NICOLET STUDENT WINS NATIONAL 2013 SCHOLASTIC ART AWARD

Natalie Muenster to Receive Distinguished Award at Carnegie Hall in New York ...

Nicolet junior Natalie Muenster was one of 21 art students from Wisconsin to win a 2013 National Award from the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, the country’s longest-running and most prestigious award and recognition program for creative teenagers. 

Muenster, who won a National Scholastic Silver Medal for her acrylic painting Peanut Gallery, will receive her award May 31 at world-famous Carnegie Hall in New York.  Also that day, this year’s national award winners will be recognized in the city in a couple of exciting ways. The Empire State Building will be illuminated in gold, and the LED super signs at 1515 Broadway in Times Square will feature the awards throughout the day. And, for the first time, the ceremony will be webcast live from Carnegie Hall.

2013 marks the 90^th anniversary of the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, and this year’s competition attracted more participants than ever before. More than 230,000 submissions were received in 28 categories. 

The Wisconsin national art award winners first participated in regional competition by submitting their work through The Milwaukee Art Museum. The regional winners were then judged nationally by panels of renowned artists and arts professionals. 

Teachers of national winners were also honored with awards. Meunster’s art teacher is Patricia Leeson. 

“This 90^th year of the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards demonstrates just how vital the program is to America’s creative young people,” said Virginia McEnerney, Executive Director of the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers. “In some cases, an Award and its attendant scholarships can make the difference between whether or not a young writer or artist attends college.”

This year’s honorees join a prestigious list of Awards alumni including Zac Posen, Lena Dunham, Andy Warhol, Sylvia Plath, Joyce Carol Oates, and Robert Redford.