Arendell Parrott Academy’s Middle School Art Team advances to the State Championships
Katy Ta, (back) Anatoli Hnatov, (front) Alex Everson, (back) Celia Casciello, Gigi Johnson, Kenley Mooring, Julia Begelman, Parker Rose Overton, Teacher Samantha Rouse
When you think of Art, competitiveness doesn’t come to mind, but the Art Showcase of the North Carolina Association for Scholastic Activities sets fire to these students in a tough competition of artistic ability against schools all over North Carolina.
Arendell Parrott Academy’s Middle School Art Team is comprised of eight middle school students. Each of the eight students could only create one piece of art only using certain art supplies outlined in the competition rules.
The competition supplies teams with a prompt, this year’s being “What’s so funny”.
Mrs. Samantha Rouse, the elementary and middle school art teacher, explained “As soon as the prompt was released to the schools, our kids spent time really thinking about what was funny to them and how they could successfully represent that idea in their art within the competition parameters. It makes it difficult for students to filter through all their ideas; do they take the prompt literally or figuratively? Is it a statement or a question?”.
APA’s Middle School Art Team beat out ten other schools in the eastern regional division, and held the top regional score in the state, beating nineteen middle school scores statewide, and tied for first place with Uwharrie Charter School.
APA’s middle school artists achieved high scores for the eastern region in their own divisions as well. Anatoli Hnatov’s sculpture, Parker Rose Overton’s photograph, Katy Ta’s collage, Julia Begelman’s drawing, and Kenley Mooring’s printmaking print all individually earned first place with the highest scores in the eastern region against ten schools. Celia Casciello’s mixed media piece scoring second, and Gigi Johnson’s digital media piece, and Alex Everson’s painting secured third.
When I compared each individual score to the other middle schools for both eastern and western North Carolina in preparation for the statewide competition, I found that our individual scores continued to hold first place throughout the state within sculpture, photography, collage, and drawing categories. Printmaking held second place and painting, digital media, and mixed media held third place. I could not be prouder of my students and their hard work this season. We are all grateful for the win and the opportunity to advance to the state competition. We are looking forward to seeing all the artwork in person in Greensboro on December 10th.
The top four high schools in West and Central, two high schools in the East (W=West, C=Central, E=East) along with the top five middle schools in Regions East & West will advance to the State Finals.
HIGH SCHOOLS:
Eastern Division
Seaforth
Arendell Parrott
Voyager
Lenoir County Learning Academy
South Lenoir
Smithfield-Selma
Falls Lake
Kinston
Lumberton
North Lenoir
Purnell Swett
Central Division
Atkins
Northwest Guilford
North Surry
Northern Guilford
East Surry
Chatham Central
Northwood
Mount Airy
Gray Stone Day
High Point Central
Early College at Guilford
Western Division
Surry Early College
Surry Central
Discovery
Myers Park
North Lincoln
South Iredell
Gaston Christian
Thomas Jefferson
Lake Norman
West Iredell
Ardrey Kell
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MIDDLE SCHOOLS
Eastern Division
Arendell Parrott
Brown Summit
Uwharrie Charter
Chatham MS
71st Classical
Allen
Gray Stone Day
Horton
Orrum
Wayne School of Engineering
EB Frink
Southern Nash
Western Division
Jay M Robinson
Brawley
Mount Airy
Hanes Magnet
Pilot Mountain
Gentry
Central (Surry)
Meadowview Magnet
Western Guilford
Woodland Heights
East Iredell
Asheville
A summary is shown below. All schools ranked below and individuals listed below advanced to the State Finals. Schools not listed below did not advance. The State Finals will be December 10 hosted by Atkins High School.
Please make sure students understand that works that received a low score were not poor in quality. They were simply viewed by the judges to be inferior to works who earned higher scores. Submissions were scored in comparison to other works in their media type and Regional. We commend all students and schools who submitted works to the competition. All students who participated should take pride in representing their school in interscholastic competition.
Team results are determined by calculating the top five scores from each school.
High Schools
East Regional
1 - Arendell Parrott
2 - Smithfield-Selma
Also advancing:
- Olivia Merrell in Sculpture from Voyager Academy
- Lisbeth Santos in Sculpture from Purnell Swett
- Andres Estevez in Mixed Media from Seaforth
- Nina Gibson in Digital Media from Kinston
Central Regional Highschools
1 - Northwest Guilford
2 - North Surry
3 - Northern Guilford
4 - Atkins
5 - Northwood (advanced as top wildcard)
West Regional Highschools
1 - Gaston Christian
2 - Myers Park
3 - Surry Central
4 - North Lincoln
5 - Lake Norman
Also advancing: Averi Parrish in Photography from Ardrey Kell HS
Middle Schools
East Regional
1 tie - Arendell Parrott Academy, Uwharrie Charter (tiebreaker could not break tie)
3 - Brown Summit
4 - Chatham
5 - Orrum
Also advancing: Cailia Edwards from EB Frink MS in Digital Media
West Regional
1 - Jay M Robinson
2 - Central (Surry)
3 - J Sam Gentry
4 tie - Meadowview Magnet, Pilot Mountain
Also advancing:
- Mackenzie Vanderham from Woodland Heights MS in Painting
- Logan Brantley from Hanes Magnet MS in Photography
NCASA is home of the
Joe Childers Scholastic Cup
NCASA Challenge Cup
North Carolina Showcase
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