MPHS art students advance to state VASE competition
News Staff
Tuesday, February 22, 2022
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Thirty-eight Mount Pleasant High School Art students entered 61 art pieces in the Region 8 Visual Arts Scholastic Event (VASE) competition on February 12. Art pieces were scored as a 4 (Excellent), a 3 (Strong), a 2 (Developing), or a 1 (Emerging). Forty-five of the MPHS pieces received gold medals and the highest rating of 4, with the remaining 16 pieces scoring 3’s. In order to advance to state, the piece must first earn a rating of 4. All of the 4’s in a particular division are then judged a second time and state advancements are awarded based on an allotment, roughly 10% in each division. At the end of the day, eight MPHS students advanced to the state Visual Arts Scholastic Event (VASE) competition. Only 19 students in the entire region qualified for state so MPHS students made up over 40% of those advancing.