Updated 01/12/2009 06:36 PM
Art students show off talents
CENTRAL NEW YORK -- Central New York gets crafty this week as the 2009 Scholastic Art Competition begins.
More than 5,000 works of art have been submitted by junior and senior high school students. Student art work will be judged for national competitions and local recognition. Some winning pieces will earn the students cash awards and scholarships.
The director of the Central New York Scholastic Art Awards says the competition is great art exposure for both the community and students.
“Visual arts need to be visual and this exposes all the art work being
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done in the public school system in the Central New York area, so it's a wonderful program not just to expose the community, but even expose the students from one district to another and they get to see various other art students' work,” said director Greg Cost.
More than 1,000 winning works will be on display at OCC's Whitney Applied Technology Center January 23rd through March 6th.