Exhibition
2024 Lancaster County Young Artists Awards Exhibition
Please note: We look forward to announcing the 2024 Scholastic Art Awards winners when results are announced in late March.
Welcome to the 2024 Solanco Lancaster County Young Artists Awards online exhibition! Solanco award-winning artists have an outstanding showing in this year's Young Artists Awards Exhibition winning 2 Portfolio Awards: 1 Gold Portfolio Award, and 1 Silver Portfolio Award; 6 Special Awards, 6 Gold Awards, 7 Silver Awards, and 14 Honorable Mention Awards! Visual arts professionals served as jurors selecting works based on originality, technical skill, and the emergence of a personal voice or vision. The Young Artists Awards results announced here will be updated in late March to include the winners in the Scholastic Art Awards competition when results are announced.
The Lancaster Museum of Art and the Pennsylvania College of Art and Design in Lancaster are honored to host this annual regional exhibition to celebrate the creativity of young artists from Lancaster County. Solanco award-winning work will be on exhibition at the Lancaster Museum of Art located at 135 North Lime Street, Lancaster, PA. The Pennsylvania College of Art and Design is located at 204 N. Prince Street, Lancaster, PA. The exhibition opening reception will be held Friday, March 8, 2024 from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Lancaster Museum of Art. The exhibition runs through Sunday, April 7, 2024.. Exhibition hours at the Lancaster Museum of Art are: M, T, TH, F, S from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Sunday noon to 4 p.m. Closed Monday and Wednesday
Congratulations to the 2024 Solanco Lancaster County Young Artists Awards Winners!
SOLANCO HIGH SCHOOL: | Ava Kurtz: 18 Awards! 2 Portfolio Awards: 1 Gold Portfolio Award, 1 Silver Portfolio Award; 3 Special Awards: Echo Valley Excellence in Technique Award, Lancaster Italian Cultural Society Leonardo da Vinci Award, Foxduck Digital Award; 4 Gold Awards, 4 Silver Awards, 5 Honorable Mention Awards | Maggie Poole: 1 Special Award: Echo Valley Sculpture Award; 1 Gold Award | Avery Caldwell: 1 Gold Award | Hannah Chen: 1 Silver Award | Brooklynn King: 1 Silver Award | Addison Boyd: 1 Silver Award | Lila Good: 2 Special Awards: PA College of Art and Design 9th Grade Award, Marietta Arts Alive Award, 1 Honorable Mention Award | Justice Felizzi: 2 Honorable Mention Awards | Emma Reinhardt: 1 Honorable Mention Award | Blake Jenkins: 1 Honorable Mention Award SMITH MIDDLE SCHOOL: | Wesley Bard: 2 Honorable Mention Awards | Emma Gilman: 1 Honorable Mention Award | Daphny Kylar: 1 Honorable Mention Award
Ava Kurtz: White Onions, Purple Garlic, Scallions, Shallot, pastel on paper
Portfolio Award: (from the series: Abundance) | Gold Award
Ava Kurtz: Fine China, digital painting
Gold Portfolio Award (from the series: The Asian-American Experience | Gold Award
Ava Kurtz: Fresh Mandarin Oranges and Green Apple, pastel on paper
Portfolio Award (from the series: Abundance) | Special Award: Lancaster Italian Cultural Society Leonardo da Vinci Award | Gold Award
Ava Kurtz: Seeing Things Clearly, digital painting
Gold Portfolio Award (from the series: The Asian-American Experience) | Special Award: Foxduck Digital Award