Portal for Scholastic 2025 is open!
Deadline for entries is approaching
Art educators and students in the Southwest Virginia Region can now register online for Scholastic 2025 at artandwriting.org. People with accounts from 2024 should be able to log in with the same credentials for this year’s event.
This year, students compete for national scholarships that vary in size up to $12,500 for Gold Medal Portfolio winners. There are scholarship opportunities and more available for students in every grade. Check out this list. Plus, the Fine Arts Center offers $1,500 in scholarships at the regional level. Those $250 awards go to our five American Visions nominees and the Outstanding Middle School Artist. Student submissions are evaluated on originality, technical skill, and personal vision or voice. Judging begins at the regional level, with standout works moving on to compete nationally. We look forward to seeing the art from our talented young artists in the Southwest Region and celebrating you, your teachers, and your families in February.
Important 2024-25 Events
Monday, December 16, 2024 at 11:59 p.m.: Deadline for art entries for Southwest Virginia. (The deadline is firm. There are NO extensions for any person for any reason. Get your work in early, if at all possible, to be sure you are included in judging.)
Early January 2025: Regional art winners announced.
January 6-17, 2025: Art delivered to the Fine Arts Center in Pulaski.
January 25, 2025: Scholastic Art Awards exhibit opens at the Fine Arts Center.
Saturday, February 22, 2025: SWVA Scholastic Art Awards Reception & Awards Ceremony at the Fine Arts Center and the Pulaski Theatre. Reception starts at noon with awards at 2 p.m.
Wednesday, March 26, 2025: National Scholastic Awards announced.
Wednesday, June 11, 2025: Scholastic National Awards ceremony in New York City
2024 Southwest Virginia Scholastic Art Winners
Our 2024 winners are presented below. View past award winners: Scholastic 21 | Scholastic 22 | Scholastic 23
2024 American Visions Nominees and Scholarship Winners
Each year, the judge’s select the top five high school entries across all categories as the American Visions nominees from Southwest Virginia. These five works compete at the national level for an American Visions Awards. In addition the judges select the Outstanding Middle School Entry. Beginning in 2023, the artists of all six top works receive a $250 scholarship from the Fine Arts Center for the New River Valley.
