The Asheville Art Museum (based in Asheville, North Carolina) is pleased to annually partner with the Asheville Area Section of the American Institute of Architects to sponsor the Western North Carolina Regional Scholastic Art Awards. Students in grades 7 - 12 from across the 24 county region of WNC are invited to submit work for this special juried competition. The artwork of all 2012 award recipients will be honored at a ceremony on Sunday, February 5 at 2:00 p.m. in Diana Wortham Theatre located at 2 S. Pack Square in downtown Asheville, NC. In addition, award recipients' works of art will be on display in a group exhibition in the Museum's Holden Community Gallery (first floor) from January 21 - February 26, 2012.

For more information about the Asheville Art Museum, please call 828-253-3227 or visit www.ashevilleart.org.

For more information about the Regional Scholastic Art Awards, please visit www.artandwriting.org.