Shown are student honorees at the 2023 Scholastic Awards ceremony. Photo courtesy of Yuba Sutter Arts & Culture

MARYSVILLE, CA (MPG) - Yuba Sutter Arts & Culture puts arts in education and student achievement in the arts front and center in its programming each year. It will host a major regional event on Jan. 25 when it recognizes student artistic achievement at its annual Scholastic Art & Writing Awards ceremony. Yuba Sutter Arts & Culture is the Northern California Regional Affiliate for seven counties: Colusa, Nevada, Placer, Sierra, Sutter, Yolo, and Yuba counties. It is the one program that it manages beyond its traditional two-county service area.

Now in its sixth year as the Northern California affiliate for the national Scholastic Art & Writing Awards program, this year Yuba Sutter Arts & Culture received more than 200 submissions in many categories covering every imaginable art form. And, yes, the program is sponsored by Scholastic, the publishing company, that puts on the book fairs at schools from which students get a bit of that old-time bookstore experience.  

The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards ceremony will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 25 at the Sutter Theater Center for the Arts, 754 Plumas St. in Yuba City.  Many of the art submissions will be on display and notebooks will be available with the printed writing submissions. There will be a few select readings by the writing award winners during the awards ceremony in the Clark Family Theater. Refreshments will be served.

Since 1923, the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards have recognized the vision, ingenuity, and talent of our nation’s youth. Join us as we celebrate the winners at this annual gathering of students, educators, supporters, and the general public. Scholastic Awards alumni include Andy Warhol, Sylvia Plath, Truman Capote, Lena Dunham, Robert Redford and Joyce Carol Oates.

Earning a Scholastic art or writing award is often the first moment of validation for a young artist or writer and can function as a catalyst that leads to a lifelong commitment to develop and apply their creative gift, no matter what career or path they choose. The program helps celebrate the accomplishments of creative students, extending opportunities for recognition, exhibition, publication and scholarships to teenagers who demonstrate exceptional aptitude in writing and art.

Join us as we honor the achievements of our creative teens. We feel that now, more than ever, it is important to recognize creative accomplishments and provide students with the support and resources they need to make creativity a lifelong pursuit. We hope you’ll join us at the ceremony and help honor these remarkable young thinkers.

Yuba Sutter Arts is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide arts programming, education, advocacy, assistance and service to artists, organizations and residents of Yuba and Sutter counties. The local affiliate for Yuba and Sutter counties of the California Arts Council, its programs include Arts in Education, Veterans Initiatives in the Arts, Arts in Corrections, Yuba-Sutter Big Band, Center Stage Youth Performing Arts, Convergence Theater Co., the Yuba-Sutter Youth Choir and many more.