High school students who take four years of Arts score 100 points higher on the SAT

The Arts teach the skills essential for success in the global marketplace: risk-taking, out-of-the-box creative thinking, team problem solving, excellence as the standard and academic discipline

Students who are involved in the Arts have improved self-esteem and are less likely to skip school or engage in disruptive classroom behavior

Students who take Art have improved attention spans, increased interest in school and foundations of success on which to build

Participation in the Arts promotes tolerance for other cultures, Art is about working together, about communication, about bridges and connections.

 

May, 2003

Lakewood Artist Guild annual student art show and scholarship competition

 

Lakewood is located just north of Long Beach in Southern California. The Lakewood Artists Guild founded in 1957, organizes an annual art competition each year for 18 high schools and middle schools in the area. This year the Guild received 489 general entries and 71 scholarship applications. Several days are dedicated by the Lakewood Artists Guild for reviewing and judging the art.

Eight $ 500.00 Scholarships are awarded to high school seniors and juniors along with certificates from the California State Assembly, California State Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives. 66 additional cash awards are also given to children from Kindergarten up.

The Lakewood Artist Guild can be contacted at: P O Box 3773, Lakewood, CA 90711-3773 or E-mail: lakewoodartistguild@yahoo.com

Senate of the State of California

U S House of Representatives

California State Assembly

 

In speaking to these young people after the awards ceremony, many of them had already been accepted at Cal-State Long Beach, one of the nation's best graphic design programs, or Pasadena's prestigious Art Center.

View the winning art

The Student Winners:

2003 Lakewood Artist Guild $500 Scholarship Award Winners

 

 

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