Artists Nominated For Contest's Best In Show Award

Jacob Corder's "Icarus."

Lakewood High & West Shore Career-Technical students Jacob Corder and Alex Marek have been selected as two of only five regional student artists to be nominated for a national American Visions Award in the prestigious Scholastic Art & Writing contest. Corder also was awarded a $10,000 per year scholarship for the Cleveland Institute of Art based on his contest submissions.

Each regional program participating in the contest across the country selects the five most outstanding works of art from their Gold Key recipients. These five artists represent the region on the national level as American Vision nominees. A national panel selects one of the nominated works from each region as the American Vision Award Recipient for 2015.

Corder  mixed media piece, “Icarus,” was selected and Marek's film and animation entry, “Catstronaut" (view here) was chosen. In the regional judging in December, Corder earned five Gold Keys, the highest honor in the contest and Marek won two.

"Jacob and Alex are exceptional students and these awards are well deserved. It’s amazing how they can take a class project and elevate it to something far more," said their Interactive Media instructor Anne McQuay.

To view Marek's animation video, go to: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsgD_B1hD0o#sthash.FcJqKsP8.dpuf.