The Art Explora – Académie des beaux-arts European Award celebrates bold ideas that connect art and audiences in new ways.

The “confining categories” of award shows “such as ‘best male actor’ or ‘best female artist’” exclude those who don’t identify as a binary gender, wrote Izzy Bunting for Platform.

Silver Key and honorable mention awards in 17 categories. Last year, the Central New York Region produced 21 national winners. The Scholastic Art Awards program, founded by Scholastic, Inc.

The students earned 14 Silver Key awards and 12 Honorable Mentions across categories like Drawing & Illustration, Painting and Mixed Media. "The Scholastic Art Awards are among the most ...