Visual Art Awards, Honors and Kudos
2007-2008
Young Masters Program
Rachel Milton, Academy Art Major, is one of 15 high school arts students state-wide to receive the Texas Young Master Award. She will be honored at a reception on April 9th and awarded a $2500 scholarship for summer study.
Logo Competition: Alex Earle and Eduardo Alvarez-Rangel each received $500 for their winning logos in the Drive a Clean Machine Logo Contest sponsored by the Texas Senate Committee on Natural Resources.
ArtHouse: Julia Vieau, Sarah Crowe, and Hayden Zezula had work accepted to the ArtHouse Ahead of their Time juried exhibition.
National Scholastics Art & Writing Awards
Rachel Milton's 2-D portfolio, which took a Gold Key in the Regional Visual Arts and Scholastics Event, advanced to the national competition, where it received a Silver Key.
VASE: This year's Visual Arts Scholastic Event was held at Westlake High School on February 16th. The McCallum Visual Arts Department sponsored 198 student entries of which 143 entries were awarded a Superior rating and a gold medal. Fourteen of those gold medal entries were selected to advance to the State VASE which will be held on April 12th in Clearlake, Texas. Congratulations to the following students who have artwork advancing to State!
- Grant McClure - 2 photography entries - Ms. Ghazi
- Sandra Hernandez - Dry Point Print - Mr. Cauthern
- Kathleen Kovas - Monoprint - Mr. Cauthern
- Bobbie Renfro - Sculpture - Mr. Cauthern
- Anxa Robles - Blockprint - Mr. Cauthern
- Sophie Sherman - Blockprint - Mr. Cauthern
- Emily Sullivan - Clay Sculpture - Mr. Cauthern
- Emma Wingfield - Clay Sculpture - Mr. Cauthern
- Beka Burns - Ink Drawing - Ms. Torrance
- MacKernzie Dart - Mixed Media - Ms. Torrance
- Charlotte Dennis - Paper Mache Sculpture - Ms. Torrance
- Camille Euritt - Oil Painting - Ms. Torrance
- Marlena Gonzales - Pencil Drawing - Ms. Torrance
Sholastic Art And Writing Awards: Sixteen McCallum artists who recently competed in the 2008 Scholastics Arts & Writing Regional Competition now qualify for the national competition in NYC. And the highest 'best of show' American Vision award went to Emma Wingfield.
Emma Wingfield - Best in Show
2006-07
VASE: The McCallum Visual Arts Department would like to congratulate this year’s 2007 Visual Arts Scholastic Award (VASE) winners. The all day event was held at AUSTIN HIGH SCHOOL this past Saturday FEB. 17th. From McCallum there were a total of 140 student works entered and judged. 95 students earned a top rating of a “4 Superior” receiving a GOLD MEDAL and 17 of those works were chosen by the 70 jurors to advance to the state level that will be held April 14th in Clear Lake, Texas.
Sholastic Art And Writing Awards: In addition to several exhibitions each year, our art students have two annual competitions. At this year's first competition, the Scholastics Arts and Writing Competition, each member of our art faculty is permitted to submit work for 12 individual art students who must be academically eligible to compete. Two students' works received the highest overall assessment, "Best in Show" called the American Visions Award. These works will go on to New York for national judging.
| Student | Media | Teacher |
| Stephanie Ramirez | Drawing | Torrance |
| Sarah Welch | Mixed Media | Cauthern |
The top rating a student can be awarded is a GOLD Key, with Silver Key the second in ranking. Those works receiving a GOLD key are sent on to New York for national judging. 22 student art works received these top awards.
Young Masters Program: The Young Masters Program, sponsored by the Texas Commission on the Arts, is intended to encourage talented young Texas artists. Recipients receive a scholarship for up to $2,500 a year, to be renewed for up to three years. It is intended for Texas students from 8th to 12th grade; it is not intended for college study. The scholarship enables the recipients to pursue advanced artistic study through summer intensives and special unique training opportunities. Sarah Crowe and Sarah Welch, visual artists, are recipients of this award.
Scholarships: Sarah Welch was accepted at the Art Institute of Boston with a $30,000 Deans List Sholarship. Congratulations Sarah!