2024 Agnes Markwalter Youth Art Competition
2024 Best in Show: “Giant Blue Morpho Metamorphosis”
by Caeryn Rivera of Greenbriar High School, instructor Traci Rutherford
About the Juror : Tori Beth Bell
Each year a member of the local arts community is asked to jury the Agnes Markwalter Youth Competition.
The 2024 juror, Tori Beth Bell is the Education Programs Manager at the Morris Museum of Art, and an adjunct art history professor. She has a Bachelor and Masters of Fine Art and teaches studio art in a wide range of mediums including, drawing, photography, painting, and digital illustration.
The Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, in collaboration with the Markwalter Family, is pleased to announce the 2024 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 2024 competition showcased work inspired by the theme DREAM IN ART, 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 on view in the student galleries at the Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art from March 6 through the 21st, 2024.
AGNES MARKWALTER
2024 AWARDS
DIVISION 1, KINDERGARTEN – 2ND GRADES
Honorable Mentions
“Rainbow” by Dahlia Wells
Baker Place Elementary
Teacher Kelley Igo
“Safari” by Avah Anthony
Jenkins White Elementary
Teacher Audrey Crosby
3rd Place
“The Year I learned to Fly” by Kai’lani Tompkins
Warren Road Elementary
Teacher Nicola Brown
2nd Place
“Sleeping Bear” by Charlotte Cahill
Lake Forest Hills Elementary
Teacher Jessica Roberts
1st place
“Love to Dream” by Braylon Cain
Warren Road Elementary
Teacher Nicola Brown
DIVISION 2, 3RD – 5TH GRADES
Honorable Mentions
“Untitled” by Jamar Lundy
Warren Road Elementary
Teacher Nicola Brown
“Guitar in Stone” by Otis Scarborough
Lake Forest Hills Elementary
Teacher Jessica Roberts
“The Colorful World” by Elliott Ton
River Ridge Elementary
Teacher Courtney Owen
“A Hero in the Sky” by Makenzie Frazier
River Ridge Elementary
Teacher Courtney Owen
3rd Place
“Sunny Mountain Top” by Ava Witherington
Lake Forest Hills Elementary
Teacher Jessica Roberts
2nd Place
“African Dream” by Connor Hickerson
Warren Road Elementary
Teacher Nicola Brown
1st place
“I, Robot of Imagination” by Dale Galavotti
Warren Road Elementary
Teacher Nicola Brown
DIVISION 3, 6TH – 8TH GRADES
Honorable Mention
“Polina” by Julia Prouty
Davidson Fine Arts
Teacher Franklin Delgado
3rd Place
“Graphite Cat” by Soheila Tamaddon
Augusta Preparatory Day School
Teacher Chad Cole
2nd Place
“Splendor Betta” by Adway Patel
Davidson Fine Arts
Teacher Franklin Delgado
1st place
“Portrait of L” by Annabel Del Fabbro
Davidson Fine Arts
Teacher Franklin Delgado
DIVISION 4, 9TH – 12TH GRADES
Honorable Mentions
“Decay’s Charm” by Jay Fether
Harlem High School
Teacher Colleen Beyer
“Fever Dream” by Eli Sharp
Greenbrier High School
Teacher Carrie Brooks
“Lost in Bamboo Forest” by Kirin Yatsko
Lakeside High School
Teacher Shavonne Kolodizieizyck
3rd Place
“Baby’s Dreamscape” by Lola Lu
Harlem High School
Teacher Colleen Beyer
2nd Place
“Buffet” by Kendall Sneed
Lakeside High School
Teacher Shavonne Kolodizieizyck
1st place
“Autumn Bliss” by Taylor Tankersley
Davidson Fine Arts
Teacher Franklin Delgado
BEST OF SHOW
“Giant Blue Morpho Metamorphosis” by Caeryn Rivera
Greenbriar High School
Teacher Traci Rutherford