February 24 –March 3, 2021

The Gardiner Gallery of Art is pleased to present the Oklahoma Art Region Gold Key Winners in the 2021 Scholastic Gold Key Exhibition. The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards is the nation’s longest-running, most prestigious recognition program for creative teens, grades 7 –12. Founded in 1923, for nearly a century, Scholastic has inspired bold ideas throughout the country. Notable scholastic visual art alumni include Andy Warhol (1945), Kay WalkingStick (1948), Mel Bochner (1958), John Currin (1979) and Paul Chan (1992).

The Alliance mission is to identify students with exceptional artistic and literary talent and present their work to the world through the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. The awards give students opportunities for recognition, exhibition, publication and scholarships. Students’ submissions are blindly judged by leaders in the visual and literary arts. Of the 275 students across the state of Oklahoma that submitted work, 24 individual students received the Gold Key Award. The Gardiner Gallery of Art at Oklahoma State University is excited to showcase work made by these young Oklahoma artists.

Elliot Andrew, Molly Bazar, Turner Bernardi, Hannah Bernstein, Ian Choi, Chloe Dean, Seth Hardy, Aden Henry, Faith Hindsley, Niko Lam, Oliver Lorton, Matthew Diego McQuistion, Chloe Miner, Jackson Morgan, Paige Nguyen, Ella Oblander, Allison Pryor, Bryn Russell, Parker Schovanec, Garrett Teague, Quincey Turner, Alyssa Vang, Olivia Walker, Olivia Wang, Selena Whiteshield, Sydney Winter

Right: Queen Ian Holding a Hot Dog, painting by Ian Choi, Enid High School, Enid Oklahoma
Winner of the American Vision Award for the Oklahoma Region
Oklahoma Regional Winner and National Winner Scholastic Gold Key