january
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Some memories stay with you forever, your first kiss, getting married, your first born, and that Gold Key from the National Scholastic Art Competition. My Junior High art teacher was C W McWaid. He entered our art into Scholastic Arts back in 1957. I was in the seventh grade then. Mr. McWaid took us to see the exhibition at Emery Byrd Thayer department store in Kansas City, Missouri. A drawing of mine was in the exhibit. That's when I found out that the best art had little Gold Key Awards on them.  My drawing only had an “HM” on it for Honorable Mention. It was not until 1962, that I received my only Gold Key. Eileen Hughes was my High School art teacher. I remember taking that sheet of glass off her desk to place over a drawing I had done on a field trip to the Country Club Plaza around Christmas 1961. I traced the drawing onto the glass in water-soluble black ink using a toothpick. Then I dampened a sheet of newsprint and pressed it over the still damp ink. That's how I pulled the mono-print that won my Gold Key. Of course I cleaned the glass so I could return it to Miss Hughe's desk. She suggested that I ask permission next time. The awards were presented in a large auditorium at Hallmark Cards. My mother had the print framed when it came back to school. I still have it hanging in my home almost 60 years after high school.              Years later, I became a Middle School art teacher. I hope my own students have similar lasting memories to cherish from their years. I never missed an opportunity to enter their creations into Scholastic Arts during my 27 years of teaching. I realized how important I felt when my own creations were on display at Scholastics.

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