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Regional Affiliate Programs and Funders

Affiliates of the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers provide encouragement and support to talented teenagers across the country through The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. The Alliance is grateful to the following regional donors who have demonstrated their commitment to youth and the arts within their communities.

Alabama
Alabama Region – Art
Regional Affiliate: Alabama Art Education Association
Additional local support provided by: Alabama License Plate Committee, Arts Council of Montgomery at The Armory Learning Arts Center, Montgomery, Alabama

Alaska
Alaska Region – Art
Regional Affiliate: Art Department, University of Alaska, Anchorage, and Alaska Art Education Association

Arizona
Region-at-Large

Arkansas
Mid-South Region
(Mississippi/Tennessee) – Art
Regional Affiliate: Brooks Museum League

California
Southern California Region – Art
Regional Affiliate: Otis College of Art and Design

Colorado
Colorado Region – Art and Writing
Regional Affiliate: Museum of Outdoor Arts
Additional local support provided by: Science and Cultural Facilities District through the Arapahoe County Cultural Council, City of Englewood, Rotary Club of Denver, Colorado Language Arts Society, Colorado Writing Project, Colorado Art Education Association, Colorado Alliance for Art Education, The Denver International Airport, The Colorado Trust and Qdoba

Connecticut
Connecticut Region – Art
Regional Affiliate: Connecticut Art Education Association
Additional local support provided by: Hartford Art School and Connecticut Commission on the Arts, Culture, and Tourism

Delaware
Delaware Region – Art and Writing
Regional Affiliate: Delaware State University and the Arts Center/Gallery
Additional local support provided by: Art Educators of Delaware, The Dover Post, Inc., Colonial Rotary, Wesley College, and through the generosity of private donors

Florida
Broward County Region – Art
Regional Affiliate: American Heritage School and American Heritage Foundation for the Arts
Miami-Dade Region – Art and Writing
Regional Affiliate: Miami-Dade County Public Schools
Additional local support provided by: Miami Art Museum and the Miami-Dade County Fair & Exposition (The Fair)
Palm Beach County Region – Art
Regional Affiliate: Palm Beach County Cultural Council
Additional local support provided by: Palm Beach Post and The Armory Arts Center
Pinellas County Region – Art and Writing
Regional Affiliate: Pinellas County Schools
Additional local support provided by: St. Petersburg Festival of States, General Dynamics, Raymond James Financial, Inc., and Verizon

Georgia
Regional Affiliate: Atlanta College of Art

Hawaii
Hawaii Region – Art
Regional Affiliate: Hawaii State Department of Education
Additional local support provided by: Hawaii Alliance for Art Education, Aloha Airlines, and 1132 Bishop Street

Idaho
Region-at-Large

Illinois
Mid-Central Illinois Region – Art
Regional Affiliate: CHASE, Springfield, IL
Southern Illinois Region – Art
Regional Affiliate: Cedarhurst Center for the Arts
Additional local support provided by: John R. and Eleanor R. Mitchell Foundation
West Suburban Chicago Region – Art
Regional Affiliate: Elmhurst Art Museum and the West Suburban Chicago Region Consortium of Schools

Indiana
Central Indiana – Art
Regional Affiliate: Herron School of Art and Design
Additional local support provided by: L.S. Ayres, a division of the May Department Stores Company, and Prizm Art Supply
Northeastern Indiana
(Southwest Michigan) – Art
Regional Affiliate: Fort Wayne Museum of Art
Additional local support provided by: L. S. Ayres, a division of the May Department Stores Company, Lake City Bank and The News-Sentinel
Northwestern Indiana Region – Art
Regional Affiliate: South Bend Regional Museum of Art
Additional local support provided by: The May Department Stores Company and the Indiana Women's Caucus for Art

Iowa
Southwest Iowa Region – Writing
Regional Affiliate: Iowa Western Community College
Additional local support provided by: The Daily Nonpareil and the Bluffs Arts Council

Kansas
Eastern Kansas Region – Art
Regional Affiliate: The Wichita Center for the Arts
Additional local support provided by: Elizabeth B. Koch, The K.T. Wiedemann Foundation, Bethel College, Botanica, Doug Billings, The First Place, Fort Hays State University, Gallery XII, The Kansas Alliance of Weavers & Spinners, Kansas Watercolor Society, Lawrence Photo, Inc., Muddy Elbow Manufacturing/Soldner Mixers, The National League of American Women in Pen-Wichita Branch, Newman University, Debra C. Ringler Ceramics & Sculpture, The Wichita Art Museum, Wichita State University, and Wichita Women Artists
Western Kansas Region – Art
Regional Affiliate: The Western Kansas Scholastic Art Awards
Additional local support provided by: Pioneer Electric, Pioneer Telephone, R/T Sporting Goods, Montezuma Recreation Commission, and South Gray High School Booster Club.

Kentucky
Jefferson County Kentucky Region – Art
Regional Affiliate: Jefferson County Public Schools
Additional local support provided by: Fund for the Arts, the Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, the Louisville Visual Art Association, the Kentucky Alliance for Arts Education, and Louisville Male High School
Northern Kentucky Region – Writing
Regional Affiliate: Northern Kentucky University College of Arts and Sciences & the Department of Literature and Language
First Security Trust Bank, Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Community Publications, Inc., Staples, Inc., The Kentucky Post, Thomas More College, and Victory Community Bank
South-Central Kentucky Region – Art
Regional Affiliate: Capitol Arts Alliance, Inc.
Additional local support provided by: Famous Barr, a division of the May Company
Southern Ohio/Northern Kentucky Region – Art
Regional Affiliate: Art Machine, Inc., Summerfair, Inc. and the Knowledgeworks Foundation
Additional local support provided by: Tower Place Mall

Louisiana
Region-at-Large

Maine
Maine Region – Art
Regional Affiliate: Maine College of Art
Additional local support provided by: Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram, the Holt Family Fund of the Maine Community Foundation, and the King and Jean Cummings Charitable Trust Fund

Maryland
Region-at-Large

Massachusetts
Massachusetts Region – Art
Regional Affiliate: The Boston Globe Foundation
Additional local support provided by: Massachusetts Scholastic Art Awards Scholarship Partners, The Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University, Boston University School of Visual Arts, Massachusetts College of Art, Montserrat College of Art, Salem State College, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, The New England School of Art & Design at Suffolk University, Massachusetts State Transportation Building, R.M. Bradley Building Management, Reliable Security, John Hancock Hall, Historic Tours of America—Old Town Trolleys, Capeway Printing, Printmaster, Gentle Giant Movers, Brown Floral Supply

Michigan
Lake Erie West Region
(Ohio) – Writing
Regional Affiliate: The Glass House Writing Project
Lapeer, Macomb & St. Clair Counties Region – Art
Regional Affiliate: Macomb Community College
Additional local support provided by: Macomb Intermediate School District
Northeastern Indiana Region
(Southwest Michigan) – Art
Regional Affiliate: Fort Wayne Museum of Art
Additional local support provided by: L. S. Ayres, a division of the May Department Stores Company, Lake City Bank and The News-Sentinel
Southeastern Michigan Region – Art
Regional Affiliate: College for Creative Studies
Additional local support provided by: Detroit Country Day School, Chuck Cloud, Copyrite Printing, Cranbrook Academy of the Arts, Green's Artist Supply, Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Armstrong Tools & Supply, Camera Mart, C.R. Hill, Crossroads Pottery, East Side Handweavers, Kenneth F. Rose Gemstones, Utrecht Art Supply, and Waterfall Jewelers
West Central Michigan Region – Art
Regional Affiliate: Kendall College of Art and Design of Ferris State University

Minnesota
Minnesota Region – Art
Regional Affiliate: Minneapolis College of Art and Design

Mississippi
Mid-South Region
(Arkansas/Tennessee) – Art
Regional Affiliate: Brooks Museum League
Mississippi Region – Art
Regional Affiliate: Mississippi Museum of Art
Additional local support provided by: BellSouth and Bradley Arant Rose and White, LLP

Missouri
Region-at-Large

Montana
Region-at-Large

Nebraska
Region-at-Large

Nevada
Northern Nevada Region – Art
Regional Affiliate: The Nevada Museum of Art
Additional local support provided by: US Bank
Southern Nevada Region – Art
Regional Affiliate: Las Vegas Museum of Art
Additional local support provided by: US Bank, MGM-Mirage Community Giving Fund, and the Las Vegas Art Museum with the assistance of the Clark County School District and its School-Community Partnership Office, the Esmeralda and Nye County public schools, The Diocese Of Las Vegas, and the Home School Associations of Southern Nevada

New Hampshire
New Hampshire Region – Art
Regional Affiliate: New Hampshire Art Educators’ Association
Additional local support provided by: The Bedford Mall, NH Institute of Art, Barbara Barss Memorial Donations, Currier Museum of Art, Brown-Monson Foundation, Coca-Cola of Northern New England, Goodbrain Academy of Creative Technology, Chester College of New England, Liberty Mutual, Dorothy Messenger Scholarship Fund, Pioneer Business Computing, Angela’s Cheese and Pasta Shop, Panera Bread, Hannaford, Tobey Harmon, Van Otis Chocolates, Color Shop, Casual Cat, E.W. Poore, Toadstool Bookstore, The Art Experience, The Framers Market, Art Plus Inc., Sharon Arts Center, and Currier Art Center

New Jersey
Region-at-Large

New Mexico
Region-at-Large

New York
Central New York Region – Art
Regional Affiliate: TMK Consulting
Additional local support provided by: Time Warner Cable, Onondaga Community College, Commercial Art Supply, Light Work, OCC Foundation, Syracuse Ceramic Guild, Lyme Academy, Delavan Art Gallery, and Everson Museum of Art
New York City Region – Art and Writing
Regional Affiliate: Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, Inc. and Scholastic Inc.
Additional local support provided by: The New York Times Company, Accenture, JPMorgan Chase, Command Web Offset, The Diller-von Furstenberg Family Foundation, CDW-G and Brooklyn Museum, The Maurice R. Robinson Fund; Jack Kent Cooke Foundation; The Jacques and Natasha Gelman Trust; Lily Auchincloss Foundation, Inc.; Bloomberg LP; The Jean and Louis Dreyfus Foundation, Inc.; The Richard and Mica Hadar Foundation; The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation; and Three Bridge Trust.
Rochester-Finger Lakes Region – Art
Regional Affiliate: Rochester Institute of Technology
Additional local support provided by: M&T Bank and Senator Jim Alesi
Twin Tiers Region (Pennsylvania) – Art
Regional Affiliate: Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, NY
Additional local support provided by: Nancy Tripp Rose Youth Fund, The Hilliard Foundation, Chemung Canal Trust Company, and The Community Foundation of the Elmira Corning Area, Inc.

North Carolina
Eastern North Carolina Region – Art
Regional Affiliate: Barton College
Additional local support provided by: The Wilson Daily Times, Visual Arts Department of the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools
Mid-Carolinas Region – Art
Regional Affiliate: The Arts Education Department of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools and ArtsTeach
Western North Carolina Region – Art
Regional Affiliate: Asheville Art Museum
Additional local support provided by: Asheville Area Section of the American Institute of Architects

North Dakota
Region-at-Large

Ohio
Central Ohio Region – Art
Regional Affiliate: Columbus College of Art & Design
Cuyahoga County Region – Art
Regional Affiliate: The Cleveland Institute of Art
Additional local support provided by: Martha Holden Jennings Foundation
Lake Erie West Region
(Michigan) – Writing
Regional Affiliate: The Glass House Writing Project
Lorain County Region – Art
Regional Affiliate: Lorain County Community College, Elyria, Ohio
Northeast Central Ohio Region – Art
Regional Affiliate: Kent State University, Stark Campus
Northeastern Ohio Region – Art
Regional Affiliate: McDonough Museum and Youngstown State University
Additional local support provided by: The William Swanston Foundation
Southern Ohio/Northern Kentucky Region – Art
Regional Affiliate: Art Machine, Inc., Summerfair, Inc. and the Knowledgeworks Foundation
Additional local support provided by: Tower Place Mall

Oklahoma
Oklahoma Region – Art
Regional Affiliate: Tulsa Community College
Additional local support provided by: Arts & Humanities Council of Tulsa; Oklahoma Arts Council; Kirkpatrick Foundation, Inc.; D.E. Zieglers Arts & Crafts Supply, Inc.; R.C.B. Bank; and F. & M. Bank

Oregon
Northwest Oregon Region – Art
Regional Affiliate: The Oregon Art Education Association
Additional local support provided by: Oregon College of Art and Craft, and Pacific Northwest College of Art

Pennsylvania
Berks, Lehigh and Northampton, Pennsylvania Region – Art
Regional Affiliate: The Regional Scholastic Art Awards Council
Additional local support provided by: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Allentown Art Museum, Dan's Camera City, Dick Blick Art Materials, Ms. Linny Fowler, Northampton Community College, Sorrelli Inc., The Banana Factory, The Baum School of Art, The Martin Guitar Company, Media 5 Entertainment Agency, New Arts Program, Dr. Vincenzo Ranzino, Mr. Larry Miley, and Allentown Symphony Hall
Central Pennsylvania Region – Art and Writing
Regional Affiliate: The Patriot-News
Additional local support provided by: Strawberry Square, Harristown Development Corporation; J.P. Lilley, Inc.; PA Department of General Services; The Patriot-News Scholastic Writing Advisory Committee; The Patriot-News Scholastic Art Steering Committee; American Association of University Women, Harrisburg Branch; Art Association of Harrisburg; Blick Art Materials, Lemoyne; The Camera Box, Camp Hill; Jamie Campbell Memorial Fund; Capital Area Intermediate Unit; Thomas C. Colley Family; Carol Conrad Memorial Fund; The Patriot-Newspaper in Education; Crissman Judges Award; Delta Kappa Gamma, Omicron Chapter; Morton A. Friedman Family; Giant Food Stores; Harrisburg Parking Authority; Harrisburg Senator's Baseball Club; Highmark Blue Shield; Hilton Harrisburg; Karns Quality Foods; The Klingler Family; Lebanon Valley College, Department of Art and Art History; Clyde and Barbara McGeary; Mechanicsburg Area School District;, Mendelson, Foer and Harrison Dental Associates; PA Guild of Craftsmen; Past Presidents' Judges Writing Award; PA State Education Association; The Phillips Group; Bern Sharfman; Eleanor P. Stanton Memorial Fund; Susquehanna Art Museum; Temple University, Harrisburg; The Family of Todd Tabor; Philip and Denise VanBriggle; The Wendle Family; Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts; Williamsport Area School District.
Lancaster County Region – Art
Regional Affiliate: The Regional Scholastic Art Awards Committee
Additional local support provided by: Wachovia Foundation, with additional funding by: Echo Valley Art Group, Sandra Fruitman Memorial Fund, Pauline Stauffer Estate, Chroma Acrylics, Inc., Stauffers of Kissel Hill, The James Hale Steinman Foundation, Pennsylvania College of Art & Design, Lancaster Museum of Art, Mulberry Art Studios, Echo Valley Art Group, Solanco School District, Linden Hall School for Girls, Demuth Foundation, Chestnut House, Levengood Architects, Photographic Illustrations, Lancaster County Association of Realtors, Lancaster County Art Association, Lancaster Italian Cultural Society, Hammel Architects, Lancaster Designer Crafts, The Art Store, Constantine Kermes, Caroline Henderson
Lancaster County – Writing
Regional Affiliate: Lancaster County Library
Northeastern Pennsylvania Region – Art
Regional Affiliate: The Times-Tribune
Southwestern Pennsylvania Region – Art and Writing
Regional Affiliate: Waynesburg College
Additional local support provided by: Observer Publishing Company, Consol Energy, the Community Foundation of Greene County, and the Pennsylvania Rural Arts Alliance
Twin Tiers Region (New York) – Art
Regional Affiliate: Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, NY
Additional local support provided by: Nancy Tripp Rose Youth Fund, The Hilliard Foundation, Chemung Canal Trust Company, and The Community Foundation of the Elmira Corning Area, Inc.

Rhode Island
Rhode Island Region – Art
Regional Affiliate: The Providence Journal and The Rhode Island Art Education Association
Additional local support provided by: Alperts Furniture

South Carolina
South Carolina Region – Art
Regional Affiliate: Lander University

South Dakota
Region-at-Large

Tennessee
East Central Tennessee Region – Art
Regional Affiliate: The Arts & Culture Alliance of Greater Knoxville
Middle Tennessee Region – Art
Regional Affiliate: Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
Additional local support provided by: The Tennessee Credit Union
Mid-South Region
(Arkansas/Mississippi) – Art
Regional Affiliate: Brooks Museum League

Texas
Harris County Region – Art and Writing
Regional Affiliate: Harris County Department of Education
Additional local support provided by: The Houston Chronicle, Texas Art Supply, Valerie and Ed Blair, Glassell Junior School of Art, MFAH, Norma Dolcater, Dean, Barnes & Noble Books, The University of St. Thomas, School of Education, Texas Children's Hospital, Harris County Department of Education and Board of Trustees, Mr. & Mrs. Ronald C. Hulme, Mr. & Mrs. David A. Pustke, Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Falcon and family, KUHF 88.7 FM, Houston Public Radio, Pasadena ISD's Media Services, Mike Fowler, Women in the Visual and Literary Arts
Travis County Region – Art
Regional Affiliate: St. Stephen’s Episcopal School
West Texas Region – Art
Regional Affiliate: Wayland Baptist University, Department of Art
Additional local support provided by: City of Plainview, Plainview Cultural Arts Council, Inc., and The Plainview Daily Herald

Utah
Region-at-Large

Vermont
Region-at-Large

Virginia
Arlington County Virginia Region – Art
Regional Affiliate: The Arlington Public Schools
Additional local support provided by: Arlington Artists Alliance
Fairfax County Region – Art
Regional Affiliate: Fairfax County Public Schools
Richmond Metro Area Region – Art and Writing
Regional Affiliate: The Visual Arts Center of Richmond
Southwest Virginia – Art
Regional Affiliate: The Fine Arts Center for the NRV and the Pulaski County Art League

Washington
Snohomish County Region – Art
Regional Affiliate: Arts Council of Snohomish County
Additional local support provided by: Everett Cultural Commission, Terry & Cheryle Earnheart Fund for Children at Greater Everett Community Foundation, Melby, Cameron & Hull, Inc., with generous donations from the Georgia Gerber Raffle, as well as in-kind contributions from Art Supply Northwest, Inc., Colby Hospitality, and Everett Historic Theatre

West Virginia
Region-at-Large

Wisconsin
Wisconsin Region – Art
Regional Affiliate: The Milwaukee Art Museum
Additional local support provided by: The Marc Flesch Memorial Fund, James and Avis Heller, The Milwaukee Art Museum Docents, James and Carol Wiensch

Wyoming
Region-at-Large

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