Art Showcase
Art Showcase is a competition that recognizes both the best individual artists and best art programs in North Carolina schools. An unlimited number of students in each school may participate in the school-level competition. Students are presented with a prompt and given about one month to create their submission. Media categories include painting, drawing, collage, photography, and other creative efforts. Electronic copies of submissions are sent to NCASA and forwarded to judges. Submissions from top teams and students from each category advance to the State Finals and are evaluated by judges in a live exhibition.
Art Showcase challenges artists of different media from different schools in a judged competition that awards both individual and group prizes. Media categories are shown below. Students create their artwork and enter the competition by submitting digital images of their work. Top students' works from each category progress to the statewide competition and are evaluated by judges in-person.
2023-2024 Prompts:
HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL: "Mending Wall" by Robert Frost
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL: "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost
Key Dates for 2023-2024
Sept 18 - Registration Opens
Nov 9 - Prompt Release (see above for prompt)
Jan 3 - Registration Closes
Jan 10 - Submissions Due
Jan date TBD - Live Announcement of Elementary School Results via ZOOM
Feb 10 - State Finals hosted by Triton High School in Erwin
Media Categories:
- Painting
- Drawing
- Print Making
- Mixed Media
- Collage
- Digital Media (middle school and high school only)
- Photography (middle school and high school only)
- Sculpture
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State Champion Computer Generated by Isaiah Willis of Sedgefield Middle School of Charlotte
The State Finals of Art Showcase were held February 9 at Northwest Guilford High School. 35 schools showed their works. Final results are shown below.
Shown below are the results from the 2019 Art Showcase Regionals. All schools listed below advanced to the February 9 State Final hosted by Northwest Guilford High School.
State Champion Painting by Claire Shi of Jay M Robinson Middle School of Charlotte
The State Finals of Art Showcase were held February 17 at Durham School of the Arts. 33 schools showed their works. Final results are shown below.
Best in Show by R Hutcheson of Ligon Middle School of Raleigh
The State Finals of Art Showcase were held December 3 at Hillside High School of Durham. 25 schools showed their works. Final results are shown below.
Best in Show Drawing by Ethan Hall of Atkins High School
The State Finals of Art Showcase were held May 14 at UNC Greensboro. More than 20 schools showed their works. Final results are shown below.