photo by Darian Hofer

More than 1,700 students from around the state gathered at University of Houston-Clear Lake in April for the Texas Art Education Association’s Visual Arts Scholastic Event. While at the event, students not only present their work for competition, but they also get to learn from international artists as well as attend workshops on how to plan for college financially and emotionally. Students receiving Gold Seal (top) awards during the event were honored at a special reception. Pictured (l to r) are VASE State Director Joey Doyle; VASE Gold Seal honoree and Clements High School student Allison Witmer; Nimitz High School student, Gold Seal winner and guest speaker during the Gold Seal Event Emily Hutto; and former Seabrook Mayor Robin Riley. The City of Seabrook assisted by again providing sponsorship to this year’s event. The students are a few of the more than 23,000 who submitted work for 2008 state VASE. Art submissions increased this year, up from more than 16,000 in 2007.

photo by Darian Hofer

High School art students from Grapevine and Colleyville Independent School District were among the more than 1,700 students who attended the Texas Art Education Association’s Visual Arts Scholastic Event at the University of Houston-Clear Lake in April. Pictured are the students with several of their teachers including Heidi Shaban-Cortese and her son Milo (sitting, front row); Martha Gibson (second row, left); Tracy Waldroup and Joanne Fuller (kneeling, right); and Colleyville Heritage High School Assistant Principal Ted Beal (center, back row). The event, sponsored in part by the city of Seabrook, gives student artists a chance to display their work and attend art and scholarship workshops. International artists Bed?ich Kocman from the Institute of Art and Design, University of West Bohemia in Pilsen, Czech Republic, and Ali Temel Köseler from Dokuz Eylül University in Turkey. This is the ninth year UH-Clear Lake has hosted the state event.