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The Asheville Art Museum annually partners with the Asheville Area Section of the American Institute of Architects to sponsor the Western North Carolina Regional Scholastic Art Awards. Middle and high school students from 20 Western North Carolina school districts are invited to submit work for this special juried competition. Award recipients’ art will be featured in a group exhibition showcasing the emerging artistic talent of the region. The exhibition opens in the Museum’s (first floor) Holden Community Gallery on January 21, 2012 and will remain on view through February 26, 2012. An awards ceremony will be held on Sunday, February 5, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. in the Diana Wortham Theatre. The Museum regularly sends works by 20 – 25 recipients of the Gold Award to the National Scholastic Art Competition held annually in New York City. In addition, the Museum also selects one work of art that best represents Western North Carolina to be exhibited in the Governor’s Mansion in Raleigh. For additional details, please contact Erin Shope, School and Family Programs Manager, at 828.253.3227, ext. 121 or eshope@hendersonvilleart.org. Additional information on the Scholastic Art Awards can also be found at www.hendersonvilleart.org or www.artandwriting.org. The Asheville Art Museum is the only nonprofit visual arts museum serving the 24 counties of Western North Carolina. Incorporated by artists in 1948, the Museum collects, preserves and interprets American art of the 20th and 21st centuries with a focus on work of significance to the Southeast. Centrally located in downtown Asheville on Pack Square, the Museum is open 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday and 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Sunday. Special docent-guided tour packages are available for groups and students. Admission to the Museum is $8.00 for adults and $7.00 for seniors, students with ID and for children 4-15 (children age three and younger are admitted free). Members are admitted free to the Museum. The Asheville Art Museum is accredited by the American Association of Museums and receives general operating support from businesses, foundations and individuals, as well as from the North Carolina Arts Council, an agency funded by the State of North Carolina, and the National Endowment for the Arts, which believes that a great nation deserves great art. Additional support is provided by the City of Asheville and Buncombe County. The Asheville Art Museum asks when reprinting images, please keep all artwork at their original proportions; please do not crop them or alter them disproportionately. Provided image credit information is mandatory and images are not for resale. (Image provided by Asheville Art Museum.)
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