Shotwell Middle School Student Earns Scholastic Art Award

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Student Rafael López of Shotwell Middle School received an honor from Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, which is provided by The Alliance for Young Artists & Writers and sponsored by the Harris County Department of Education (HCDE).

López’s artwork entitled “The Clown” received a Silver Key. Incidentally, his piece entitled “Rodeo Clown” also placed in the Houston Rodeo Livestock Show and Rodeo’s School Art Program event. López’s art teacher (standing with López in image) is James L. Frazier.

Since 1923 the Awards the Awards have recognized the exceptional vision of the nation’s youth, and we provide a singular opportunity for students to be noticed for their creative talents. Alumni of the Awards include artists like Andy Warhol, Philip Pearlstein, and Cy Twombly, writers Sylvia Plath, Truman Capote, and Joyce Carol Oates, photographer Richard Avedon, actors Frances Farmer, Robert Redford, Alan Arkin, and John Lithgow, filmmakers Stan Brakhage, Ken Burns, and Ned Vizzini, and many more.

Today, the Alliance works with 100-plus regional programs across the country to bring the program to local communities, and over 60 scholarship partners. Teens in grades 7 through 12, from public, private, or home schools, can apply in 28 categories of art and writing for their chance to earn scholarships and have their works exhibited or published.

In the past five years alone, submissions to the program have topped 700,000 works, and students have been eligible for over $25 million in awards and scholarships. The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards program continues to be the longest-running, most prestigious recognition program for creative teens in the U.S., and the largest source of scholarships for young artists and writers.

“The Clown” by Rafael López

“Rodeo Clown” by Rafael López