BROOKHAVEN — The Mississippi School of the Arts (MSA) Visual Arts students recently received 99 awards in the prestigious 2024 Regional Scholastic Art Competition hosted by The Mississippi Museum of Art.
Emma Powney, a senior from Starkville, won two Gold Keys, six Silver Keys and five Honorable Mentions.
American Visions and Gold Key award winners will be on display at the Mississippi Museum of Art March 27 through May 5 and will advance to the national competition.
The Scholastic Art and Writing Awards are presented by the Alliance for Young Artists Writers.
The Alliance is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit whose mission is to identify students with exceptional artistic and literary talent and present their remarkable work to the world through the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards. The Awards give students opportunities for recognition, exhibition, publication, and scholarships. In 2023, students across the United States and Canada entered more than 300,000 original works in 28 different categories of art and writing.
MSA is an eleventh and twelfth grade visual and performing arts residential, public high school located in Brookhaven. Students not only meet and exceed the traditional Mississippi high school curriculum, they also receive special instruction in visual arts, vocal music, dance, writing/literary arts, filmmaking/media arts and theater. MSA also has a “Collegiate Academy” program where qualified students can earn their high school diploma and an associate degree at the same time at no cost. In addition to MSA students winning awards for their work on the state, regional and national levels, the school consistently has one of the highest ACT averages in the state.
Students interested in MSA apply their sophomore year. MSA will be holding additional auditions for 10th graders interested in dance and theater on June 4.
MSA also offers a summer camp for rising eighth through 10th graders with scholarships available.
For more information contact us at [email protected] visit our website msabrookhaven.org or call (601) 823-1300.
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