Student Art Competition Winners Announced by U.S. Department of Education Office of Indian Education
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August 8, 2007		 Contact: Casey Ruberg
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The U.S. Department of Education Office of Indian Education (OIE) last week announced the 2007 winners of the annual Native American Student Art Competition. Today, Assistant Secretary of Education Kerri Briggs and Deputy Director of the Office of Indian Education (OIE) Cathie Carothers opened the exhibit, Education: A Gift Without Boundaries. Winning entries may be seen beginning August 8, at the U.S. Department of Education in Washington, D.C. as part of the agency's Headquarters Art Exhibit Program. In September, the exhibit will travel to the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of the American Indian.

"This competition exemplifies the value of culture, the arts, and academic achievement to Native youth," said Assistant Secretary Briggs. "Congratulations go to the winners as well as the numerous other students whose submissions made this year's judging exciting and challenging."

The theme for the 2007 competition, which received 1,379 entries from 34 states and 175 tribes, was Education, A Gift Without Boundaries. Entries were judged by staff members from OIE and NMAI based on originality, relationship to the contest theme, creativity, composition, and control of materials.

"The Office of Indian Education would like to thank all of the students for their hard work," Deputy Director Carothers said. "We especially want to thank their parents and teachers for providing the support and encouragement needed for these students to enter the competition. That encouragement has resulted in art pieces that are a unique and imaginative demonstration of combining Native culture and each student's values for academic achievement with their achievement in the arts."

In 2007 and 2008 the art exhibit will travel to the Chicago Children's Museum, the Trickster Gallery in Schaumburg, IL; the Oklahoma History Center in Oklahoma City, OK; the Ancient Traders' Gallery in Minneapolis, MN; the Indian Cultural Center in Albuquerque, NM as well as other locations.

A list of winners and images of the student artwork can be found online at www.indianeducation.org/sac/gallery.

The winners of the 2007 Student Art Competition are:

Pre-Kindergarten

Grades K-2

Grades 3-5

Grades 6-8

Grades 9-10

Grades 11-12

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