FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  March 28, 2008

 

Stevenson Elementary Student Wins National Honors

 

VIERA— Sixth Grader Amanda Tutera has won national status and was selected for international judging in a prestigious art contest. "Beauty and Difference" was the theme of this contest. In a committed effort to bring the "World of Art" to the students of R. L. Stevenson Elementary School of the Arts, art teacher Vickki Thacker entered student work in the Unilever International Schools Art Project (USIAP).

As the national winner, Tutera received a $1,000 savings bond, and Stevenson's art department received $2,500. This is the third international competition in which a student at Stevenson has had art exhibited.

The USIAP is linked to its series of annual contemporary art commissions at Tate Modern in London. It encourages young people to create original work on a given theme that relates to the work of the commissioned artist for The Unilever Series. The entries are judged within the U.S. with the finalist sent to London for international judging. The final winner's art work will be exhibited at the Tate Modern.

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