“Not My Tights,” a photograph by Carroll High School student Marybeth Hall, won a gold medal. Photo provided.

News Release

FORT WAYNE — The Fort Wayne Museum of Art recently announced 22 northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio students who have won national recognition for 30 pieces of their art and writing in the 2024 Scholastic Art and Writing Awards.

After competing at the regional level, the students were awarded gold or silver medals by the Alliance of Young Artists & Writers, a national organization.

Among the many students awarded were:

• Addison Reed, Churubusco Junior-Senior High School
• Lily Thieszen, Fairfield Junior-Senior High School

The gold medal and silver medal award recipients will be honored during a virtual celebration Wednesday, June 26. Gold medal artwork will be exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York in the fall.

The Fort Wayne Museum of Art’s education department provides specialized programming for grades pre-K through 12, bilingual content and opportunities for older adults among exhibitions. In 2022, more than 43,700 participants were served through various educational activities.

Presented by the nonprofit organization the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, the 101st Scholastic Art & Writing Awards are the country’s longest-running and most prestigious scholarship and recognition program for creative students in grades seven through 12. This year, more than 100,000 teens from U.S. territories, Canada and every state in the nation participated, submitting more than 300,000 works of art and writing. Works by more than 40,000 teens received regional recognition, and nearly 2,000 works earned national awards.

The Fort Wayne Museum of Art said the support of Toni Murray for this program helps to make it possible. Additional support is provided by the Indiana Arts Commission, the Foellinger Foundation, English, Bonter, Mitchell Foundation, and the Edward M. and Mary McCrea Wilson Foundation. For more information about the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers and the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, visit the Scholastic News Room: http://mediaroom.scholastic.com/artandwriting.