Artwork by Alan Jason Avis, a Booker High student who won a $1,000 scholarship based on his portfolio of work
TAMPA – Creations by 51 Sarasota County high school students have been accepted for display in an art exhibit at the annual Florida State Fair in Tampa from Thursday, Feb. 4 through Monday, Feb. 15.
The Florida State Fair All State Art Exhibition and Portfolio competition is Florida's only statewide adjudicated and publicly displayed student art event. High school students from throughout Florida who submit work are eligible to have individual works or full portfolios of work accepted for display. From the Sarasota County School District, students from Booker, North Port, Pine View, Riverview, Sarasota and Venice high schools submitted artwork that was accepted.
Colleges receive the list of accepted portfolios and may offer scholarships to their accepted students based on this event. In addition, 10 portfolio winners are chosen annually to receive scholarships from the exhibition’s organizers to continue their art studies. Six Sarasota County students had their portfolios selected and one student, Alan Jason Avis of Booker High School, was among the 10 students statewide who received a $1,000 scholarship.
The Florida State Fair is held at the State Fairgrounds, 4800 Highway 301 N., Tampa. The exhibit will be in the Florida Center.