Update: Youth Arts Leadership Governors Arts Award

A few weeks back we posted a story congratulating our graphic arts student Pedro for receiving a letter stating he was to receive the Youth Arts Leadership Governors Arts Award. Here is our update to that story.

Below you can see Pedro accepting his award and giving a thank you speech at the recent award ceremony. We also learned this was the first year they have offered this award, what an honor to be the first recipient.

What is the criteria for the award you ask?

Youth Arts Leadership Award: Recognizes a high school-aged student who has demonstrated exceptional leadership skills and initiative by developing and/or implementing an arts-based project in any discipline (music, visual arts, crafts, film making, writing, poetry, etc.) that directly impacted a community in New Hampshire by strengthening the community’s identity, increasing local engagement in the arts, or by reaching under served populations in the community. The recipient must currently be a student at a public or private high school or be an equivalent high school-aged youth who is being homeschooled.