Waterworks Visual Arts Center

Providing diverse opportunities in the arts for all people through exhibitions, education, & outreach programs.

Dare To Imagine
 

The Dare to Imagine Award is presented annually and is made possible through a grant from Susan and Edward Norvell.

This special award, bearing a cash scholarship, honors one Rowan County graduating senior whose artwork most exemplifies the creative potential of 
the human spirit, heart, and hand.
 
Submission Deadline is March 25th by 4:00 pm

Submissions can only be made by High School Art Specialists for 12th grade art students.
 
 
 
 
 
Past Winners of the Dare To Imagine Award
 
2003  -  Trevor Messinger - Salisbury High School
2004  -  Jeffrey Yacevich - West Rowan High School
2005  -  Emily Bartsch - West Rowan High School
2006  -  Laura Ritchie - West Rowan High School
2007  -  Logan Childress - South Rowan High School
2008  -  Shannon Elrod - East Rowan High School
2009  -  Hannah Thompson - J.C. Carson High School
2010  -  Michelle Casper -  J.C. Carson High School
2011  -  R. Dean Crouch - East Rowan High School
2012  -  Courtney Quaintance - West Rowan High School
2013  -  Kaitlin Crouch  -  East Rowan High School
2014  -  Jordan VanVoorhis  -  J.C. Carson High School
2015  -  Isabel Hartsell  -  West Rowan High School
2016  -  Eli Helms -  J.C. Carson High School
2017  -  Catherine Traina  -  J.C. Carson High School
2018  -  Victoria Amaro Zavala - J.C. Carson High School
2019  -  Isabella Almazan - J.C Carson High School
2020  -  NO AWARD
2021  -  NO AWARD