44th Annual Agnes Markwalter Youth Art Competition 2023
44th Annual Agnes Markwalter Youth Art Competition and Exhibition 2023
The Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, in collaboration with the Markwalter Family, is pleased to announce the 2023 Agnes Markwalter Youth Art Competition. Held in conjunction with National Youth Art Month, the Agnes Markwalter Youth Art Competition and Exhibition seeks to promote the value of art education for all children and to encourage support for quality school art programs throughout the CSRA. The 2023 competition will showcase work inspired by the theme YOUR ART, YOUR VOICE, created by K-12 students from public, private, and home schools in Aiken, Burke, Columbia, McDuffie, and Richmond Counties. This exhibition is generously sponsored by the Markwalter family.
Divisional entries from each school will be on exhibit in the student galleries at the Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, 506 Telfair Street, from March 8- March 31, 2023.
Teachers may drop off student work Feb 14th and 15th from 10:00am-4:30pm
A reception and awards presentation will be held on Wednesday, March 8, 2023 from 4:30 – 5:30 p.m. at the Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art. Awards will be presented at 5:00 p.m.
* PLEASE NOTE ART PICKUP DATES HAVE BEEN CHANGED to April 12th and 13th 9:00am-5:30pm
2023 Juror: Devin Lovett Westobou's 2022 Artist in Residence
Photo Gallery on Facebook.com/GertrudeHerbertInstituteofArt
Congratulations to this year's winners!
DIVISION 1 (K – 2nd Grades)
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Theodore Klimkowski - Mice Party - Baker Place Elementary School
Jayden Oconer - Dinosaur in the Sun -St Mary on the Hill
Chastney Williams -Pumpkin - Warren Road Elementary School
3RD PLACE
Mary Polek - Color Buildings - River Ridge Elementary School
2ND PLACE
Braylon Cain - Me and Butterflies - Warren Road Elementary School
1ST PLACE
Sofia Ortiz - Sofia’s World -Warren Road Elementary School
DIVISION 2 (3rd – 5th Grades)
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Leigha Abraham - Art at Night - Meadowbrook Elementary School
McKinley Jackson - First Trip to Space - River Ridge Elementary School
Ka’Leah Smith - The Mind of a Queen - Warren Road Elementary School
3RD PLACE
Carolina Krouse - Helen Hummingbird - St Mary on the Hill
2ND PLACE
A’nilya Stokes- The Imagination of Art - Warren Road Elementary School
1ST PLACE
Kennedi Stephenson - Be Yourself Warren Road Elementary School
DIVISION 3 (6th – 8th Grades)
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Zachary Crowson - In Memory of Pele - Augusta Preparatory Day School
Michaela Roberson - Origins - Davidson Fine Arts Magnet School
Susana Wahl - What Goes on in my Mind - Paul Knox Middle School
Qe'yah Shears - Lupita Nyong’o - Davidson Fine Arts
Queen Torian - Vivacious - Davidson Fine Arts
3RD PLACE
Tessa Egan - Eat and Rest - Westminster Schools of Augusta
2ND PLACE
Landon Wright - My Art My Life - Paul Knox Middle School
1ST PLACE
Ari Igahogbe - Self Portrait - Westminster Schools of Augusta
DIVISION 4 (9th – 12th Grades)
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Candida Mejia - Warrior - Lakeside High School
Aadi Patel - Self Solace - Lakeside High School
Sadie Bryant - Nature’s Palette - Greenbrier High School
3RD PLACE
Xinyu Su - Monitored Reflection - Lakeside High School
2ND PLACE
Abbigail Brady - Enchanted Dwelling - Greenbrier High School
1ST PLACE
Damaris Guillen - Leg Day - South Aiken High School
BEST OF SHOW
Jocelyn Pope - Other - Davidson Fine Arts Magnet School
