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Birds Of A Feather Allen Gibson, Clear Creek High, 2004 State VASE Medallion

The state Texas Art Education Association Visual Art Scholastic Event will be held at the University of Houston-Clear Lake April 13 and 14. This free event is open to the public in Atrium II on April 8 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Area art students participate in the April 13 and 14 state Visual Art Scholastic Event at UH-Clear Lake

By Marilyn Clark, League City Area News Online
April 4, 2007

Picasso's Musician Clear Creek High 2004 Gold Seal Award, from TAEA

Clear Creek I.S.D. art students won area medals and will participate in the state Texas Art Education Association (TAEA) Visual Art Scholastic Event (VASE) at University of Houston-Clear Lake April 13 and 14. The event is open to the public on April 14 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Joey Dole, the state VASE director, said that there are not many art contests in the United States and that they are fairly subjective with only a limited set of criteria for evaluation. He said that VASE scoring is unique because there are no winners or losers and students are rated based on an objective grading rubric developed from the national standards for art education.

Students are judged on originality, skill, knowledge of the state standards for art education and ability to verbally explain the intent of their piece to the judges (jurors). Each piece is awarded a superior, excellent, average or below average rating.

The "superior" artworks are then reexamined. The best are given an exemplary rating and receive a “Gold Seal” medallion, the highest award at this event.

Sources: 1. The Texas Art Education Association, CCISD and CCISD press release # 2264, including the list of student winners and stats

2. Interview with Joey Doyle, state VASE director

Credit: This is an update of an April 4, 2006 article by Marilyn Clark about the VASE competition. The pictures are different.

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