A Reason Why It Is Important to Join the National Art Honor Society
National Art Honor Society
The Art Event's National Art Award Lodge (NAHS) Chapter #2242 recognizes 9th-12th grade students of loftier academic and artistic standing throughout the Hudson Valley. This is the only chapter in the United States not affiliated with a high schoolhouse. The NAHS encourages students to attain their highest level of professionalism and prepares students for a career in the arts. Members serve their community past designing and painting public murals, raising coin for scholarships and local organizations, creating public art projects, participating in community art events, and helping set up educatee exhibits.
Members are selected each semester from nominated loftier schoolhouse students at The Art Effect who come across the requirements of excellence in visual and media art, a minimum of an 87 weighted GPA, and attendance in courses within the Art Institute, Spark Studios, and/or MADLab programs. NAHS members are seen as leaders in their field and oftentimes receive priority treatment when applying to college. Membership opens up opportunities for college scholarships from numerous institutions as well as from the NAEA (National Art Education Association) that are not typically available to other students.
There are approximately 18-25 members each semester from loftier schools throughout the Hudson Valley including: Arlington, Dutchess Mean solar day Schoolhouse, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Haldane, The Harvey Schoolhouse, John Jay, Millbrook, Newburgh, New Paltz, New Rochelle, Oakwood Friends Schoolhouse, Our Lady of Lourdes, Poughkeepsie, Reddish Claw, Rhinebeck, Rondout Valley, Roy C. Ketcham, Stissing Mount, Wallkill, and Warwick Valley.
NAHS members upon graduation have received thousands of dollars in scholarships to attend college. More than half dozen of our graduates have received the $60,000 NAEA scholarship towards high-end art colleges and universities such as Pratt Institute. In the last two year, NAHS members have been offered more than $ane,000,000 in scholarships to schools including MICA, Tufts, SVA, Harvard and BU.
NAHS meets every 2 weeks following the school year schedule.
History
Started by the National Art Education Association (NAEA) in 1978, the National Art Honor Order (NAHS) inspires and recognizes 9th-12th grade students who have shown an outstanding ability in art and academics. The Art Effect's NAHS affiliate #2242 was started in 2003 under Mill Street Loft and has proudly served over 300 individual young artists.
Over the years, members have worked with numerous community organizations and throughout the Urban center of Poughkeepsie to brand a difference through the arts. Some past projects include:
- Pet Portraits for the Hudson Valley Fauna Rescue and Sanctuary to raise funds for their no-kill shelter.
- Nerveless non-perishable food and clothing for Rebuilding our Children & Customs families.
- Painted the windows of the Trolley Barn Gallery beautifying centre-Main Street, Poughkeepsie.
- Participation in Juneteenth hosted by R.E.A.L. Skills Network.
- Moon Landing landscape at the Mid-Hudson Children's Museum.
- Heroes mural at the Children'due south Dwelling house of Poughkeepsie .
- Mural at archway of Dutchess Canton SPCA.
- Site make clean ups on Pershing Street, Poughkeepsie.
- Participated in Chronogram Media's community panel discussing social justice, racism, human rights, inequity, in the Hudson Valley art scene.
- Mural restoration of the Hudson River serpent "Kipsy," in Poughkeepsie designed past artists Dick and Margret Cranson.
- Painted the "Garden of Hope" mural in the Specialty Pediatrics waiting room at Vassar Brothers Medical Center.
Plan Managing director
Lauren Hollick is a dedicated Artist, Educator, Program Director, alumna of The Fine art Issue and National Art Honor Gild Affiliate #2242 member. She has been involved in various programs for viii years, including the Fine art Plant & Junior Art Institute, Empire After School Program, Arts for Healing, National Art Honor Society chapter, and spearheading Dutchess/Ulster Arts Camps. Lauren has lived in the Hudson Valley her entire life and obtained a Bachelors in Art Education from SUNY New Paltz. Lauren strives to have all programs focus on designing inclusive, positive, & prophylactic environments for artists of all ages where they can feel a wide diverseness of mediums and technology through the arts. Her current mediums of choice for her personal work include oils, ink, charcoal, ceramics, gouache, and animation.
This project is supported in role by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts and is partially funded by monies received from the New York State Council on the Arts.
Source: https://thearteffect.org/programs/nahs/
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