recognition.
“The honorable mention isn’t the highest award you can get, but it’s just really fun to see your art be validated in that way,” Anderson said. “Senior year, I’m hoping to go all out with a photo shoot and really have a distinct vision, and maybe shoot for earning a gold key or something like that.”
Redmond Proficiency Academy students win Scholastic Art & Writing Awards honors
REDMOND, Ore. –– Seven Redmond Proficiency Academy (RPA) students recently won 14 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards for 2021. The awards are the nation’s longest-running and most prestigious scholarship and recognition program for creative teens, each year recognizing writing, painting, ceramics and glass, photography and a variety of additional artistic mediums.
“I’m very proud of this year’s award winners,” said Ethan Steltzer, visual arts teacher at RPA. “My students have obviously had a difficult school year of distance learning, so it is refreshing to see them producing fantastic artwork and maintaining some normalcy during an anything but normal year.”