Art Showcase - Overview
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
Visit the Art Showcase section of our site.
The Quill 2019 Regional Winners Announced
photo from previous event
NCASA is pleased to announce Regional winners and State Finals Qualifiers for The Quill!
On October 24, students across North Carolina sat down to computers at their schools to respond to on-demand writing prompts in regional competitions for the state writing competition, The Quill. Prompts covered the core curriculum types of Argumentation, Problem/Solution, Narrative Writing (middle school), Creative Writing (high school), Informative/Explanatory (middle school), and Literary Analysis (high school).