FAC News
Sarah Blackman, Creative Writing
Sarah's fictional story, "The Little Blue Horses", was recently published in the the Virginia Quarterly Review. VQR is is a publication of the Center for Media and Citizenship at the University of Virginia, and is published quarterly in Charlottesville, Virginia.
YoungArts Winners!
Congratulations to the following FAC Students, who were among the 659 students nationwide to be selected as National YoungArts Winners!
Thomas Hicks - Gr. 12; Honorable Mention, Photography
Philip Rawlinson - Gr. 12; Merit Award, Classical Music
Kudos to Our Chamber Strings Students!
Violist Philip Rawlinson (Grade 11) was awarded first prize last week at the Carolina Youth Symphony Concerto Competition! Phillip will be soloing with the orchestra later this spring.
Will Rawlinson (Cello, Grade 11), Philip Rawlinson, and Abigail Byrd (Cello, Grade 12), won the Greenville County Youth Orchestra Concerto competition this past fall and will be soloing with the GCYO later this spring.
Congratulations to Our Youngarts Winners!
The Fine Arts Center is proud to announce that two of our students have been honored by the prestigious National YoungArts Foundation (YoungArts)!
- Congratulations to Merit Award Winner Pen Zuleger, whose novel was selected for recognition in the Writing category.
- Congratulations to National Finalist Nicholas Turgeon, who has been selected as a Visual Arts winner.
Pen and Nick join 686 of the nation’s most accomplished artists in the visual, literary and performing arts. They were selected by an esteemed discipline-specific panel of artists through a rigorous blind adjudication process. This year’s award winners represent the top 9.5% of applications across ten artistic disciplines. YoungArts award winners gain access to one of the most prestigious programs for emerging artists in the United States in which they will have opportunities for creative and professional development throughout their entire careers.
As a Finalist, Nick will have the opportunity to participate in National YoungArts Week (January 5–12, 2020), the organization’s signature program providing artists with an intensive, weeklong and all-inclusive program featuring masterclasses, workshops and mentorship from leading artists in their fields. He will be eligible to be nominated to become a U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts, one of the highest honors given to high school seniors bestowed by the President of the United States
Nicholas Turgeon and Pen Zuleger
Visual Arts Students Take Home Over 100 Scholarstic Art & Writing Awards!
Below are the Fine Arts Center stats from 2019 Scholastic Art Awards in the SOUTHEAST REGION-AT-LARGE:
- Gold Keys - 32 artworks and 4 portfolios
- Silver Keys - 38 artworks and 2 portfolios
- Honorable Mentions - 53 artworks and 2 portfolios
- Regional One Earth Award - 1