Valkyries Receive 30 Scholastic Art Awards

Sacred Heart Academy students received 30 Scholastic Art Awards for their visual arts submissions.
 
Gold Key Winners include Isabella Yochum, Carter Franklin, Amelia Walz, Chloe Baker, Calla Wissing, and Lizzie Sorrell. Their works will be on exhibition at Kentucky Museum for Art and Craft from February 3rd-26th and will go on to New York City for national adjudication in May.
 
Silver Key Winners include Isabella Yochum, Sydney Borders, Carter Franklin, Amelia Walz, Lizzie Sorrell, and Lucia Rodriguez Agusti.
 
Honorable Mention winners include Isabella Yochum, Sydney Borders, Lucia Rodriguez Agusti, Lizzie Sorrell, Betsy Scanlan, Venezia McHenry, Calla Wissing, Lawren Breitenstein, Madison Cox, Chloe Baker, and Phoebe Fulton.
 
Silver Key and Honorable Mention award winning artworks will go on exhibition at UofL's Schneider Hall Galleries from February 13th-March 17th.
 
Senior Isabella Yochum was also one of only five students in the region nominated for the national American Visions award, chosen for her piece titled "Portrait of a Family." The American Visions nomination, awarded to artwork that conveys an original, authentic vision, demonstrates how Isabella and all of our IB Art students are encouraged to create artwork that truly showcases their personal voice. 

The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards are presented by the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers. The Alliance is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to identify students with exceptional artistic and literary talent and present their remarkable work to the world through the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. Scholastic Awards give students opportunities for recognition, exhibition, publication, and scholarships.