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WMS 2010 Boston Globe Scholastic Art Award Winners


 * Wellesley Middle School art students received 51 awards for their submissions in the 2010 Boston Globe Scholastic Art Competition**. This impressive number of awards is most received by a Massachusetts middle school! Five students received a Gold[[image:http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lUZF7rAzeEg/TrtvRxsviMI/AAAAAAAAAHg/wbpF78_uALw/s1600/ns2639.hostgator.gif width="12" height="13" link="http://ns2639.hostgator.com"]] Key, 14 students received a Silver Key, and 32 students received Honorable Mention.

The Boston Globe Art Competition received over 12,000 pieces of art work for adjudication in this years' competition. This is the 61st year of Art Awards in Massachusetts[|.] The national Scholastic Art & Writing Awards are administered by the Alliance for Young Artists and Writers, Inc. = = Massachusetts art teachers were eligible to submit individual art by students in grades 7 - 12. Individual works and portfolios were judged on the state level with selected Gold Key winners continuing on to national judging. All Gold Key art work is sent to New York City where it will be competing for a Silver or Gold Medal against Gold Key art work from across the nation.

All Gold & Silver Key work will be on display from February 14 until April 8, 2011 at the State Transportation Building, 10 Park Plaza, Boston. The exhibit is open Monday through Friday, 9 A.M until 5 P.M. Students will receive their awards at a special awards ceremony on Sunday March 6 at the John Hancock Theater.